Enrollment
366
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AURORA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080234000068
Lansing Elementary Community School
551 LANSING ST, AURORA, CO 80010 · (303) 364-8297 · Arapahoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% 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
12.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
314 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 40 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 31% larger than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
60%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
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
11.0%
CO avg 44.9% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
8.9%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down 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 | 11.0% | 8.9% |
| 2023-24 | 14.0% | 7.7% |
% 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
10.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 Lansing Elementary Community School
Lansing Elementary Community School's state test result (10.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lansing Elementary Community School this school | 366 | 85.8% | 10.3% |
| Jewell Elementary School AURORA | 493 | 85.8% | 21.6% |
| Oakland Elementary DENVER | 352 | 85.5% | 16.1% |
| Samuels Elementary School DENVER | 532 | 86.5% | 28.2% |
| Vanguard Classical School - West DENVER | 380 | 83.4% | 17.4% |
| Cheltenham Elementary School DENVER | 373 | 85.3% | 11.4% |
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 Lansing Elementary Community School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.3% | #915 of 931 | #91 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.9% | #900 of 940 ▲ 4 | #89 of 96 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #923 of 946 ▼ 37 | #92 of 96 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #525 of 1,056 | #81 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #93 of 896 | #7 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #206 of 896 | #57 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.8% | #85 of 983 | #10 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #613 of 664 | #64 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
366
+11 (+3%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 368
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 366 | 29 | 12.6:1 | 86% (314) |
| 2023-24 | 376 | 27.9 | 13.5:1 | 88% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 337 | 25.5 | 13.2:1 | 87% (294) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | 28 | 12.7:1 | 86% (304) |
| 2017-18 | 377 | 25.7 | 14.7:1 | 82% (309) |
| 2015-16 | 451 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 80% (359) |
| 2010-11 | 405 | 23 | 17.6:1 | 85% (343) |
| 2000-01 | 416 | 21 | 19.8:1 | 43% (179) |
| 1990-91 | 368 | 17 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lansing Elementary Community School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (377 to 366); teachers up 13% (25.7 to 29).
About Lansing Elementary Community School
Lansing Elementary Community School is an elementary school in AURORA, Colorado, reachable at (303) 364-8297. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 366 students.
Besides Lansing Elementary Community School, Aurora Public Schools runs 58 other schools. The district enrolls 39,464 students.
By race and ethnicity, Lansing Elementary Community School is 59% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% Black, 8% White, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. In Arapahoe County overall, about 22% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Lansing Elementary Community School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.
Teacher staffing is 29 full-time equivalents, or about 12.6 students per teacher. The 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado is higher than this school's figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 86%. Across public schools in Arapahoe County, the average is 50%.
The allk12 Grade for Lansing Elementary Community School is F. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 3% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Lansing Elementary Community School would score about 14.7%. It scores 10.3%, 4.5 points below that figure.
County data help place the school in context: in Arapahoe County, median household income is about $101,087, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The public schools of Arapahoe County number 176 and enroll about 115,502.
Nearby, Jamaica Child Development Center is about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Lansing Elementary Community School is 6th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale data from NCES put Lansing Elementary Community School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Federal counts put enrollment at 355 in 2020-21 and 366 in 2024-25, a 3% gain.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Lansing Elementary Community SchoolHow many students attend Lansing Elementary Community School?
Lansing Elementary Community School enrolls approximately 366 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lansing Elementary Community School serve?
Lansing Elementary Community School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Lansing Elementary Community School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Lansing Elementary Community School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lansing Elementary Community School?
At Lansing Elementary Community School, the student body is approximately 8% White, 59% Hispanic, 21% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Lansing Elementary Community School in?
Lansing Elementary Community School is part of Aurora Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.