Montessori del Mundo Charter School

Montessori del Mundo Charter School is a reasonably sized primary school in AURORA, Colorado, run under State Charter School Institute. The school hosts 365 students in grades pre-K through 6.

State Charter School Institute comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 21,411 students; Montessori del Mundo Charter School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Montessori del Mundo Charter School shows that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest consists of 10% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Arapahoe County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Montessori del Mundo Charter School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.0%, the actual is 15.7%, a residual of -10.3 points.

In the area at large, 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%. Montessori del Mundo Charter School is one of 176 public schools in Arapahoe County (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students).

Nearest neighbor: Tollgate Elementary School of Expeditionary Learning, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Montessori del Mundo Charter School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 14.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. Montessori del Mundo Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Montessori del Mundo Charter School's enrollment has increased 21% since 2018, when it stood at 302 (now 365). Hispanic enrollment moved from 81% to 85% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.