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Enrollment
632
Elementary
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHERRY CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 080291006301
Buffalo Trail Elementary School
24300 EAST PROGRESS DRIVE, AURORA, CO 80016 · (720) 886-4000 · Arapahoe County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL632 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
16.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
241 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 51 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (107).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
41.5%
CO avg 44.9% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
35.4%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.5% | 35.4% |
| 2023-24 | 40.6% | 34.0% |
% 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
36.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Buffalo Trail Elementary School
Buffalo Trail Elementary School's state test result (36.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Trail Elementary School this school | 632 | 38.1% | 36.2% |
| Dakota Valley Elementary School AURORA | 571 | 39.4% | 39.6% |
| Antelope Ridge Elementary School AURORA | 549 | 39.7% | 45.4% |
| Bradley International School DENVER | 574 | 42.2% | 49.7% |
| Canyon Creek Elementary School AURORA | 477 | 38.8% | 38.5% |
| Timberline Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 478 | 33.1% | 37.0% |
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 Buffalo Trail Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #487 of 931 | #47 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #464 of 940 ▲ 3 | #45 of 96 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #492 of 946 ▼ 5 | #45 of 96 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 632 | #94 of 1,056 | #17 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #648 of 896 | #72 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.5% | #14 of 896 | #12 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.1% | #609 of 983 | #64 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #457 of 664 | #45 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
632
+21 (+3%) vs 2020
+20% since 2010-11, when it was 527
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 632 | 37.5 | 16.9:1 | 38% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 627 | 37 | 16.9:1 | 38% (237) |
| 2022-23 | 597 | 35.6 | 16.8:1 | 26% (156) |
| 2020-21 | 611 | 35 | 17.5:1 | 23% (142) |
| 2017-18 | 709 | 38.9 | 18.3:1 | 20% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 655 | 35 | 18.7:1 | 15% (95) |
| 2010-11 | 527 | 27 | 19.5:1 | 17% (90) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Buffalo Trail Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (709 to 632); teachers down 3% (38.9 to 37.5).
About Buffalo Trail Elementary School
Buffalo Trail Elementary School is a public elementary school in AURORA, Colorado. It serves 632 students in pre-K through 6. For comparison, elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students.
Cherry Creek School District enrolls 52,099 students in 70 schools, including Buffalo Trail Elementary School.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Buffalo Trail Elementary School, at 41%. Beyond that, enrollment is 24% Hispanic, 14% Black, 14% multiracial, and 7% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 59%. Buffalo Trail Elementary School's diversity index is 74%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 37.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 16.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Buffalo Trail Elementary School is 38%. That rate is below the 50% average among public schools in Arapahoe County.
The allk12 Grade for Buffalo Trail Elementary School is C. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 32% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 43.6% at Buffalo Trail Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 36.2%.
County data help place the school in context: in Arapahoe County, the median household income is $101,087, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Arapahoe County is home to 176 public schools and about 115,502 public school students.
The school nearest to Buffalo Trail Elementary School is Infinity Middle School, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Buffalo Trail Elementary School is 7th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 3% from 2020-21, when Buffalo Trail Elementary School had 611 students, to 2024-25, when it had 632.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Buffalo Trail Elementary School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Cherry Creek School District
- Cherry Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,852 students
- Cherokee Trail High SchoolHigh · 3,089 students
- Eaglecrest High SchoolHigh · 2,851 students
- Grandview High SchoolHigh · 2,684 students
- Smoky Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,297 students
- Overland High SchoolHigh · 2,228 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
Other Buffalo Trail Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Buffalo Trail Elementary. Buffalo Trail Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Buffalo Trail ElementaryAldie, VA · 756 students
Nearby schools
- Infinity Middle School0.4 mi · 1,020
- Antelope Ridge Elementary School1.1 mi · 549
- Canyon Creek Elementary School1.3 mi · 477
- Mountain Vista Elementary School1.5 mi · 568
- Eaglecrest High School1.6 mi · 2,851
- Pine Ridge Elementary School1.7 mi · 617
Frequently asked questions
About Buffalo Trail Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Buffalo Trail Elementary School?
Buffalo Trail Elementary School enrolls approximately 632 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Buffalo Trail Elementary School serve?
Buffalo Trail Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Buffalo Trail Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Buffalo Trail Elementary School is approximately 16.9:1 (38 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Buffalo Trail Elementary School?
Buffalo Trail Elementary School reports a student body of 41% White, 24% Hispanic, 14% Black, 7% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Buffalo Trail Elementary School?
Buffalo Trail Elementary School is overseen by Cherry Creek School District in Arapahoe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.