Cimarron Elementary School

Cimarron Elementary School is a moderately sized primary school in AURORA, Colorado, run under Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah. The school educates 393 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah comprises 70 schools with combined enrollment of 52,099 students; Cimarron Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Cimarron Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 27% White, 18% Black, 12% multiracial. By comparison, Arapahoe County as a whole is about 22% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Cimarron Elementary School records 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. An estimated 65% of students are eligible 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 north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Cimarron Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.1%; this one delivers 20.6%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Arapahoe County) reports that median household earnings sit near $101,087, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Cimarron Elementary School is one of 176 public schools in Arapahoe County (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students).

Nearest neighbor: Dalton Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Cimarron Elementary School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 23.7%.

Cimarron Elementary School operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Cimarron Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 22% since 2018, when it stood at 501 (now 393). Hispanic enrollment moved from 29% to 41% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.