Buffalo Trail Elementary School

Located at 24300 EAST PROGRESS DRIVE, in AURORA, Colorado, Buffalo Trail Elementary School is an expansive elementary-level community that enrolls 632 students (grades pre-K through 6), run under Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 67% above typical.

Within Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah, which oversees 70 schools and 52,099 students, Buffalo Trail Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Buffalo Trail Elementary School records that 41% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 24% Hispanic, 14% Black, 14% multiracial, 7% Asian. By comparison, Arapahoe County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Buffalo Trail Elementary School has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 38% of students at Buffalo Trail Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Arapahoe County (around 50%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Buffalo Trail Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.6%, the actual is 36.2%, a residual of -7.4 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Arapahoe County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $101,087 per year, 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 Buffalo Trail Elementary School is one.

Infinity Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Buffalo Trail Elementary School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.6%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Buffalo Trail Elementary School has declined 11%, going from 709 students in 2018 to 632 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 56% to 41% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

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