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Enrollment
413
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AURORA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080234000055
Boston K-8 School
1365 BOSTON ST., AURORA, CO 80010 · (303) 364-6878 · Arapahoe County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Colorado public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
395 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 14 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 20% larger than its 8th grade class (35).
Student demographics
42%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
8.8%
CO avg 44.9% . -2.9pp since 2023
Math
5.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 9 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 8.8% | 5.7% |
| 2023-24 | 11.7% | 4.5% |
% 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
9.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
8.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 9% 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 Boston K-8 School
Boston K-8 School's state test result (9.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston K-8 School this school | 413 | 95.6% | 9.7% |
| Vaughn Elementary School AURORA | 446 | 91.7% | 8.9% |
| Montview Math & Health Sciences Elementary School AURORA | 380 | 95.0% | 11.8% |
| Laredo Elementary School AURORA | 449 | 90.4% | 11.0% |
| Elkhart Elementary School AURORA | 525 | 98.3% | 16.9% |
| Clyde Miller K-8 AURORA | 466 | 88.2% | 22.1% |
Matched among Colorado elementary 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 Boston K-8 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.7% | #919 of 931 | #94 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.7% | #929 of 940 ▼ 4 | #95 of 96 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 8.8% | #934 of 946 ▼ 18 | #95 of 96 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #399 of 1,056 | #73 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #513 of 896 | #58 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.8% | #643 of 896 | #85 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.6% | #4 of 983 | #3 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.7% | #636 of 664 | #66 of 70 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
413
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
+215% since 1990-91, when it was 131
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 413 | 26 | 15.9:1 | 96% (395) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 26.5 | 15.1:1 | 95% (379) |
| 2022-23 | 421 | 25.5 | 16.5:1 | 93% (390) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | 28 | 14.5:1 | 97% (394) |
| 2017-18 | 420 | 25.8 | 16.3:1 | 90% (379) |
| 2015-16 | 405 | 26 | 15.6:1 | 85% (346) |
| 2010-11 | 447 | 23 | 19.4:1 | 91% (408) |
| 2000-01 | 196 | 12 | 16.3:1 | 70% (137) |
| 1990-91 | 131 | 5 | 26.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Boston K-8 School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (420 to 413); teachers up 1% (25.8 to 26).
About Boston K-8 School
In AURORA, Colorado, part of Arapahoe County, Boston K-8 School is an elementary school. Enrollment totals 413 students across pre-K through 8.
Aurora Public Schools serves 39,464 students across 59 schools.
Hispanic students are 75% of those enrolled at Boston K-8 School. The rest of enrollment is 11% Black, 6% Asian, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Arapahoe County's population at about 22%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 42%.
There are 26 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.9:1. It is about the same as the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Of all students at Boston K-8 School, 96% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Arapahoe County is 50%.
On the allk12 Grade, Boston K-8 School lands at D, ahead of 13% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Boston K-8 School would be expected to post about 8.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 9.7%.
For the population of Arapahoe County, the median household earns about $101,087 a year, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Arapahoe County, 176 public schools serve about 115,502 students.
Boston K-8 School's closest public school neighbor is Aurora West College Preparatory Academy, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Boston K-8 School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 406 students in 2020-21 and 413 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. By 2024-25, the school had 15.9 students per teacher, compared with 14.5 in 2020-21.
Boston K-8 School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
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- Aurora West College Preparatory Academy0.5 mi · 927
- Crawford Elementary School0.6 mi · 567
- William (Bill) Roberts ECE-8 School0.7 mi · 872
- Vanguard Classical School - West0.7 mi · 380
- New America School - Aurora0.7 mi · 82
- Early Learning Center at New Legacy Charter School0.8 mi · 8
Frequently asked questions
About Boston K-8 SchoolHow many students attend Boston K-8 School?
Boston K-8 School enrolls approximately 413 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Boston K-8 School serve?
Boston K-8 School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Boston K-8 School?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at Boston K-8 School.
How diverse is Boston K-8 School?
Boston K-8 School reports a student body of 4% White, 75% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Boston K-8 School?
Boston K-8 School is overseen by Aurora Public Schools in Arapahoe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.