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Enrollment
811
Middle
DISTRICT 653 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AURORA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080234000073
Mrachek Middle School
1955 SOUTH TELLURIDE ST, AURORA, CO 80013 · (303) 750-2836 · Arapahoe County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL811 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Colorado public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.0:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
671 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 281 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 263 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 267 | 33% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
19.1%
CO avg 44.9% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
8.9%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.1% | 8.9% |
| 2023-24 | 14.8% | 7.3% |
% 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
11.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Mrachek Middle School
Mrachek Middle School's state test result (11.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrachek Middle School this school | 811 | 82.7% | 11.3% |
| Aurora Hills Middle School AURORA | 821 | 85.9% | 8.7% |
| Columbia Middle School AURORA | 636 | 75.6% | 19.2% |
| North Middle School Health Sciences and Technology Campus AURORA | 565 | 91.2% | 7.9% |
| Rocky Mountain Prep Green Valley Ranch DENVER | 379 | 83.6% | 17.7% |
| Prairie Middle School AURORA | 1,491 | 68.3% | 14.3% |
Matched among Colorado middle 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 Mrachek Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.3% | #227 of 241 | #19 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.9% | #220 of 244 ▲ 1 | #20 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #221 of 246 ▲ 12 | #20 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 811 | #30 of 278 | #11 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #224 of 227 | #20 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.4% | #20 of 227 | #9 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.7% | #31 of 246 | #4 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.3% | #153 of 169 | #17 of 18 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
811
-117 (-13%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 1,194
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 811 | 40 | 20.3:1 | 83% (671) |
| 2023-24 | 867 | 41 | 21.1:1 | 84% (724) |
| 2022-23 | 867 | 43 | 20.2:1 | 79% (684) |
| 2020-21 | 928 | 55 | 16.9:1 | 74% (686) |
| 2017-18 | 847 | 42.9 | 19.7:1 | 67% (570) |
| 2015-16 | 879 | 46 | 19.1:1 | 65% (575) |
| 2010-11 | 977 | 46 | 21.2:1 | 63% (611) |
| 2000-01 | 1,182 | 65 | 18.2:1 | 20% (234) |
| 1990-91 | 1,194 | 60 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mrachek Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (847 to 811); teachers down 7% (42.9 to 40).
About Mrachek Middle School
Mrachek Middle School runs as a large middle school in AURORA, Colorado. School enrollment was 811 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8. The average among middle schools in Colorado is roughly 462 students; this school is 76% larger than that.
A total of 59 schools make up Aurora Public Schools, with 39,464 students enrolled.
Hispanic students account for 53% of enrollment at Mrachek Middle School. Smaller groups are 17% Black, 14% White, 8% multiracial, and 6% Asian. For comparison, the population of Arapahoe County is roughly 22% Hispanic. Mrachek Middle School has a diversity index of 66%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Mrachek Middle School is 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 20.3:1. That ratio is over the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 83%. That is higher than the 50% average for public schools in Arapahoe County.
allk12 grades Mrachek Middle School a D. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 16.6% for a school in Colorado with Mrachek Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Mrachek Middle School posts 11.3%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Arapahoe County show that median household income is about $101,087, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 176 public schools in Arapahoe County, with a combined enrollment of about 115,502.
Of nearby public schools, Rangeview High School is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Mrachek Middle School ranks 9th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Mrachek Middle School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Mrachek Middle School had 928 students in 2020-21 and 811 in 2024-25, a 13% decrease. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.9:1 to 20.3:1 over the same years.
Community posts for Mrachek Middle School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Aurora Public Schools
- Aurora Central CampusCombined · 2,468 students
- Rangeview High SchoolHigh · 2,078 students
- Vista Peak 9-12 PreparatoryHigh · 2,045 students
- Gateway High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Hinkley High SchoolHigh · 1,527 students
- Lotus School for ExcellenceCombined · 1,008 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
- Rangeview High School0.3 mi · 2,078
- Vassar Elementary School0.8 mi · 500
- Iowa Elementary School0.8 mi · 502
- Arkansas Elementary School0.9 mi · 432
- Side Creek Elementary School1.0 mi · 512
- Yale Elementary School1.4 mi · 492
Frequently asked questions
About Mrachek Middle SchoolHow large is Mrachek Middle School?
Mrachek Middle School enrolls approximately 811 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Mrachek Middle School serve?
Mrachek Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Mrachek Middle School?
Approximately 20.3:1 students per teacher at Mrachek Middle School.
How diverse is Mrachek Middle School?
Mrachek Middle School reports a student body of 14% White, 53% Hispanic, 17% Black, 6% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Mrachek Middle School?
Mrachek Middle School is overseen by Aurora Public Schools in Arapahoe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.