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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 81402

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Schools

1,961

Students

Top rankedCottonwood Elementary School295^th of 946 Colorado elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Northside Elementary School up 86 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Northside Elementary School 14.4 students per teacher

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CMAS English Language Arts (2026)				CMAS Math (2026)				CMAS Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CMAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts All Grades	CMAS Math 3rd Grade	CMAS Math 4th Grade	CMAS Math 5th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 5th Grade	Total
Johnson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	13820 6700 Road	Montrose	81402	Montrose County	Montrose County School District Re-1J	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 249-2584	531	27	19.4	67.0%	235 (44.3%)	0 (0.0%)	281 (52.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.8%)	15.7	803^rd of 946 public elementary schools	15.1%		17.1	776^th of 950 public elementary schools	18.3%	27	15.7	26.5	30.7	24.8	17.1	5.9	20.7	15.1	25.0	$15,680
Northside Elementary School	Public	K-5	528 North Uncompahgre	Montrose	81402	Montrose County	Montrose County School District Re-1J	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 249-2554	327	23	14.4	76.5%	126 (38.5%)	2 (0.6%)	179 (54.7%)	3 (0.9%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.3%)	25	680^th of 946 public elementary schools	28.1%		18.1	766^th of 950 public elementary schools	19.4%	86	21.2	25.6	43.5	31.7	23.1	20.5	21.4	21.7	32.4	$16,469
Oak Grove Elementary School	Public	K-5	62100 Oak Grove Road	Montrose	81402	Montrose County	Montrose County School District Re-1J	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 249-6867	374	23	16.2	41.2%	249 (66.6%)	0 (0.0%)	113 (30.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.7%)	40.5	512^th of 946 public elementary schools	45.9%		37.6	548^th of 950 public elementary schools	42.3%	36	31.0	47.1	54.0	43.6	30.0	34.3	27.0	30.5	37.1	$15,338
Pomona Elementary School	Public	K-5	1045 South Cascade	Montrose	81402	Montrose County	Montrose County School District Re-1J	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 249-2514	335	22	15.3	67.5%	177 (52.8%)	3 (0.9%)	128 (38.2%)	6 (1.8%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.1%)	31	611^th of 946 public elementary schools	35.4%		25.6	661^st of 950 public elementary schools	30.4%	50	32.1	53.3	32.1	39.6	32.1	14.8	22.6	22.9	30.2	$15,976
Cottonwood Elementary School	Public	K-5	3500 Woodgate Road	Montrose	81402	Montrose County	Montrose County School District Re-1J	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 249-2539	394	23	17.1	40.6%	281 (71.3%)	2 (0.5%)	96 (24.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.6%)	66.4	295^th of 946 public elementary schools	68.8%		67	303^rd of 950 public elementary schools	68.1%	8	38.2	58.8	63.9	53.6	37.7	48.1	61.7	48.6	54.1	$14,261

Cities Near Zip Code 81402

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Montrose	0.5 mi	13	113^th
Olathe	11.27 mi	2	183^rd
Crawford	19.84 mi	1
Delta	20.3 mi	7	124^th
Hotchkiss	22.34 mi	2	75^th

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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.

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