Pine Ridge Elementary School

Pine Ridge Elementary School is one of the sprawling K-5 schools in AURORA, Colorado, part of Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah, with 617 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 63% bigger than the state mean of about 379.

Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah runs 70 schools in total, collectively educating 52,099 students. Pine Ridge Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Pine Ridge Elementary School records that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 17% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 9% Asian, 8% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Pine Ridge Elementary School logs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Arapahoe County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pine Ridge Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.8%; this one delivers 51.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Arapahoe County indicate median household earnings sit near $101,087, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Arapahoe County's 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students), Pine Ridge Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Cherokee Trail High School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pine Ridge Elementary School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 47.3%.

Pine Ridge Elementary School operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Pine Ridge Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 29% since 2018, when it stood at 870 (now 617). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 65% to 54% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.