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Enrollment
536
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AURORA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080234001759
Aurora Academy Charter School
10251 EAST 1ST AVE, AURORA, CO 80010 · (303) 367-5983 · Arapahoe County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL536 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
396 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 41 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 59% larger than its 8th grade class (41).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
42.5%
CO avg 44.9% . -9.4pp since 2023
Math
30.5%
CO avg 36.1% . -3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.5% | 30.5% |
| 2023-24 | 51.9% | 33.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 22% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Colorado's top 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 Aurora Academy Charter School
Aurora Academy Charter School's state test result (40.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Academy Charter School this school | 536 | 73.9% | 40.3% |
| Rocky Mountain Prep Creekside DENVER | 637 | 85.9% | 47.0% |
| University Prep - Arapahoe St. DENVER | 313 | 89.8% | 16.9% |
| Lowry Elementary School DENVER | 400 | 74.8% | 25.9% |
| Whittier ECE-8 School DENVER | 242 | 88.4% | 18.2% |
| Hallett Academy DENVER | 250 | 81.6% | 17.1% |
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 Aurora Academy Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #434 of 931 | #42 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #536 of 940 ▼ 60 | #50 of 96 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #477 of 946 ▼ 147 | #43 of 96 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 536 | #177 of 1,056 | #36 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #154 of 896 | #15 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.7% | #154 of 896 | #52 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.9% | #226 of 983 | #29 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #640 of 664 | #68 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
536
+19 (+4%) vs 2020
+21% since 2000-01, when it was 444
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 536 | 40 | 13.4:1 | 74% (396) |
| 2023-24 | 524 | 42 | 12.5:1 | 81% (424) |
| 2022-23 | 512 | 44 | 11.6:1 | 69% (352) |
| 2020-21 | 517 | 40 | 12.9:1 | 69% (359) |
| 2017-18 | 544 | 35.2 | 15.4:1 | 61% (333) |
| 2015-16 | 543 | 34 | 16.0:1 | 53% (287) |
| 2010-11 | 503 | 30 | 16.8:1 | 37% (185) |
| 2000-01 | 444 | 25 | 17.8:1 | 3% (13) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Aurora Academy Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (544 to 536); teachers up 14% (35.2 to 40).
About Aurora Academy Charter School
Aurora Academy Charter School is an elementary school in AURORA, Colorado, and it is part of Aurora Public Schools. Students in kindergarten through 8 attend, and enrollment is 536 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Colorado is about 379 students.
Aurora Public Schools (59 schools, 39,464 students) runs Aurora Academy Charter School.
Aurora Academy Charter School is 51% Black by enrollment. Other reported shares: 32% Hispanic, 9% White, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 11% Black among all Arapahoe County residents. The school's diversity index is 63%, meaning two students picked at random have a 63% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Aurora Academy Charter School's 40 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.4:1. On average, elementary schools in Colorado have 16.6:1, compared with 13.4:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 74%. That is higher than the 50% average for public schools in Arapahoe County.
allk12 grades Aurora Academy Charter School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Aurora Academy Charter School are 18.4 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 40.3%, compared with a predicted 21.9%, which ranks in the top 10% in Colorado.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Arapahoe County show that the median household income is $101,087, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Besides Aurora Academy Charter School, Arapahoe County has 175 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Lansing Elementary Community School, about 0.6 miles away. Aurora Academy Charter School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Aurora Academy Charter School at 1st of 6.
Aurora Academy Charter School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data. Charter status: Aurora Academy Charter School is a public charter school.
Enrollment is up 4% from 2020-21, when Aurora Academy Charter School had 517 students, to 2024-25, when it had 536.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Aurora Public Schools
- Aurora Central CampusCombined · 2,468 students
- Rangeview High SchoolHigh · 2,078 students
- Vista Peak 9-12 PreparatoryHigh · 2,045 students
- Gateway High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Hinkley High SchoolHigh · 1,527 students
- Lotus School for ExcellenceCombined · 1,008 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
- Lansing Elementary Community School0.6 mi · 366
- Lotus School for Excellence0.6 mi · 1,008
- Fulton Academy of Excellence0.7 mi · 410
- New America School - Aurora0.8 mi · 82
- Jamaica Child Development Center0.8 mi · 106
- APS Early Beginnings - A Zoom Site0.8 mi · 23
Frequently asked questions
About Aurora Academy Charter SchoolHow large is Aurora Academy Charter School?
Aurora Academy Charter School enrolls approximately 536 students in grades KG-08.
Is Aurora Academy Charter School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Aurora Academy Charter School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Aurora Academy Charter School have?
Aurora Academy Charter School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Aurora Academy Charter School?
Student demographics at Aurora Academy Charter School are roughly 9% White, 32% Hispanic, 51% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Aurora Academy Charter School in?
Aurora Academy Charter School is part of Aurora Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.