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Which teacher or staff member at Antelope Ridge Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
549
Elementary
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHERRY CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 080291001670
Antelope Ridge Elementary School
5455 SOUTH TEMPE STREET, AURORA, CO 80015 · (720) 886-3300 · Arapahoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL549 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
218 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
49.4%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.8pp since 2023
Math
47.3%
CO avg 36.1% . +6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.4% | 47.3% |
| 2023-24 | 50.2% | 40.6% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Antelope Ridge Elementary School
Antelope Ridge Elementary School's state test result (45.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antelope Ridge Elementary School this school | 549 | 39.7% | 45.4% |
| Bradley International School DENVER | 574 | 42.2% | 49.7% |
| Timberline Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 478 | 33.1% | 37.0% |
| Peakview Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 447 | 36.2% | 42.0% |
| Creekside Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 567 | 34.0% | 61.6% |
| Springs Ranch Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 548 | 38.5% | 50.1% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Antelope Ridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #365 of 931 | #37 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #296 of 940 ▲ 82 | #34 of 96 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #380 of 946 ▼ 20 | #36 of 96 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 549 | #160 of 1,056 | #34 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #609 of 896 | #69 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.4% | #108 of 896 | #43 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.7% | #584 of 983 | #61 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #336 of 664 | #29 of 70 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
549
-61 (-10%) vs 2020
-19% since 2000-01, when it was 678
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 18.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 549 | 33.3 | 16.5:1 | 40% (218) |
| 2023-24 | 558 | 34.7 | 16.1:1 | 42% (232) |
| 2022-23 | 566 | 36.3 | 15.6:1 | 29% (164) |
| 2020-21 | 610 | 33 | 18.5:1 | 26% (158) |
| 2017-18 | 662 | 37.9 | 17.4:1 | 20% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 641 | 36 | 17.8:1 | 21% (134) |
| 2010-11 | 781 | 43 | 18.2:1 | 15% (120) |
| 2000-01 | 678 | 33 | 20.6:1 | 6% (41) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Antelope Ridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (662 to 549); teachers down 12% (37.9 to 33.3).
About Antelope Ridge Elementary School
Located in AURORA, Colorado, Antelope Ridge Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. The school counted 549 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. That is 45% above the average of about 379 students for elementary schools in Colorado.
Besides Antelope Ridge Elementary School, Cherry Creek School District runs 69 other schools. The district enrolls 52,099 students.
The student body at Antelope Ridge Elementary School is 52% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% Hispanic, 10% Black, 9% multiracial, and 5% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 65, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 16.5:1 is based on 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. In all, 40% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Arapahoe County average 50%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Antelope Ridge Elementary School is +2.7 points: 45.4% actual, 42.6% predicted.
Looking at the county, Arapahoe County, the median household earns about $101,087 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Arapahoe County has 176 public schools with about 115,502 students, including Antelope Ridge Elementary School.
Outback Preschool is the nearest public school to Antelope Ridge Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Antelope Ridge Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Antelope Ridge Elementary School comes in 2nd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place Antelope Ridge Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 610 students in 2020-21 to 549 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 18.5:1 to 16.5:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Antelope Ridge Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Arapahoe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
659,844
Census ACS
Median income
$101,087
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
176
115,502 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cherry Creek School District
- Cherry Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,852 students
- Cherokee Trail High SchoolHigh · 3,089 students
- Eaglecrest High SchoolHigh · 2,851 students
- Grandview High SchoolHigh · 2,684 students
- Smoky Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,297 students
- Overland High SchoolHigh · 2,228 students
Other schools in AURORA
- Cherokee Trail High SchoolHigh · 3,089 students
- Grandview High SchoolHigh · 2,684 students
- Aurora Central CampusCombined · 2,468 students
- Smoky Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,297 students
- Overland High SchoolHigh · 2,228 students
- Rangeview High SchoolHigh · 2,078 students
Nearby schools
- Outback Preschool0.6 mi · 81
- Thunder Ridge Middle School0.6 mi · 1,106
- Eaglecrest High School0.7 mi · 2,851
- Canyon Creek Elementary School0.9 mi · 477
- Mountain Vista Elementary School1.0 mi · 568
- Buffalo Trail Elementary School1.1 mi · 632
Frequently asked questions
About Antelope Ridge Elementary SchoolHow large is Antelope Ridge Elementary School?
Antelope Ridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 549 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Antelope Ridge Elementary School serve?
Antelope Ridge Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Antelope Ridge Elementary School have?
Antelope Ridge Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
How diverse is Antelope Ridge Elementary School?
Antelope Ridge Elementary School reports a student body of 52% White, 23% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Antelope Ridge Elementary School public or private?
Antelope Ridge Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cherry Creek School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.