Lansing Elementary Community School

Lansing Elementary Community School is an elementary-level community of average-sized scale in AURORA, Colorado, one of the schools within Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A, caters to 366 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

In terms of who attends, Lansing Elementary Community School reports that 59% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 21% Black, 8% White, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 22% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Lansing Elementary Community School shows 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Arapahoe County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lansing Elementary Community 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 10.3%, a residual of -4.5 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Arapahoe County indicate 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%. Lansing Elementary Community School is one of 176 public schools in Arapahoe County (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students).

The closest other public school is Jamaica Child Development Center, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lansing Elementary Community School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 20.4%.

Lansing Elementary Community School operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 3%: 377 students in 2018 compared to 366 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 27% to 21% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.