Altura Elementary School

Altura Elementary School is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in AURORA, Colorado, run under Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A, enrolling 527 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Altura Elementary School sits 39% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 59 schools in Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A (39,464 students total), Altura Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Altura Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%). The remainder comes out to 8% Black, 3% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 43% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.9:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Adams County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Altura Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 10.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 6.1%.

In the broader community, census data for Adams County shows median household earnings sit near $94,571, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Adams County's 171 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students), Altura Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: East Middle School, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Altura Elementary School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 10.4%.

Altura Elementary School operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Altura Elementary School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 527 (now 527). White enrollment moved from 8% to 3% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

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