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Enrollment
617
Elementary
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHERRY CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 080291006452
Pine Ridge Elementary School
6525 S. WHEATLANDS PARKWAY, AURORA, CO 80016 · (720) 886-8800 · Arapahoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL617 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B+Test 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
15.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
132 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 34 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 126 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
54.7%
CO avg 44.9% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
53.5%
CO avg 36.1% . +5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 5 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.7% | 53.5% |
| 2023-24 | 51.1% | 48.1% |
% 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
51.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Pine Ridge Elementary School
Pine Ridge Elementary School's state test result (51.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Ridge Elementary School this school | 617 | 21.4% | 51.1% |
| Legacy Peak Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 652 | 23.5% | 41.0% |
| Woodland Elementary School AURORA | 577 | 20.3% | 50.8% |
| Black Forest Hills Elementary School AURORA | 500 | 18.0% | 60.5% |
| Coyote Hills Elementary School AURORA | 478 | 23.4% | 50.7% |
| Swigert International School DENVER | 673 | 20.5% | 67.3% |
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 Pine Ridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #277 of 931 | #30 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #218 of 940 ▲ 50 | #27 of 96 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #294 of 946 ▲ 51 | #31 of 96 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 617 | #100 of 1,056 | #18 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #446 of 896 | #52 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #110 of 896 | #44 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.4% | #809 of 983 | #82 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.1% | #127 of 664 | #11 of 70 |
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
617
-99 (-14%) vs 2020
+12% since 2010-11, when it was 550
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 617 | 40 | 15.4:1 | 21% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 670 | 42.5 | 15.8:1 | 22% (146) |
| 2022-23 | 757 | 45.8 | 16.6:1 | 15% (117) |
| 2020-21 | 716 | 42 | 17.1:1 | 11% (79) |
| 2017-18 | 870 | 44.2 | 19.7:1 | 6% (55) |
| 2015-16 | 817 | 43 | 19.0:1 | 5% (40) |
| 2010-11 | 550 | 25 | 22.0:1 | 5% (27) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pine Ridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (870 to 617); teachers down 9% (44.2 to 40).
About Pine Ridge Elementary School
As a large elementary school, Pine Ridge Elementary School serves students in AURORA, Colorado. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 617 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students, which makes this school 63% bigger than average.
In Cherry Creek School District, 70 schools enroll a combined 52,099 students.
The share of White students at Pine Ridge Elementary School is 54%, a majority. Other students are 17% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 9% Asian, and 8% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
Pine Ridge Elementary School reported 40 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 15.4:1. The school's 15.4:1 compares with an average of 16.6:1 for elementary schools in Colorado. Roughly 21% of students at Pine Ridge Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is 29 points below the 50% average for public schools in Arapahoe County.
Pine Ridge Elementary School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 56% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Pine Ridge Elementary School would be expected to post about 53.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 51.1%.
For the population of Arapahoe County, the median household earns about $101,087 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Arapahoe County, 176 public schools serve about 115,502 students.
Cherokee Trail High School sits about 0.6 miles from Pine Ridge Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Pine Ridge Elementary School ranks 3rd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 14%, from 716 to 617. By 2024-25, the school had 15.4 students per teacher, compared with 17.1 in 2020-21.
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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 Cherry Creek School District
- Cherry Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,852 students
- Cherokee Trail High SchoolHigh · 3,089 students
- Eaglecrest High SchoolHigh · 2,851 students
- Grandview High SchoolHigh · 2,684 students
- Smoky Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,297 students
- Overland High SchoolHigh · 2,228 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 Pine Ridge Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Pine Ridge Elementary. Pine Ridge Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 8.
- PINE RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCLERMONT, FL · 690 students
- Pine Ridge Elementary SchoolEllerslie, GA · 635 students
- Pine Ridge Elementary SchoolStone Mountain, GA · 551 students
- Pine Ridge ElementaryBend, OR · 528 students
- Pine Ridge Elementary SchoolGRAND RAPIDS, MI · 472 students
Nearby schools
- Cherokee Trail High School0.6 mi · 3,089
- Coyote Hills Elementary School0.7 mi · 478
- Fox Ridge Middle School0.9 mi · 966
- Black Forest Hills Elementary School1.0 mi · 500
- Canyon Creek Elementary School1.5 mi · 477
- Infinity Middle School1.6 mi · 1,020
Frequently asked questions
About Pine Ridge Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pine Ridge Elementary School?
Pine Ridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 617 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Pine Ridge Elementary School serve?
Pine Ridge Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Pine Ridge Elementary School have?
Pine Ridge Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Pine Ridge Elementary School?
Student demographics at Pine Ridge Elementary School are roughly 54% White, 17% Hispanic, 8% Black, 9% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Pine Ridge Elementary School public or private?
Pine Ridge Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cherry Creek School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.