Jewell Elementary School

Jewell Elementary School operates as a mid-tier elementary-level community in AURORA, Colorado, overseen by Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A. Current enrollment sits at 493 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Jewell Elementary School sits 30% larger than that benchmark.

Jewell Elementary School is one of 59 schools operated by Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A, a district that caters to 39,464 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Jewell Elementary School logs that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 23% Black, 10% White, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Arapahoe County as a whole is about 22% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Jewell Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Arapahoe County's rate of about 50%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jewell Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 14.7%, the actual is 21.6%, a residual of +6.9 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Arapahoe County put median household income runs about $101,087, 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 Jewell Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Colorado Early Colleges Aurora, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jewell Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jewell Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 11.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 10%: 447 students in 2018 compared to 493 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 18% to 10% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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