Aurora Hills Middle School

Aurora Hills Middle School, a heavily attended junior high in AURORA, Colorado, one of the schools within Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A, teaches 821 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 78% larger than typical.

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

Looking at the student body, Aurora Hills Middle School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 17% Black, 6% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Arapahoe County as a whole is about 22% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Aurora Hills Middle School lists 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Arapahoe County's rate of about 50%.

After controlling for student poverty, Aurora Hills Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 14.7%; this one delivers 8.7%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Arapahoe County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $101,087 per year, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Arapahoe County's 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students), Aurora Hills Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Clara Brown Entrepreneurial Academy, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Aurora Hills Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Aurora Hills Middle School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 14.2%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 4%: 855 students in 2018 compared to 821 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 55% to 65% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.