Colorado Elementary School Rankings

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Colorado test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the CMAS test scores by the Colorado Department of Education. The most recent update was on Friday, August 18, 2023.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 933)	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 (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
080345001959	131	Flagstone Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	104 Lovington Street	Castle Rock	80104	Douglas County	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	No	No	No	No	(303) 387-5225	432	28	15.7	12.7%	331 (76.6%)	3 (0.7%)	66 (15.3%)	3 (0.7%)	7 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.1%)	$10,800			$126			$10,674	83.8	83.7	122	9
080690006740	132	Thunder Vista P-8	Public	PK, KG-8	3461 Preble Creek Parkway	Broomfield	80023	Broomfield County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	No	(720) 972-2900	795	43	18.7	2.6%	609 (76.6%)	2 (0.3%)	87 (10.9%)	51 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	44 (5.5%)	$10,846			$304			$10,543	83.8	79.6	176	44
080531001515	133	Littleton Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	1200 West Mineral Avenue	Littleton	80120	Arapahoe County	Littleton School District No. 6	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 798-5252	455	39	11.6	1.8%	343 (75.4%)	12 (2.6%)	40 (8.8%)	26 (5.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	31 (6.8%)	$9,700			$12			$9,688	83.6	83.8	121	12
080537006531	134	Red Hawk Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1500 Telleen Ave.	Erie	80516	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(303) 774-2700	614	31	19.9	5.9%	505 (82.2%)	5 (0.8%)	52 (8.5%)	32 (5.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.1%)	$10,583			$494			$10,089	83.5	81.5	148	14
080480000754	135	Maple Grove Elementary School	Public	K-5	3085 Alkire Street	Golden	80401	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-5808	326	20	16.3	8.6%	281 (86.2%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (6.1%)	10 (3.1%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.7%)	$11,858			$313			$11,544	83.2	83.3	128	7
080540000926	136	Berthoud Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	560 Bunyan Avenue	Berthoud	80513	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 613-7500	472	26	18.3	11.9%	387 (82.0%)	1 (0.2%)	61 (12.9%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.0%)	$9,259			$216			$9,042	83	86.1	103	33
080348006712	137	The Juniper School	Public, Charter	K-6	201 East 12th Street	Durango	81301	La Plata County	Durango School District No. 9-R	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 403-4262	143	10	14.1	17.5%	122 (85.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (8.4%)	1 (0.7%)	2 (1.4%)	1 (0.7%)	5 (3.5%)	$9,091			$1,242			$7,849	82.7	63.7	307	170
080291006544	138	Black Forest Hills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	25233 E. Glasgow Dr	Aurora	80016	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	No	(720) 886-8900	627	35	17.8	8.9%	385 (61.4%)	37 (5.9%)	85 (13.6%)	62 (9.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (8.9%)	$10,746			$129			$10,618	82.7	71.9	239	101
080291000206	139	Walnut Hills Community Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8195 East Costilla Boulevard	Centennial	80112	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	No	(720) 554-3800	358	21	17.2	24.0%	190 (53.1%)	19 (5.3%)	73 (20.4%)	59 (16.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.5%)	$10,397			$134			$10,263	82.7	81.3	151	12
080249006716	140	Meadowlark School	Public	PK, KG-8	2300 Sweet Meadow Lane	Erie	80516	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-5104	668	38	17.7	6.7%	482 (72.2%)	2 (0.3%)	55 (8.2%)	61 (9.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (10.0%)	$13,300			$191			$13,109	82.6	88.2	85	55

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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 18, 2023, 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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.