Aspen Crossing Elementary School

Set in CENTENNIAL, Colorado, Aspen Crossing Elementary School is a heavily attended elementary-level community, overseen by Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah. It caters to 569 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 50% above the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Within Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah, which oversees 70 schools and 52,099 students, Aspen Crossing Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Aspen Crossing Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is White (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 15% Black, 15% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 59% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Arapahoe County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Aspen Crossing Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.4%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Arapahoe County shows the typical household earns roughly $101,087 per year, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Aspen Crossing Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sky Vista Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Aspen Crossing Elementary School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.0%.

Aspen Crossing Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Aspen Crossing Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 601 (now 569). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 58% to 34%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

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