Kenton Elementary School

Kenton Elementary School is a sprawling elementary-level community in AURORA, Colorado, part of Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A. The school hosts 583 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Kenton Elementary School sits 54% bigger than that benchmark.

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

On demographics, Kenton Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 74% of enrollment; the rest consists of 9% Black, 7% White, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Arapahoe County (around 50%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Kenton Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 15.7%, the actual is 11.0%, a residual of -4.6 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Arapahoe County) records that the typical household earns roughly $101,087 per year, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Kenton Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Vega Collegiate Academy, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kenton Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kenton Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 11.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Kenton Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 564 (now 583). Black enrollment moved from 14% to 9% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.