Enrollment
393
Elementary
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHERRY CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 080291001297
Cimarron Elementary School
17373 EAST LEHIGH PL, AURORA, CO 80013 · (720) 886-8100 · Arapahoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL393 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
257 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 18 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
71%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
25.7%
CO avg 44.9% . +7.1pp since 2023
Math
23.2%
CO avg 36.1% . +8.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.7% | 23.2% |
| 2023-24 | 18.6% | 14.9% |
% 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
20.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Cimarron Elementary School
Cimarron Elementary School's state test result (20.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cimarron Elementary School this school | 393 | 65.4% | 20.6% |
| Dora Moore ECE-8 School DENVER | 349 | 65.3% | 25.9% |
| Wildflower Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 346 | 71.4% | 20.2% |
| Independence Elementary School AURORA | 439 | 64.7% | 25.9% |
| Abrams Elementary School FORT CARSON | 396 | 64.4% | 23.8% |
| Sunrise Elementary School AURORA | 497 | 61.2% | 17.4% |
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 Cimarron Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #757 of 931 | #73 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #654 of 940 ▲ 137 | #65 of 96 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #723 of 946 ▲ 107 | #67 of 96 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 393 | #445 of 1,056 | #79 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #54 of 896 | #3 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.0% | #37 of 896 | #24 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.4% | #312 of 983 | #37 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.6% | #241 of 664 | #17 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
393
-32 (-8%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 723
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 393 | 33 | 11.9:1 | 65% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 416 | 31.3 | 13.3:1 | 68% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 372 | 30.1 | 12.4:1 | 58% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 425 | 27 | 15.7:1 | 57% (241) |
| 2017-18 | 501 | 31.1 | 16.1:1 | 56% (279) |
| 2015-16 | 523 | 29 | 18.0:1 | 57% (297) |
| 2010-11 | 549 | 32 | 17.2:1 | 48% (262) |
| 2000-01 | 608 | 37 | 16.4:1 | 25% (149) |
| 1990-91 | 723 | 40 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cimarron Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (501 to 393); teachers up 6% (31.1 to 33).
About Cimarron Elementary School
Cimarron Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in AURORA, Colorado. There are 393 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
Enrollment across the 70 schools in Cherry Creek School District totals 52,099 students.
Hispanic students account for 41% of enrollment at Cimarron Elementary School, more than any other group. Other students are 27% White, 18% Black, and 12% multiracial. By comparison, Arapahoe County residents are about 22% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Cimarron Elementary School scores 71%.
With 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.9:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1. Roughly 65% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Arapahoe County is 50%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Cimarron Elementary School, the prediction is 27.1% and the result is 20.6%.
In the wider Arapahoe County area, the median household earns about $101,087 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Arapahoe County, 176 public schools serve about 115,502 students.
Dalton Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Cimarron Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Cimarron Elementary School is 6th among 7 schools close by.
In the federal locale system, Cimarron Elementary School is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
An 8% decrease took enrollment from 425 in 2020-21 to 393 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.7:1 to 11.9:1.
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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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Other schools in Cherry Creek School District
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Other Cimarron Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Cimarron Elementary. Cimarron Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 7.
- Cimarron Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 669 students
- Cimarron ElementaryPalmdale, CA · 497 students
- Cimarron Elementary SchoolKATY, TX · 495 students
- Cimarron ElemCimarron, KS · 312 students
- Cimarron Elementary SchoolLahoma, OK · 134 students
Nearby schools
- Dalton Elementary School0.7 mi · 430
- Columbia Middle School0.7 mi · 636
- Summit Elementary School0.8 mi · 337
- Horizon Middle School0.8 mi · 714
- The Journey Preschool0.8 mi · 75
- Meadowood Child Development Center0.8 mi · 166
Frequently asked questions
About Cimarron Elementary SchoolHow large is Cimarron Elementary School?
Cimarron Elementary School enrolls approximately 393 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Cimarron Elementary School serve?
Cimarron Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Cimarron Elementary School have?
Cimarron Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Cimarron Elementary School?
Student demographics at Cimarron Elementary School are roughly 27% White, 41% Hispanic, 18% Black, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Cimarron Elementary School in?
Cimarron Elementary School is part of Cherry Creek School District.
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