Canyon Creek Elementary School

Canyon Creek Elementary School is a K-5 school of mid-sized scale in AURORA, Colorado, one of the schools within Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah, enrolling 477 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 26% larger than typical.

Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah runs 70 schools in total, collectively educating 52,099 students. Canyon Creek Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Canyon Creek Elementary School logs that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 26% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 9% Black, 8% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 59% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Canyon Creek Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 39% of students at Canyon Creek Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Arapahoe County (around 50%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Canyon Creek Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.5%.

In the area at large, Arapahoe County reports that median household income runs about $101,087, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Canyon Creek Elementary School is one of 176 public schools in Arapahoe County (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students).

The closest other public school is Antelope Ridge Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Canyon Creek Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 10%: 532 students in 2018 compared to 477 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 56% to 45% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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