Independence Elementary School

Independence Elementary School is one of the average-sized primary schools in AURORA, Colorado, run under Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah, with 439 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah comprises 70 schools with combined enrollment of 52,099 students; Independence Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Independence Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is White (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 33% Hispanic, 16% Black, 11% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Arapahoe County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Arapahoe County's rate of about 50%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Independence Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.5%; this one delivers 25.9%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Arapahoe County indicate median household income runs about $101,087, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Arapahoe County runs 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students), of which Independence Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Smoky Hill High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Independence Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 30.1%.

Independence Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 13%: 504 students in 2018 compared to 439 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 25% to 33% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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