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If you had an hour of school board time for Mission Viejo Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
552
Elementary
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHERRY CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 080291000198
Mission Viejo Elementary School
3855 SOUTH ALICIA PARKWAY, AURORA, CO 80013 · (720) 886-8000 · Arapahoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL552 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Colorado public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
15.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
297 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 | 39 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
73%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
27.4%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.7pp since 2023
Math
21.3%
CO avg 36.1% . +5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 5 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.4% | 21.3% |
| 2023-24 | 28.1% | 16.1% |
% 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
22.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Mission Viejo Elementary School
Mission Viejo Elementary School's state test result (22.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Viejo Elementary School this school | 552 | 53.8% | 22.0% |
| Arrowhead Elementary School AURORA | 499 | 54.1% | 22.4% |
| Sunrise Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 506 | 49.6% | 30.3% |
| Webster Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 582 | 47.9% | 37.9% |
| Sunrise Elementary School AURORA | 497 | 61.2% | 17.4% |
| Meadow Point Elementary School AURORA | 401 | 59.9% | 28.6% |
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 Mission Viejo Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #733 of 931 | #69 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #690 of 940 ▲ 80 | #67 of 96 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #698 of 946 ▼ 15 | #63 of 96 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 552 | #157 of 1,056 | #33 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #476 of 896 | #55 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.5% | #20 of 896 | #17 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.8% | #435 of 983 | #51 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #554 of 664 | #56 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
552
+27 (+5%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 882
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 552 | 35.3 | 15.6:1 | 54% (297) |
| 2023-24 | 528 | 32 | 16.5:1 | 60% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 540 | 30.9 | 17.4:1 | 52% (279) |
| 2020-21 | 525 | 28 | 18.8:1 | 51% (269) |
| 2017-18 | 588 | 34 | 17.3:1 | 46% (272) |
| 2015-16 | 658 | 39 | 16.9:1 | 50% (330) |
| 2010-11 | 691 | 38 | 18.2:1 | 41% (284) |
| 2000-01 | 762 | 49 | 15.6:1 | 12% (92) |
| 1990-91 | 882 | 45 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mission Viejo Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (588 to 552); teachers up 4% (34 to 35.3).
About Mission Viejo Elementary School
Mission Viejo Elementary School runs as a medium-sized elementary school in AURORA, Colorado. The school's enrollment of 552 students covers pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 46% higher than the average for elementary schools in Colorado, which is about 379.
The 70 schools of Cherry Creek School District, including Mission Viejo Elementary School, enroll 52,099 students.
At Mission Viejo Elementary School, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 35%. The school is also 34% White, 15% Black, 11% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is higher than the 22% Hispanic share among all Arapahoe County residents. The school's diversity index is 73%, meaning two students picked at random have a 73% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Mission Viejo Elementary School, 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 15.6:1. That is lower than the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Roughly 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for Mission Viejo Elementary School is D. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 6% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Mission Viejo Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 22.0% and a predicted 34.1%.
In the county around the school, Arapahoe County, the median household income is $101,087, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Arapahoe County is home to 176 public schools and about 115,502 public school students.
The closest public school, Meadowood Child Development Center, is about 0.9 miles from Mission Viejo Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Mission Viejo Elementary School is 5th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
NCES assigns Mission Viejo Elementary School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 27 more students in 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 18.8:1 to 15.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Mission Viejo Elementary School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Meadowood Child Development Center0.9 mi · 166
- Cimarron Elementary School1.1 mi · 393
- Independence Elementary School1.1 mi · 439
- Dartmouth Elementary School1.1 mi · 422
- The Journey Preschool1.2 mi · 75
- Sagebrush Elementary School1.2 mi · 354
Frequently asked questions
About Mission Viejo Elementary SchoolHow large is Mission Viejo Elementary School?
Mission Viejo Elementary School enrolls approximately 552 students in grades PK-05.
Is Mission Viejo Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mission Viejo Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Mission Viejo Elementary School have?
Mission Viejo Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Mission Viejo Elementary School?
Student demographics at Mission Viejo Elementary School are roughly 34% White, 35% Hispanic, 15% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Mission Viejo Elementary School in?
Mission Viejo 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.