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Enrollment
486
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AURORA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080234000076
Park Lane Elementary School
13001 EAST 30TH AVE, AURORA, CO 80011 · (303) 343-8313 · Adams County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Colorado public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
446 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 15 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
51%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
5.8%
CO avg 44.9% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
6.8%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 6 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023-24 | 10.8% | 3.9% |
% 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
7.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
11.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 11% 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 Park Lane Elementary School
Park Lane Elementary School's state test result (7.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Lane Elementary School this school | 486 | 91.8% | 7.9% |
| Virginia Court Elementary School AURORA | 657 | 90.4% | 13.6% |
| Laredo Elementary School AURORA | 449 | 90.4% | 11.0% |
| Clyde Miller K-8 AURORA | 466 | 88.2% | 22.1% |
| Boston K-8 School AURORA | 413 | 95.6% | 9.7% |
| Marie L. Greenwood Academy DENVER | 597 | 88.4% | 15.9% |
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 Park Lane Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 7.9% | #927 of 931 | #86 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.8% | #916 of 940 ▲ 15 | #82 of 89 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 5.8% | #943 of 946 ▼ 16 | #87 of 89 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 486 | #265 of 1,056 | #33 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #643 of 896 | #48 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.5% | #436 of 896 | #43 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.8% | #18 of 983 | #5 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +52.8% | #15 of 200 | #4 of 20 |
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
486
+229 (+89%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 420
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 486 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 92% (446) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 23.9 | 20.3:1 | 91% (440) |
| 2022-23 | 250 | 15.6 | 16.0:1 | 96% (239) |
| 2020-21 | 257 | 19 | 13.5:1 | 91% (234) |
| 2017-18 | 318 | 20.2 | 15.8:1 | 85% (270) |
| 2015-16 | 376 | 19 | 19.8:1 | 79% (296) |
| 2010-11 | 369 | 21 | 17.6:1 | 83% (305) |
| 2000-01 | 393 | 17 | 23.1:1 | 53% (208) |
| 1990-91 | 420 | 18 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Park Lane Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 53% (318 to 486); teachers up 44% (20.2 to 29).
About Park Lane Elementary School
Park Lane Elementary School is one of the public schools in AURORA, Colorado. It is a mid-sized elementary school. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 486 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students, which makes this school 28% bigger than average.
Besides Park Lane Elementary School, Aurora Public Schools runs 58 other schools. The district enrolls 39,464 students.
More than half of enrollment at Park Lane Elementary School is Hispanic: 68%. Other groups make up 14% Black, 6% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Adams County as a whole is about 43% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Park Lane Elementary School scores 51%.
Park Lane Elementary School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.8:1. The 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado is close to this figure. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 92% at Park Lane Elementary School. For comparison, public schools in Adams County average 62%.
Park Lane Elementary School earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 3% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 11.1% at Park Lane Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 7.9%.
Looking at the county, Adams County, median household income comes to about $94,571, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 171, with about 87,938 students.
Measured in a straight line, Aurora Science & Tech High School is about 0.4 miles from Park Lane Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 18.4% proficiency; Park Lane Elementary School posts 7.9%.
For locale, NCES codes Park Lane Elementary School as City: Large.
Federal counts for Park Lane Elementary School: 257 students in 2020-21, 486 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered. Federal data show the ratio rising from 13.5:1 to 16.8:1.
The allk12 page for Park Lane Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
530,225
Census ACS
Median income
$94,571
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
171
87,938 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
Other Park Lane Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Park Lane Elementary. Park Lane Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Park Lane Elementary SchoolDarby, PA · 304 students
Nearby schools
- Aurora Science & Tech High School0.4 mi · 434
- North Middle School Health Sciences and Technology Campus1.0 mi · 565
- Sable Child Development Center1.0 mi · 130
- Isabella Bird Community School1.1 mi · 487
- Montview Math & Health Sciences Elementary School1.2 mi · 380
- Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School1.2 mi · 585
Frequently asked questions
About Park Lane Elementary SchoolHow large is Park Lane Elementary School?
Park Lane Elementary School enrolls approximately 486 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Park Lane Elementary School serve?
Park Lane Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Park Lane Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Park Lane Elementary School is approximately 16.8:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Park Lane Elementary School?
Park Lane Elementary School reports a student body of 6% White, 68% Hispanic, 14% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Park Lane Elementary School?
Park Lane Elementary School is overseen by Aurora Public Schools in Adams County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.