Elkhart Elementary School

Set in AURORA, Colorado, Elkhart Elementary School is a reasonably sized K-5 school, one of the schools within Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A. It educates 525 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 39% larger than the state mean of about 379.

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

In terms of who attends, Elkhart Elementary School logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 73%. Other groups include 10% Black, 8% Asian, 4% multiracial, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 22% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Arapahoe County's rate of about 50%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Elkhart Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 7.1%; this one delivers 16.9%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Arapahoe County indicate median household income runs about $101,087, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Arapahoe County's 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students), Elkhart Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

East Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Elkhart Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Elkhart Elementary School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 10.5%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Elkhart Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 16% since 2018, when it stood at 627 (now 525). The Black share of enrollment fell from 16% to 10% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Elkhart Elementary School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.