Columbia Middle School

As a moderately sized 6-8 campus in AURORA, Colorado, Columbia Middle School educates 636 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A. Enrollment runs roughly 38% bigger than the state mean of about 462.

Columbia Middle School is one of 59 schools operated by Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A, a district that enrolls 39,464 students overall.

Demographically, Columbia Middle School records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 23% White, 17% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Arapahoe County as a whole is about 22% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Arapahoe County (around 50%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Columbia Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 20.9%, the actual is 19.2%, a residual of -1.6 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Arapahoe County) records that the typical household earns roughly $101,087 per year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Columbia Middle School is one of 176 public schools in Arapahoe County (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students).

The closest other public school is Dalton Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Columbia Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 23.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Columbia Middle School has contracted 15%, going from 751 students in 2018 to 636 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 29% to 23% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.

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