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
641	Prairie Heights Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7930 Indian Village Heights	Fountain	80817	El Paso County	Hanover School District No. 28	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 382-1260	130	8	15.6	68.5%	65 (50.0%)	4 (3.1%)	53 (40.8%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.1%)	3 (2.3%)	$19,393							27.5			(n/a)		080450006304
642	Fruitvale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	585 30 Road	Grand Junction	81504	Mesa County	Mesa County Valley School District No. 51	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 254-5930	358	28	13	70.1%	223 (62.3%)	1 (0.3%)	118 (33.0%)	3 (0.8%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.5%)	$15,860							27.2	24.7	679	37		080435000610
643	Thunder Mountain Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3063 F1/2 Road	Grand Junction	81504	Mesa County	Mesa County Valley School District No. 51	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 254-5870	432	27	16.2	54.4%	279 (64.6%)	5 (1.2%)	123 (28.5%)	9 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.5%)	$15,156							27	18	768	125		080435001346
644	Ascent Classical Academy of Grand Junction	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-9	545 31 Road	Grand Junction	81504	Mesa County	State Charter School Institute	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(720) 541-9809	457	26	17.4	54.9%	340 (74.4%)	1 (0.2%)	89 (19.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.5%)	$13,489							27	27.4	646	2		080002006877
645	Chappelow K-8 Magnet School	Public, Magnet	K-8	2001 34th Street	Evans	80620	Weld County	GreeleySchool District No. 6	No	Yes	No	No	(970) 348-1200	693	36	19.2	67.2%	184 (26.6%)	4 (0.6%)	492 (71.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	10 (1.4%)	$15,043							27	30.3	612	33		080441000637
646	Granby Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	241 West Diamond Avenue	Granby	80446	Grand County	East Grand School District No. 2	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 887-3312	366	30	12.1	39.1%	270 (73.8%)	2 (0.5%)	91 (24.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	$17,571							26.8	22	714	68		080432000595
647	Samuels Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3985 South Vincennes Court	Denver	80237	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-4450	532	29	18.3	86.5%	71 (13.3%)	115 (21.6%)	292 (54.9%)	27 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	22 (4.1%)	$19,074							26.8			(n/a)		080336000399
648	STEM Launch	Public, Magnet	K-8	9450 Pecos Street	Thornton	80260	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(720) 972-5120	677	46	14.7	78.6%	134 (19.8%)	5 (0.7%)	496 (73.3%)	11 (1.6%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.1%)	$15,878							26.8	21.3	726	78		080690006561
649	Columbian Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1202 Bragdon Avenue	Pueblo	81004	Pueblo County	Pueblo School District No. 60	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 549-7525	371	24	15.2	85.2%	93 (25.1%)	12 (3.2%)	256 (69.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.2%)	$14,551							26.8	29.6	617	32		080612001038
650	Winograd K-8 Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	320 North 71st Avenue	Greeley	80634	Weld County	GreeleySchool District No. 6	No	No	No	No	(970) 348-2600	691	38	18.1	65.6%	152 (22.0%)	8 (1.2%)	497 (71.9%)	11 (1.6%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	18 (2.6%)	$14,213							26.8	21.6	723	73		080441001989

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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.

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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.