Best Elementary Schools in Colorado

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 950)	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 (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
621	McKinley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1240 Mc Kinley Street	Canon City	81212	Fremont County	Fremont Re-1	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 276-6010	262	21	12.4	61.5%	192 (73.3%)	3 (1.1%)	50 (19.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.5%)	$18,401							29			(n/a)		080279000175
622	Running Creek Elementary School	Public	K-5	900 South Elbert Street	Elizabeth	80107	Elbert County	Elizabeth School District	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 646-4620	292	24	12.4	34.9%	229 (78.4%)	2 (0.7%)	47 (16.1%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.4%)	$14,851							29	41.5	509	113		080372001479
623	Mountain View Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	2120 Meadowbrook Parkway	Colorado Springs	80951	El Paso County	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 623-4116	387	22	17.4	33.1%	171 (44.2%)	21 (5.4%)	116 (30.0%)	5 (1.3%)	4 (1.0%)	3 (0.8%)	67 (17.3%)	$21,121							28.9	54.3	409	214		080387006794
624	Trevista at Horace Mann	Public	PK, KG-5	4130 Navajo Street	Denver	80211	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 423-9800	482	31	15.4	60.0%	127 (26.3%)	53 (11.0%)	264 (54.8%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	32 (6.6%)	$17,981							28.8	12.4	845	221		080336006389
625	Indian Peaks Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1335 South Judson	Longmont	80501	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 772-7240	214	21	10.4	84.6%	13 (6.1%)	1 (0.5%)	192 (89.7%)	3 (1.4%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	$22,336							28.8	28.1	635	10		080537000904
626	Desert Sage Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	935 South Palomar Drive	Pueblo West	81007	Pueblo County	Pueblo County School District 70	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 647-8878	368	23	15.8	60.1%	157 (42.7%)	11 (3.0%)	177 (48.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.7%)	$12,119							28.8	30.1	614	12		080615001718
627	Dalton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	17401 East Dartmouth Ave	Aurora	80013	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	No	No	No	No	(303) 693-7561	430	27	15.9	75.6%	98 (22.8%)	77 (17.9%)	180 (41.9%)	20 (4.7%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.7%)	50 (11.6%)	$18,086							28.7	27.3	649	22		080234001295
628	Cherry Drive Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	11500 Cherry Drive	Thornton	80233	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	No	(720) 972-5300	325	20	16.2	59.7%	99 (30.5%)	9 (2.8%)	191 (58.8%)	15 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.4%)	$17,955							28.6	21.1	730	102		080690001290
629	Foothills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	13165 West Ohio Avenue	Lakewood	80228	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 982-9324	363	28	13.1	60.6%	168 (46.3%)	14 (3.9%)	144 (39.7%)	17 (4.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.2%)	$16,380							28.6	22.4	704	75		080480000724
630	Dove Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	713 North Main Street	Dove Creek	81324	Dolores County	Dolores County School District Re-2j	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 677-2296	124	9	13.5	54.0%	115 (92.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	$19,112							28.5			(n/a)		080342000435

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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 21, 2025, 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.