Global Village Academy Aurora

Global Village Academy Aurora operates as a heavily attended primary school in AURORA, Colorado, one of the schools within Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A. Current enrollment sits at 802 students spanning grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 112% above typical.

Across the 59 schools in Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A (39,464 students total), Global Village Academy Aurora accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Global Village Academy Aurora reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 70% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 14% Black, 7% White, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

In terms of school funding signals, Global Village Academy Aurora lists 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 77% of students at Global Village Academy Aurora qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Arapahoe County (around 50%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Global Village Academy Aurora sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.0%; this one delivers 21.8%.

Across the wider county, census data for Arapahoe County shows the typical household earns roughly $101,087 per year, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Arapahoe County runs 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students), of which Global Village Academy Aurora is one.

Nearest neighbor: AXL Academy, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Global Village Academy Aurora comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 25.4%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. Global Village Academy Aurora operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 25%: 1,064 students in 2018 compared to 802 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 55% to 70% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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