Park Lane Elementary School

Located at 13001 EAST 30TH AVE, in AURORA, Colorado, Park Lane Elementary School is an average-sized elementary-level community that instructs 486 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Park Lane Elementary School sits 28% larger than that benchmark.

Park Lane Elementary School is one of 59 schools operated by Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A, a district that enrolls 39,464 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Park Lane Elementary School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. Beyond that, the school records 14% Black, 6% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Park Lane Elementary School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Adams County's rate of about 62%.

With demographic context factored in, Park Lane Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 11.1%, the actual is 7.9%, a residual of -3.2 points.

In the broader community, Adams County reports that the typical household earns roughly $94,571 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Adams County runs 171 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students), of which Park Lane Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Aurora Science & Tech High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Park Lane Elementary School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 18.4%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Park Lane Elementary School has ticked up 53%, going from 318 students in 2018 to 486 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 10% to 14% across the same window.

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