Aurora West College Preparatory Academy

Located at 10100 EAST 13TH AVE, in AURORA, Colorado, Aurora West College Preparatory Academy is a moderately sized 9-12 campus that educates 927 students (grades 6 through 12), one of the schools within Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 627 students each, so Aurora West College Preparatory Academy sits 48% above that benchmark.

Within Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A, which oversees 59 schools and 39,464 students, Aurora West College Preparatory Academy is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Aurora West College Preparatory Academy lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%. The remainder consists of 13% Black, 6% Asian, 3% White. By comparison, Arapahoe County as a whole is about 22% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Aurora West College Preparatory Academy shows 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.1:1. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Arapahoe County's rate of about 50%.

After controlling for student poverty, Aurora West College Preparatory Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 9.7%; this one delivers 5.3%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Arapahoe County put median household income runs about $101,087, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Arapahoe County runs 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students), of which Aurora West College Preparatory Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Crawford Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Aurora West College Preparatory Academy. On composite proficiency, Aurora West College Preparatory Academy comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 10.3%.

Aurora West College Preparatory Academy operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Aurora West College Preparatory Academy has edged down 22%, going from 1,191 students in 2018 to 927 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share contracted from 13% to 6%.

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