Arkansas Elementary School

Arkansas Elementary School operates as a moderately sized elementary-level community in AURORA, Colorado, overseen by Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A. Current enrollment sits at 432 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Arkansas Elementary School is one of 59 schools operated by Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A, a district that hosts 39,464 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Arkansas Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 18% White, 18% Black, 12% multiracial, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 22% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Arkansas Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Arapahoe County's rate of about 50%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Arkansas Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.2%; this one delivers 25.4%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Arapahoe County put the typical household earns roughly $101,087 per year, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Arapahoe County runs 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students), of which Arkansas Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Iowa Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Arkansas Elementary School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 16.9%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 434 students in 2018 compared to 432 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 30% to 18% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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