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Which teacher or staff member at Meadow Point Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
401
Elementary
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHERRY CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 080291001329
Meadow Point Elementary School
17901 EAST GRAND AVENUE, AURORA, CO 80015 · (720) 886-8600 · Arapahoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL401 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
240 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 56 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
31.0%
CO avg 44.9% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
28.2%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 28.2% |
| 2023-24 | 30.1% | 26.4% |
% 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
28.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Meadow Point Elementary School
Meadow Point Elementary School's state test result (28.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Point Elementary School this school | 401 | 59.9% | 28.6% |
| Abrams Elementary School FORT CARSON | 396 | 64.4% | 23.8% |
| Sagebrush Elementary School AURORA | 354 | 52.0% | 25.4% |
| Independence Elementary School AURORA | 439 | 64.7% | 25.9% |
| Odyssey Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 378 | 62.2% | 34.7% |
| Dora Moore ECE-8 School DENVER | 349 | 65.3% | 25.9% |
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 Meadow Point Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #608 of 931 | #52 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #570 of 940 ▲ 5 | #55 of 96 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #639 of 946 ▲ 10 | #54 of 96 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 401 | #423 of 1,056 | #78 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #175 of 896 | #18 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #41 of 896 | #26 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.9% | #374 of 983 | #46 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.6% | #92 of 664 | #9 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
401
-35 (-8%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 707
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 401 | 29.5 | 13.6:1 | 60% (240) |
| 2023-24 | 392 | 26.4 | 14.8:1 | 65% (255) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 29 | 13.8:1 | 53% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 436 | 26 | 16.8:1 | 58% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 586 | 33.1 | 17.7:1 | 53% (308) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 29 | 18.6:1 | 50% (269) |
| 2010-11 | 485 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 53% (256) |
| 2000-01 | 540 | 34 | 15.9:1 | 14% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 707 | 40 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meadow Point Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (586 to 401); teachers down 11% (33.1 to 29.5).
About Meadow Point Elementary School
Meadow Point Elementary School is a public mid-sized elementary school in AURORA, Colorado. In all, 401 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
Besides Meadow Point Elementary School, Cherry Creek School District runs 69 other schools. The district enrolls 52,099 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Meadow Point Elementary School is Hispanic, with 38% of students. Enrollment also includes 34% White, 12% Black, 12% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among people living in Arapahoe County, the Hispanic share is about 22%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Meadow Point Elementary School scores 71%.
The school had 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 13.6:1. Across elementary schools in Colorado, the average ratio is 16.6:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 60%. The average for public schools in Arapahoe County is 50%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Meadow Point Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Colorado schools: 28.6% actual against 30.4% predicted.
For the population of Arapahoe County, the median household earns about $101,087 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Arapahoe County, 176 public schools serve about 115,502 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Trails West Elementary School, is about 0.5 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 35.4%; Meadow Point Elementary School's is 28.6%, ranking 4th of 8.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 436 (2020-21) to 401 (2024-25). Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.8:1 to 13.6:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Meadow Point Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Cherry Creek School District
- Cherry Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,852 students
- Cherokee Trail High SchoolHigh · 3,089 students
- Eaglecrest High SchoolHigh · 2,851 students
- Grandview High SchoolHigh · 2,684 students
- Smoky Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,297 students
- Overland High SchoolHigh · 2,228 students
Other schools in AURORA
- Cherokee Trail High SchoolHigh · 3,089 students
- Grandview High SchoolHigh · 2,684 students
- Aurora Central CampusCombined · 2,468 students
- Smoky Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,297 students
- Overland High SchoolHigh · 2,228 students
- Rangeview High SchoolHigh · 2,078 students
Nearby schools
- Trails West Elementary School0.5 mi · 425
- The Journey Preschool0.8 mi · 75
- Peakview Elementary School0.9 mi · 447
- Summit Elementary School1.0 mi · 337
- Indian Ridge Elementary School1.0 mi · 410
- Independence Elementary School1.0 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About Meadow Point Elementary SchoolHow large is Meadow Point Elementary School?
Meadow Point Elementary School enrolls approximately 401 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Meadow Point Elementary School serve?
Meadow Point Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Meadow Point Elementary School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Meadow Point Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Meadow Point Elementary School?
Student demographics at Meadow Point Elementary School are roughly 34% White, 38% Hispanic, 12% Black, 3% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Meadow Point Elementary School in?
Meadow Point Elementary School is part of Cherry Creek School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.