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Enrollment
583
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AURORA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080234000067
Kenton Elementary School
1255 KENTON ST, AURORA, CO 80010 · (303) 364-0947 · Arapahoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL583 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of Colorado public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
15.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
491 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 | 37 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
44%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
16.0%
CO avg 44.9% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
12.6%
CO avg 36.1% . +5.7pp 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 13 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.0% | 12.6% |
| 2023-24 | 12.5% | 6.9% |
% 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
11.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 Kenton Elementary School
Kenton Elementary School's state test result (11.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenton Elementary School this school | 583 | 84.2% | 11.0% |
| Centennial Elementary School EVANS | 481 | 80.0% | 15.0% |
| Clyde Miller K-8 AURORA | 466 | 88.2% | 22.1% |
| Lena Archuleta Elementary School DENVER | 515 | 77.3% | 27.4% |
| Maplewood Elementary School GREELEY | 544 | 87.3% | 11.1% |
| Laredo Elementary School AURORA | 449 | 90.4% | 11.0% |
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 Kenton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #911 of 931 | #89 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.6% | #853 of 940 ▲ 52 | #84 of 96 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #880 of 946 ▲ 22 | #84 of 96 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 583 | #127 of 1,056 | #22 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #462 of 896 | #53 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.0% | #589 of 896 | #83 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.2% | #113 of 983 | #12 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.4% | #161 of 200 | #17 of 20 |
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
583
+133 (+30%) vs 2020
+50% since 1990-91, when it was 388
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 583 | 37.5 | 15.6:1 | 84% (491) |
| 2023-24 | 482 | 32.7 | 14.8:1 | 89% (430) |
| 2022-23 | 448 | 35 | 12.8:1 | 92% (413) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 29 | 15.5:1 | 96% (434) |
| 2017-18 | 564 | 32.2 | 17.5:1 | 95% (534) |
| 2015-16 | 672 | 35 | 19.2:1 | 86% (580) |
| 2010-11 | 553 | 31 | 17.8:1 | 88% (486) |
| 2000-01 | 643 | 37 | 17.4:1 | 74% (478) |
| 1990-91 | 388 | 21 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kenton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (564 to 583); teachers up 17% (32.2 to 37.5).
About Kenton Elementary School
Kenton Elementary School is an elementary school located in AURORA, Colorado, in Arapahoe County. Total enrollment is 583 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Colorado have about 379 students on average; enrollment here is 54% higher.
Kenton Elementary School falls under Aurora Public Schools, which has 59 schools enrolling 39,464 students.
More than half of the students at Kenton Elementary School are Hispanic (74%). Beyond that, enrollment is 9% Black, 7% White, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. In Arapahoe County overall, about 22% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 44%.
Kenton Elementary School has 37.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.6:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 84% at Kenton Elementary School. The gap from the 50% average for public schools in Arapahoe County is 34 points.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, Kenton Elementary School outscored 2%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Colorado with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 15.7%. Kenton Elementary School scores 11.0%.
For Arapahoe County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $101,087, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 176 public schools in the county, enrolling about 115,502, Kenton Elementary School among them.
Kenton Elementary School is about 0.3 miles from Vega Collegiate Academy, its nearest public school. Kenton Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Kenton Elementary School ranks 3rd of 7 nearby schools, at 11.0% versus an 11.9% average.
Kenton Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 30% rise, from 450 to 583.
This page is set up for the Kenton Elementary School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Aurora Public Schools
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Other Kenton Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Kenton Elementary. Kenton Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Kenton Elementary SchoolKenton, OH · 1,022 students
- Kenton Elementary SchoolIndependence, KY · 650 students
- Kenton Elementary SchoolSpringfield, OH · 485 students
- Kenton Elementary SchoolKenton, TN · 87 students
Nearby schools
- Vega Collegiate Academy0.3 mi · 583
- APS Early Beginnings - A Zoom Site0.4 mi · 23
- Jamaica Child Development Center0.5 mi · 106
- Aurora Central Campus0.5 mi · 2,468
- Aurora West College Preparatory Academy0.5 mi · 927
- Fulton Academy of Excellence0.7 mi · 410
Frequently asked questions
About Kenton Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Kenton Elementary School?
Kenton Elementary School enrolls approximately 583 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Kenton Elementary School serve?
Kenton Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kenton Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kenton Elementary School is approximately 15.6:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kenton Elementary School?
At Kenton Elementary School, the student body is approximately 7% White, 74% Hispanic, 9% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Kenton Elementary School?
Kenton 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.