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Enrollment
502
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AURORA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080234001323
Iowa Elementary School
16701 EAST IOWA AVE, AURORA, CO 80017 · (303) 751-3660 · Arapahoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
407 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 16 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
15.6%
CO avg 44.9% . +2.8pp since 2023
Math
15.1%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.6% | 15.1% |
| 2023-24 | 12.8% | 13.7% |
% 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
13.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Iowa Elementary School
Iowa Elementary School's state test result (13.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Elementary School this school | 502 | 81.1% | 13.4% |
| Samuels Elementary School DENVER | 532 | 86.5% | 28.2% |
| Arkansas Elementary School AURORA | 432 | 75.0% | 25.4% |
| Vassar Elementary School AURORA | 500 | 72.8% | 27.4% |
| Marrama Elementary School DENVER | 547 | 85.6% | 18.6% |
| Jewell Elementary School AURORA | 493 | 85.8% | 21.6% |
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 Iowa Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.4% | #886 of 931 | #87 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #802 of 940 ▲ 13 | #79 of 96 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #884 of 946 ▲ 12 | #85 of 96 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #229 of 1,056 | #43 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #694 of 896 | #76 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #72 of 896 | #34 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.1% | #143 of 983 | #19 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #592 of 664 | #60 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
502
+87 (+21%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 619
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 502 | 29 | 17.3:1 | 81% (407) |
| 2023-24 | 466 | 28 | 16.6:1 | 83% (386) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 26 | 18.5:1 | 75% (359) |
| 2020-21 | 415 | 25 | 16.6:1 | 68% (284) |
| 2017-18 | 523 | 23.1 | 22.6:1 | 75% (393) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 25 | 21.9:1 | 72% (397) |
| 2010-11 | 527 | 23 | 22.9:1 | 68% (360) |
| 2000-01 | 563 | 25 | 22.5:1 | 20% (110) |
| 1990-91 | 619 | 26 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Iowa Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (523 to 502); teachers up 26% (23.1 to 29).
About Iowa Elementary School
Located in AURORA, Colorado, Iowa Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. The school serves 502 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students.
Aurora Public Schools, which runs Iowa Elementary School, has 59 schools and 39,464 students.
Roughly 51% of students at Iowa Elementary School are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 20% Black, 13% White, 8% Asian, and 6% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 22%. Pick two students at random and there is a 68% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1 at Iowa Elementary School, with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, elementary schools in Colorado have 16.6:1, compared with 17.3:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 81% of enrollment. It compares with 50% for public schools in Arapahoe County.
After adjusting for student poverty, Iowa Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 13.4%; the prediction is 17.6%.
Arapahoe County census figures show that the median household income is $101,087, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Arapahoe County is home to 176 public schools and about 115,502 public school students.
Arkansas Elementary School is the public school closest to Iowa Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 16.9% on proficiency, and Iowa Elementary School is below that at 13.4%.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Enrollment grew 21% from its 2020-21 level of 415.
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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
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Other Iowa Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Iowa Elementary. Iowa Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- IOWA ELEMENTARYNAMPA, ID · 485 students
Nearby schools
- Arkansas Elementary School0.5 mi · 432
- Mrachek Middle School0.8 mi · 811
- Montessori del Mundo Charter School1.0 mi · 365
- Vanguard Classical School - East1.1 mi · 690
- Rangeview High School1.1 mi · 2,078
- Tollgate Elementary School of Expeditionary Learning1.1 mi · 601
Frequently asked questions
About Iowa Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Iowa Elementary School?
Iowa Elementary School enrolls approximately 502 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Iowa Elementary School serve?
Iowa Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Iowa Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Iowa Elementary School is approximately 17.3:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Iowa Elementary School?
Student demographics at Iowa Elementary School are roughly 13% White, 51% Hispanic, 20% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Iowa Elementary School?
Iowa Elementary School is overseen by Aurora Public Schools in Arapahoe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.