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Enrollment
927
High
DISTRICT 1,310 · STATE 627
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AURORA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080234000082
Aurora West College Preparatory Academy
10100 EAST 13TH AVE, AURORA, CO 80010 · (303) 366-2671 · Arapahoe County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL927 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Colorado public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 16.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
872 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 146 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 166 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 173 | 19% |
| Grade 9 | 113 | 12% |
| Grade 10 | 98 | 11% |
| Grade 11 | 102 | 11% |
| Grade 12 | 129 | 14% |
Student demographics
43%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
5.5%
CO avg 44.9% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
0.8%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 6 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 1 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 5.5% | 0.8% |
| 2023-24 | 4.5% | 0.6% |
% 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
5.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
9.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 5% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 10% 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 Aurora West College Preparatory Academy
Aurora West College Preparatory Academy's state test result (5.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora West College Preparatory Academy this school | 927 | 94.1% | 5.3% |
| Hinkley High School AURORA | 1,527 | 87.8% | 6.0% |
| Rocky Mountain Prep RISE DENVER | 586 | 77.8% | 13.9% |
| Gateway High School AURORA | 1,748 | 83.1% | 5.8% |
| Montbello High School DENVER | 1,112 | 86.9% | 4.7% |
| DSST: College View High School DENVER | 533 | 85.7% | 15.3% |
Matched among Colorado high 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 West College Preparatory Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 5.3% | #228 of 231 | #19 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 0.8% | #54 of 54 no change | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 5.5% | #57 of 57 no change | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 927 | #119 of 409 | #14 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #187 of 250 | #10 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.1% | #159 of 250 | #15 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.1% | #2 of 320 | #1 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.2% | #34 of 139 | #4 of 12 |
Ranked against other public high 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
927
-205 (-18%) vs 2020
+83% since 1990-91, when it was 506
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 21.0:1
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 | 927 | 46 | 20.1:1 | 94% (872) |
| 2023-24 | 942 | 44 | 21.4:1 | 93% (875) |
| 2022-23 | 1,033 | 49 | 21.1:1 | 91% (939) |
| 2020-21 | 1,132 | 54 | 21.0:1 | 94% (1,060) |
| 2017-18 | 1,191 | 61 | 19.5:1 | 89% (1,060) |
| 2015-16 | 1,326 | 63 | 21.1:1 | 78% (1,030) |
| 2010-11 | 818 | 48 | 17.0:1 | 95% (775) |
| 2000-01 | 914 | 48 | 19.0:1 | 70% (641) |
| 1990-91 | 506 | 33 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Aurora West College Preparatory Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (1,191 to 927); teachers down 25% (61 to 46).
About Aurora West College Preparatory Academy
Aurora West College Preparatory Academy is a medium-sized high school located in AURORA, Colorado. The school's enrollment of 927 students covers grades 6 through 12. For comparison, high schools in Colorado average about 627 students.
District-wide, Aurora Public Schools has 59 schools and 39,464 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Aurora West College Preparatory Academy, with 74% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 13% Black, 6% Asian, and 3% White. Among all residents of Arapahoe County, the Hispanic share is about 22%. Pick two students at random and there is a 43% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Aurora West College Preparatory Academy, 46 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 20.1:1. That is higher than the 16.9:1 average for high schools in Colorado. Roughly 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 44 points above the 50% average for public schools in Arapahoe County.
Aurora West College Preparatory Academy is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 19% of Colorado public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Colorado schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Aurora West College Preparatory Academy's results are 4.4 points below predicted: 5.3% against 9.7%.
Census Bureau estimates for Arapahoe County show that the median household income is $101,087, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. There are 176 public schools in Arapahoe County, enrolling about 115,502 students in all.
Crawford Elementary School is the public school closest to Aurora West College Preparatory Academy, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Aurora West College Preparatory Academy ranks 5th of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 5.3% against a local average of 10.3%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 927, an 18% decrease from 1,132 in 2020-21.
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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 Aurora Public Schools
- Aurora Central CampusCombined · 2,468 students
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- 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
- Crawford Elementary School0.5 mi · 567
- Fulton Academy of Excellence0.5 mi · 410
- Kenton Elementary School0.5 mi · 583
- Boston K-8 School0.5 mi · 413
- Jamaica Child Development Center0.6 mi · 106
- APS Early Beginnings - A Zoom Site0.7 mi · 23
Frequently asked questions
About Aurora West College Preparatory AcademyHow large is Aurora West College Preparatory Academy?
Aurora West College Preparatory Academy enrolls approximately 927 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Aurora West College Preparatory Academy serve?
Aurora West College Preparatory Academy serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Aurora West College Preparatory Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Aurora West College Preparatory Academy is approximately 20.1:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Aurora West College Preparatory Academy?
At Aurora West College Preparatory Academy, the student body is approximately 3% White, 74% Hispanic, 13% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Aurora West College Preparatory Academy public or private?
Aurora West College Preparatory Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Aurora Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.