Total enrollment
38,691
+2,599 (+7%) vs SY 2020-21
63 schools in Aurora Public Schools
Colorado · 39,464 students · 2 cities
Across Aurora Public Schools (Colorado), 63 public K-12 schools serve approximately 39,464 students, an average of 626 per school.
4-year change in Aurora Public Schools
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
58
-2 (-3%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Aurora Public Schools ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Colorado | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #66 of 70 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 39,464 | #5 of 95 | #144 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 59 | #6 of 95 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #81 of 95 | #7,528 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 80.2% | #7 of 94 | #1,210 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.2% | #14 of 68 | #1,627 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Aurora Public Schools
State test results across the district's 53 scored schools run from Aurora Quest K-8 at 88.7% proficient to Crawford Elementary School at 5.0%, a gap of 83.7 points. That is the 2nd widest gap among 55 Colorado districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 52 district schools that reported both years went from 36,197 to 36,290 students (unchanged) and from 1,908 to 2,053 full-time teachers (up 8%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Aurora Public Schools
As a middle-population district in Colorado, Aurora Public Schools educates 39,464 students across 63 schools.
On the level-by-level breakdown, Aurora Public Schools comprises 43 elementary, 6 middle, 7 high schools, and 7 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, Aurora Public Schools runs about 626 students per school, 37% higher than the state mean of roughly 456.
Trend over the past 4 years. Total public-school enrollment in Aurora Public Schools has climbed 7% since SY 2020-21, moving from about 36,092 students to 38,691. The school count fell from 60 to 58 across the same 4-year window.
In the discussion threads here, the community for Aurora Public Schools discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Members of the local community share what they see day-to-day.