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Enrollment
439
Elementary
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHERRY CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 080291000196
Independence Elementary School
4700 SOUTH MEMPHIS STREET, AURORA, CO 80015 · (720) 886-8200 · Arapahoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL439 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Colorado public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
284 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 34 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
25.6%
CO avg 44.9% . -2.6pp since 2023
Math
25.6%
CO avg 36.1% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.6% | 25.6% |
| 2023-24 | 28.2% | 22.1% |
% 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
25.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Independence Elementary School
Independence Elementary School's state test result (25.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Elementary School this school | 439 | 64.7% | 25.9% |
| Abrams Elementary School FORT CARSON | 396 | 64.4% | 23.8% |
| Sunrise Elementary School AURORA | 497 | 61.2% | 17.4% |
| Cimarron Elementary School AURORA | 393 | 65.4% | 20.6% |
| Dora Moore ECE-8 School DENVER | 349 | 65.3% | 25.9% |
| Meadow Point Elementary School AURORA | 401 | 59.9% | 28.6% |
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 Independence Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #657 of 931 | #60 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #610 of 940 ▲ 49 | #60 of 96 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #728 of 946 ▼ 49 | #68 of 96 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 439 | #349 of 1,056 | #66 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #152 of 896 | #14 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #25 of 896 | #20 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.7% | #327 of 983 | #38 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #424 of 664 | #43 of 70 |
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
439
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 490
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 439 | 32.8 | 13.4:1 | 65% (284) |
| 2023-24 | 431 | 31.3 | 13.8:1 | 66% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 432 | 30 | 14.4:1 | 61% (264) |
| 2020-21 | 446 | 31 | 14.4:1 | 60% (268) |
| 2017-18 | 504 | 34.9 | 14.4:1 | 63% (316) |
| 2015-16 | 516 | 36 | 14.3:1 | 57% (296) |
| 2010-11 | 486 | 36 | 13.5:1 | 49% (240) |
| 2000-01 | 538 | 29 | 18.6:1 | 19% (102) |
| 1990-91 | 490 | 26 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Independence Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (504 to 439); teachers down 6% (34.9 to 32.8).
About Independence Elementary School
Independence Elementary School serves students in AURORA, Colorado, as a medium-sized elementary school. The school reports 439 students in pre-K through 5.
Independence Elementary School is one school in a 70-school district, Cherry Creek School District, which enrolls 52,099 students.
Independence Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 36%. Other students are 33% Hispanic, 16% Black, 11% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Arapahoe County residents are about 59% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Independence Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 72%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1 at Independence Elementary School, with 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Colorado, the typical ratio is 16.6:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 65% of enrollment. Across public schools in Arapahoe County, the average is 50%.
allk12 grades Independence Elementary School a C. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Colorado with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 27.5%. Independence Elementary School scores 25.9%.
Arapahoe County has these Census figures: median household income is about $101,087, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Independence Elementary School is among the 176 public schools in Arapahoe County.
The nearest public school is Smoky Hill High School, at about 0.3 miles. Independence Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 30.1%, higher than Independence Elementary School's 25.9%.
Independence Elementary School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 446 in 2020-21 and 439 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 13.4:1, from 14.4:1.
The Independence Elementary School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Cherry Creek School District
- Cherry Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,852 students
- Cherokee Trail High SchoolHigh · 3,089 students
- Eaglecrest High SchoolHigh · 2,851 students
- Grandview High SchoolHigh · 2,684 students
- Smoky Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,297 students
- Overland High SchoolHigh · 2,228 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 Independence Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 15 states are named Independence Elementary. Independence Elementary School is the 12th largest of the 18.
- INDEPENDENCE ELEMENTARYWINTER GARDEN, FL · 889 students
- Independence Elementary SchoolLEWISVILLE, TX · 830 students
- INDEPENDENCE ELEM.ST CHARLES, MO · 762 students
- INDEPENDENCE ELEMENTARYBIG LAKE, MN · 758 students
- Independence ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 709 students
Nearby schools
- Smoky Hill High School0.3 mi · 2,297
- Laredo Middle School0.5 mi · 846
- The Journey Preschool0.7 mi · 75
- Indian Ridge Elementary School0.7 mi · 410
- Meadow Point Elementary School1.0 mi · 401
- Sagebrush Elementary School1.1 mi · 354
Frequently asked questions
About Independence Elementary SchoolHow large is Independence Elementary School?
Independence Elementary School enrolls approximately 439 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Independence Elementary School serve?
Independence Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Independence Elementary School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Independence Elementary School.
How diverse is Independence Elementary School?
Independence Elementary School reports a student body of 36% White, 33% Hispanic, 16% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Independence Elementary School public or private?
Independence Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cherry Creek School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.