Iowa Elementary School

Iowa Elementary School, a moderately sized elementary-level community in AURORA, Colorado, run under Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A, teaches 502 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 32% above typical.

Within Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A, which oversees 59 schools and 39,464 students, Iowa Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Iowa Elementary School records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 20% Black, 13% White, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Arapahoe County as a whole is about 22% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Arapahoe County's rate of about 50%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Iowa Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 17.6%, the actual is 13.4%, a residual of -4.1 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Arapahoe County indicate median household income runs about $101,087, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Arapahoe County runs 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students), of which Iowa Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Arkansas Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Iowa Elementary School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 16.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Iowa Elementary School has edged down 4%, going from 523 students in 2018 to 502 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 19% to 13% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

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