Summit Elementary School

Summit Elementary School is an elementary-level community of mid-tier scale in AURORA, Colorado, run under Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah, teacheing 337 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Summit Elementary School is one of 70 schools operated by Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah, a district that works with 52,099 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Summit Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 33% White, 16% Black, 8% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Summit Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.4%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Arapahoe County put median household income runs about $101,087, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Summit Elementary School is one of 176 public schools in Arapahoe County (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students).

Horizon Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Summit Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 28.2%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 16%: 401 students in 2018 compared to 337 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 43% to 33%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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