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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Arrowhead Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
499
Elementary
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHERRY CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 080291000183
Arrowhead Elementary School
19100 EAST BATES AVENUE, AURORA, CO 80013 · (720) 886-2800 · Arapahoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL499 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
270 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 | 42 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
74%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
22.8%
CO avg 44.9% . -5.3pp since 2023
Math
21.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.8% | 21.7% |
| 2023-24 | 28.1% | 20.1% |
% 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
22.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Arrowhead Elementary School
Arrowhead Elementary School's state test result (22.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrowhead Elementary School this school | 499 | 54.1% | 22.4% |
| Red Hawk Ridge Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 518 | 57.7% | 33.8% |
| Sunrise Elementary School AURORA | 497 | 61.2% | 17.4% |
| Mission Viejo Elementary School AURORA | 552 | 53.8% | 22.0% |
| Summit Elementary School AURORA | 337 | 49.6% | 27.4% |
| Southlawn Elementary School COMMERCE CITY | 673 | 52.7% | 24.6% |
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 Arrowhead Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #727 of 931 | #68 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #679 of 940 ▲ 16 | #66 of 96 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #775 of 946 ▼ 90 | #75 of 96 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 499 | #232 of 1,056 | #46 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #286 of 896 | #28 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.2% | #9 of 896 | #8 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.1% | #430 of 983 | #50 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #391 of 664 | #37 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
499
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 616
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 499 | 34.5 | 14.5:1 | 54% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 32.7 | 14.5:1 | 61% (291) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 27.7 | 18.6:1 | 49% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 495 | 28 | 17.7:1 | 49% (242) |
| 2017-18 | 585 | 33 | 17.7:1 | 47% (276) |
| 2015-16 | 656 | 35 | 18.7:1 | 44% (289) |
| 2010-11 | 632 | 37 | 17.1:1 | 34% (214) |
| 2000-01 | 664 | 39 | 17.0:1 | 9% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 616 | 31 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arrowhead Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (585 to 499); teachers up 5% (33 to 34.5).
About Arrowhead Elementary School
Arrowhead Elementary School is a public elementary school in AURORA, Colorado. In all, 499 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. That is 32% above the average of about 379 students for elementary schools in Colorado.
Cherry Creek School District operates 70 schools. Combined enrollment is 52,099 students.
Of every 100 students at Arrowhead Elementary School, about 35 are Hispanic, the largest group. After that, the student body is 30% White, 16% Black, 13% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Census figures show Arapahoe County is about 22% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 74, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.5:1. The gap from the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado is 2.1 students per teacher. The school reported 54% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Arrowhead Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Colorado schools: 22.4% actual against 33.9% predicted.
The school is in Arapahoe County, where median household income comes to about $101,087, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Arapahoe County counts 176 public schools with about 115,502 students.
Of the public schools around it, Arrowhead Elementary School is closest to Vassar Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Arrowhead Elementary School's average proficiency of 22.4% compares with 25.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Arrowhead Elementary School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment went from 495 in 2020-21 to 499 in 2024-25, a change of 4 students. By 2024-25, the school had 14.5 students per teacher, compared with 17.7 in 2020-21.
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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
Other Arrowhead Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 11 states are named Arrowhead Elementary. Arrowhead Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 11.
- Arrowhead Elementary SchoolLewis Center, OH · 648 students
- ARROWHEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLEAST SETAUKET, NY · 562 students
- Arrowhead Elementary SchoolGLENDALE, AZ · 515 students
- Arrowhead ElementaryVirginia Beach, VA · 500 students
- Arrowhead Elementary SchoolCollegeville, PA · 426 students
Nearby schools
- Vassar Elementary School0.7 mi · 500
- Columbia Middle School0.9 mi · 636
- Side Creek Elementary School1.0 mi · 512
- Dalton Elementary School1.1 mi · 430
- Aurora Frontier K-81.1 mi · 761
- Rangeview High School1.1 mi · 2,078
Frequently asked questions
About Arrowhead Elementary SchoolHow large is Arrowhead Elementary School?
Arrowhead Elementary School enrolls approximately 499 students in grades PK-05.
Is Arrowhead Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Arrowhead Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Arrowhead Elementary School have?
Arrowhead Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
How diverse is Arrowhead Elementary School?
Arrowhead Elementary School reports a student body of 30% White, 35% Hispanic, 16% Black, 6% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Arrowhead Elementary School public or private?
Arrowhead 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.