Best Elementary Schools in Colorado

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 943)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
080336000400	821	Charles M. Schenck (CMS) Community School	Public	K-5	1300 South Lowell Boulevard	Denver	80219	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-4300	332	22	15.1	87.0%	4 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	321 (96.7%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$17,885							13.9	12.9	843	22
080336006453	822	Denver Green School Southeast	Public	K-8	6700 East Virginia Avenue	Denver	80224	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-7480	549	34	15.9	71.4%	138 (25.1%)	121 (22.0%)	212 (38.6%)	13 (2.4%)	7 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (10.6%)	$18,779							13.9	20.2	729	93
080234006644	823	Edna and John W. Mosley P-8	Public	PK, KG-8	55 North Salida Way	Aurora	80011	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	No	No	No	No	(303) 366-2807	969	57	16.9	81.7%	139 (14.3%)	148 (15.3%)	574 (59.2%)	23 (2.4%)	4 (0.4%)	20 (2.1%)	61 (6.3%)	$16,454							13.9	15.1	810	13
080291000200	824	Ponderosa Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1885 South Lima Street	Aurora	80012	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 747-2800	572	36	15.8	76.0%	92 (16.1%)	142 (24.8%)	241 (42.1%)	41 (7.2%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	51 (8.9%)	$16,185							13.8	19.5	743	81
080612001058	825	Morton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1900 West 31st Street	Pueblo	81008	Pueblo County	Pueblo School District No. 60	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 549-7585	362	21	17.3	84.8%	114 (31.5%)	20 (5.5%)	216 (59.7%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.2%)	$12,799							13.7	16.7	778	47
080285000177	826	Haskin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	550 S. Sylvester Avenue	Center	81125	Rio Grande County	Center Consolidated School District No. 26 Jt.	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 754-3982	292	19	15.7	91.4%	28 (9.6%)	1 (0.3%)	261 (89.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,953							13.6	15.7	799	27
080441001988	827	Heiman Elementary School	Public	K-5	3500 Palermo	Evans	80620	Weld County	GreeleySchool District No. 6	No	No	No	No	(970) 348-2400	584	33	17.7	76.4%	168 (28.8%)	5 (0.9%)	387 (66.3%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	16 (2.7%)	$14,438							13.6	14.9	813	14
080453000672	828	Stratton Meadows Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	610 Brookshire Avenue	Colorado Springs	80905	El Paso County	Harrison School District No. 2	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 579-2190	300	25	12.2	87.3%	61 (20.3%)	49 (16.3%)	163 (54.3%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (7.0%)	$15,240							13.6	19.3	748	80
080723001232	829	Metropolitan Arts Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	2341 Sherrelwood Drive	Denver	80221	Adams County	Westminster Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 428-1884	305	21	14.5	83.6%	34 (11.1%)	4 (1.3%)	252 (82.6%)	6 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.6%)	$17,896							13.5	17.9	766	63
080336006662	830	Joe Shoemaker School	Public	PK, KG-5	3333 South Havana Street	Denver	80231	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 423-9333	439	29	15	71.5%	75 (17.1%)	117 (26.7%)	187 (42.6%)	21 (4.8%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	33 (7.5%)	$18,914							13.5	13.1	841	11

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on CMAS English Language Arts, CMAS Math, CMAS Science test scores released by the Colorado Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 29, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Colorado Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Colorado Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Colorado Department of Education.