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
601	Edith Teter Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	640 Hathaway Street	Fairplay	80440	Park County	Park County School District No. Re-2	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 836-2949	190	8	22.5	48.4%	125 (65.8%)	1 (0.5%)	49 (25.8%)	5 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.3%)	$22,448							31.4			(n/a)		080384000502
602	Sunset Park Elementary School	Public	K-5	110 University Circle	Pueblo	81005	Pueblo County	Pueblo School District No. 60	No	No	No	No	(719) 549-7610	425	24	17.5	75.8%	138 (32.5%)	8 (1.9%)	261 (61.4%)	5 (1.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.6%)	$13,586							31.2	26.2	658	56		080612001065
603	The Studio School	Public, Magnet	K-5	10604 Grant Drive	Northglenn	80233	Adams County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(720) 972-3620	215	17	12.7	47.4%	104 (48.4%)	2 (0.9%)	94 (43.7%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (6.5%)	$20,413							31	41	514	89		080690006375
604	Sand Creek International School	Public	K-8	550 Sand Creek Drive	Colorado Springs	80916	El Paso County	Harrison School District No. 2	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 579-3760	595	39	15.2	77.1%	96 (16.1%)	79 (13.3%)	367 (61.7%)	6 (1.0%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	43 (7.2%)	$16,391							31	35.4	559	45		080453001533
605	Knowledge Quest Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	705 South School House Drive	Milliken	80543	Weld County	Weld County School District No. Re-5J	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 587-5742	395	27	14.6	27.1%	261 (66.1%)	3 (0.8%)	104 (26.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	25 (6.3%)	$11,453							30.9	39.9	529	76		080483002029
606	Monterey Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2311 Monterey Road	Colorado Springs	80910	El Paso County	Harrison School District No. 2	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 579-2179	272	18	15.1	80.1%	48 (17.6%)	31 (11.4%)	156 (57.4%)	3 (1.1%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (10.7%)	$17,495							30.7	31.7	594	12		080453000668
607	Westminster Academy for International Studies	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	7482 Irving Street	Westminster	80030	Adams County	Westminster Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(303) 428-2494	258	18	14.3	77.9%	40 (15.5%)	1 (0.4%)	196 (76.0%)	7 (2.7%)	2 (0.8%)	2 (0.8%)	10 (3.9%)	$17,952							30.5	26.9	653	46		080723006675
608	Ridgeview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	600 Westridge Road	Craig	81625	Moffat County	Moffat County School District RE: No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 824-7018	233	22	10.5	52.8%	156 (67.0%)	5 (2.1%)	67 (28.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)	$16,954							30.4	40.7	516	92		080573001355
609	Grant Elementary School	Public	K-5	3215 Westwood Boulevard	Colorado Springs	80918	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 328-5700	350	24	14.3	65.7%	149 (42.6%)	25 (7.1%)	141 (40.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (9.4%)	$20,058							30.4	31.9	589	20		080306000238
610	Tointon Academy of Pre-Engineering	Public	PK, KG-8	717 71st Ave	Greeley	80634	Weld County	GreeleySchool District No. 6	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(970) 348-4000	1,127	51	22.1	58.9%	415 (36.8%)	34 (3.0%)	604 (53.6%)	25 (2.2%)	9 (0.8%)	6 (0.5%)	34 (3.0%)	$12,778							30.3	35.4	560	50		080441006859

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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.