Fox Ridge Middle School

Located at 26301 EAST ARAPAHOE ROAD, in AURORA, Colorado, Fox Ridge Middle School is a high-enrollment junior high that caters to 966 students (grades 6 through 8), part of Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 462 students each, so Fox Ridge Middle School sits 109% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 70 schools in Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah (52,099 students total), Fox Ridge Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Fox Ridge Middle School reports that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 9% multiracial, 8% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Arapahoe County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Fox Ridge Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Arapahoe County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Fox Ridge Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.9%, the actual is 48.7%, a residual of -7.1 points.

In the surrounding community, Arapahoe County reports that the typical household earns roughly $101,087 per year, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Fox Ridge Middle School is one of 176 public schools in Arapahoe County (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students).

Nearest neighbor: Cherokee Trail High School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Fox Ridge Middle School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 49.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Fox Ridge Middle School's enrollment has decreased 31% since 2018, when it stood at 1,398 (now 966). White enrollment moved from 66% to 56% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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