Laredo Middle School

Set in AURORA, Colorado, Laredo Middle School is a substantial middle school, overseen by Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah. It serves 846 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 83% bigger than typical.

Within Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah, which oversees 70 schools and 52,099 students, Laredo Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Laredo Middle School shows that the most-represented group is White (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 15% Black, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 50% of students at Laredo Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Laredo Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.2%, the actual is 33.0%, a residual of -3.2 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Arapahoe County put 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 Laredo Middle School is one.

Smoky Hill High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Laredo Middle School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 33.2%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Laredo Middle School's enrollment has contracted 21% since 2018, when it stood at 1,069 (now 846). Over the same period, the White share fell from 49% to 39%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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