Aurora Frontier K-8

Set in AURORA, Colorado, Aurora Frontier K-8 is a well-populated elementary campus, part of Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A. It works with 761 students across grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 101% bigger than the state mean of about 379.

Across the 59 schools in Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A (39,464 students total), Aurora Frontier K-8 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Aurora Frontier K-8 reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 32%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 24% White, 20% Black, 16% Asian, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Arapahoe County as a whole is about 22% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Aurora Frontier K-8 lists 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Arapahoe County (around 50%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Aurora Frontier K-8 ranks in the top 10% of Colorado public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 29.8%; Aurora Frontier K-8 posts 50.2%, +20.5 points above that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Arapahoe County put median household earnings sit near $101,087, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Arapahoe County runs 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students), of which Aurora Frontier K-8 is one.

Nearest neighbor: Dakota Valley Elementary School, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Aurora Frontier K-8 comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 28.6%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Aurora Frontier K-8's enrollment has grew 9% since 2018, when it stood at 697 (now 761). White enrollment moved from 36% to 24% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.