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Best kept secret at Dartmouth Elementary School?
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Enrollment
422
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AURORA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080234000059
Dartmouth Elementary School
3050 SOUTH LAREDO ST, AURORA, CO 80013 · (303) 690-1155 · Arapahoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL422 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of Colorado public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
14.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
315 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 39 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
27.6%
CO avg 44.9% . +2.9pp since 2023
Math
29.8%
CO avg 36.1% . +11.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.6% | 29.8% |
| 2023-24 | 24.7% | 18.1% |
% 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
23.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Dartmouth Elementary School
Dartmouth Elementary School's state test result (23.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dartmouth Elementary School this school | 422 | 74.6% | 23.7% |
| Coperni 3 COLORADO SPRINGS | 367 | 70.0% | 31.8% |
| Otero Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 330 | 73.3% | 24.9% |
| Monroe Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 321 | 75.4% | 12.8% |
| Mountain Vista Community School COLORADO SPRINGS | 590 | 72.5% | 33.5% |
| Twain Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 291 | 81.4% | 17.5% |
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 Dartmouth Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #703 of 931 | #67 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #547 of 940 ▲ 183 | #51 of 96 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #691 of 946 ▲ 40 | #62 of 96 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 422 | #387 of 1,056 | #72 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #295 of 896 | #30 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #75 of 896 | #36 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.6% | #221 of 983 | #26 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.1% | #50 of 200 | #5 of 20 |
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
422
+83 (+24%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 624
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 422 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 75% (315) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 26 | 17.1:1 | 77% (343) |
| 2022-23 | 399 | 29 | 13.8:1 | 70% (280) |
| 2020-21 | 339 | 29 | 11.7:1 | 64% (216) |
| 2017-18 | 340 | 26.7 | 12.8:1 | 62% (210) |
| 2015-16 | 458 | 28 | 16.4:1 | 63% (287) |
| 2010-11 | 448 | 23 | 19.5:1 | 53% (238) |
| 2000-01 | 474 | 26 | 18.2:1 | 20% (97) |
| 1990-91 | 624 | 28 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dartmouth Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 24% (340 to 422); teachers up 9% (26.7 to 29).
About Dartmouth Elementary School
In AURORA, Colorado, Dartmouth Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 422 students.
Aurora Public Schools serves 39,464 students across 59 schools.
Dartmouth Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 48%. The school is also 27% White, 13% Black, and 9% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 22%. Dartmouth Elementary School has a diversity index of 67%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 29 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.6:1. That ratio is under the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 75%. That rate is above the 50% average among public schools in Arapahoe County.
The allk12 Grade for Dartmouth Elementary School is C. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 33% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Dartmouth Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 23.7% and a predicted 21.5%.
Among Arapahoe County residents, median household income is about $101,087, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 176 public schools in Arapahoe County, with a combined enrollment of about 115,502.
The closest other public school is Meadowood Child Development Center, about 0.4 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Dartmouth Elementary School is 4th of 8 on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Dartmouth Elementary School is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Dartmouth Elementary School had 339 students in 2020-21 and 422 in 2024-25, a 24% gain. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.7:1 in 2020-21, and 14.6:1 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Dartmouth Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Aurora Public Schools
- Aurora Central CampusCombined · 2,468 students
- Rangeview High SchoolHigh · 2,078 students
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- Hinkley High SchoolHigh · 1,527 students
- Lotus School for ExcellenceCombined · 1,008 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 Dartmouth Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Dartmouth Elementary. Dartmouth Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Dartmouth Elementary SchoolRICHARDSON, TX · 425 students
Nearby schools
- Meadowood Child Development Center0.4 mi · 166
- Yale Elementary School0.4 mi · 492
- Dalton Elementary School0.8 mi · 430
- Columbia Middle School0.9 mi · 636
- Mission Viejo Elementary School1.1 mi · 552
- Cimarron Elementary School1.2 mi · 393
Frequently asked questions
About Dartmouth Elementary SchoolHow large is Dartmouth Elementary School?
Dartmouth Elementary School enrolls approximately 422 students in grades PK-05.
Is Dartmouth Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dartmouth Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Dartmouth Elementary School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Dartmouth Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Dartmouth Elementary School?
Student demographics at Dartmouth Elementary School are roughly 27% White, 48% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Dartmouth Elementary School public or private?
Dartmouth Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Aurora Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.