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Enrollment
569
Elementary
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHERRY CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 080291001879
Aspen Crossing Elementary School
4655 S HIMALAYA STREET, CENTENNIAL, CO 80015 · (720) 886-3700 · Arapahoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL569 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
200 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 | 41 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
78%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
42.1%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
46.8%
CO avg 36.1% . +12.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 42 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 13 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.1% | 46.8% |
| 2023-24 | 42.2% | 34.2% |
% 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
41.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Aspen Crossing Elementary School
Aspen Crossing Elementary School's state test result (41.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Crossing Elementary School this school | 569 | 35.1% | 41.4% |
| Mountain Vista Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 568 | 28.7% | 43.0% |
| Aurora Quest K-8 AURORA | 575 | 42.8% | 88.7% |
| Fox Hollow Elementary School AURORA | 555 | 31.5% | 54.7% |
| Heritage Heights Academy CENTENNIAL | 539 | 38.0% | 46.2% |
| Eagle Ridge Elementary School LONE TREE | 571 | 30.8% | 54.3% |
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 Aspen Crossing Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #414 of 931 | #41 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #305 of 940 ▲ 156 | #36 of 96 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #482 of 946 ▼ 17 | #44 of 96 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 569 | #144 of 1,056 | #28 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #575 of 896 | #67 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.6% | #1 of 896 | #1 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.1% | #642 of 983 | #68 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.3% | #560 of 664 | #58 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
569
-17 (-3%) vs 2020
+1% since 2010-11, when it was 561
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 569 | 35 | 16.3:1 | 35% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 607 | 34 | 17.9:1 | 38% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 628 | 32.4 | 19.4:1 | 24% (151) |
| 2020-21 | 586 | 31 | 18.9:1 | 25% (144) |
| 2017-18 | 601 | 30.1 | 20.0:1 | 22% (134) |
| 2015-16 | 591 | 29 | 20.4:1 | 18% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 561 | 29 | 19.3:1 | 14% (79) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Aspen Crossing Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (601 to 569); teachers up 16% (30.1 to 35).
About Aspen Crossing Elementary School
Aspen Crossing Elementary School is a large elementary school in CENTENNIAL, Colorado, administered by Cherry Creek School District. The school serves 569 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Colorado is roughly 379 students; this school is 50% above that.
Aspen Crossing Elementary School is in Cherry Creek School District, a district with 52,099 students across 70 schools.
Aspen Crossing Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 34%. The school is also 19% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 15% Black, and 15% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 59%. The chance that two students picked at random at Aspen Crossing Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 78%.
Teachers at the school number 35 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.3:1. Across elementary schools in Colorado, the average ratio is about 16.6:1. Roughly 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Arapahoe County average 50%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Aspen Crossing Elementary School would score about 45.4%. It scores 41.4%, 4.0 points below that figure.
In the county around the school, Arapahoe County, median household income is about $101,087, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. A total of 176 public schools operate in Arapahoe County, serving about 115,502 students.
The shortest distance from Aspen Crossing Elementary School to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Sky Vista Middle School. The five-mile area around Aspen Crossing Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 41.4% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 9 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 586 to 569. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 18.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.3:1.
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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 CENTENNIAL
- Eaglecrest High SchoolHigh · 2,851 students
- Arapahoe High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Newton Middle SchoolMiddle · 781 students
- Ford ElementaryElementary · 653 students
- Mountain Vista Elementary SchoolElementary · 568 students
- Creekside Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
Nearby schools
- Sky Vista Middle School0.3 mi · 969
- Sunrise Elementary School0.8 mi · 497
- Peakview Elementary School0.9 mi · 447
- Dakota Valley Elementary School1.0 mi · 571
- Eaglecrest High School1.1 mi · 2,851
- Timberline Elementary School1.1 mi · 478
Frequently asked questions
About Aspen Crossing Elementary SchoolHow large is Aspen Crossing Elementary School?
Aspen Crossing Elementary School enrolls approximately 569 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Aspen Crossing Elementary School serve?
Aspen Crossing Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Aspen Crossing Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Aspen Crossing Elementary School is approximately 16.3:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Aspen Crossing Elementary School?
At Aspen Crossing Elementary School, the student body is approximately 34% White, 19% Hispanic, 15% Black, 15% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Is Aspen Crossing Elementary School public or private?
Aspen Crossing 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.