AXL Academy

Set in AURORA, Colorado, AXL Academy is a mid-sized K-5 school, part of Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A. It works with 402 students across grades pre-K through 8.

Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A runs 59 schools in total, collectively educating 39,464 students. AXL Academy is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, AXL Academy shows that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 26% Black, 17% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Arapahoe County as a whole is about 22% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 80% of students at AXL Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Arapahoe County's rate of about 50%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, AXL Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 18.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 16.8%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Arapahoe County put median household earnings sit near $101,087, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 AXL Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Tollgate Elementary School of Expeditionary Learning, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), AXL Academy ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 15.9%.

The school occupies a high-density site. AXL Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AXL Academy has contracted 19%, going from 494 students in 2018 to 402 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 40% to 48% across the same window.

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