Mrachek Middle School

Mrachek Middle School is a middle-grades school of heavily attended scale in AURORA, Colorado, run under Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A, hosting 811 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 76% bigger than typical.

Across the 59 schools in Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A (39,464 students total), Mrachek Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Mrachek Middle School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 53%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 17% Black, 14% White, 8% multiracial, 6% Asian. By comparison, Arapahoe County as a whole is about 22% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Arapahoe County's rate of about 50%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mrachek Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 16.6%; this one delivers 11.3%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Arapahoe County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $101,087 per year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Arapahoe County's 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students), Mrachek Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Rangeview High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Mrachek Middle School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 20.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 4%: 847 students in 2018 compared to 811 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 22% to 17% over that span.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.