Enrollment
337
Elementary
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHERRY CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 080291001468
Summit Elementary School
18201 EAST QUINCY AVE, AURORA, CO 80015 · (720) 886-6400 · Arapahoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL337 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
167 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 62 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
73%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
30.5%
CO avg 44.9% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
25.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.5% | 25.7% |
| 2023-24 | 30.5% | 25.0% |
% 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
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Summit Elementary School
Summit Elementary School's state test result (27.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Elementary School this school | 337 | 49.6% | 27.4% |
| Sagebrush Elementary School AURORA | 354 | 52.0% | 25.4% |
| Arrowhead Elementary School AURORA | 499 | 54.1% | 22.4% |
| Mountainside Elementary School FORT CARSON | 346 | 44.2% | 24.1% |
| Red Hawk Ridge Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 518 | 57.7% | 33.8% |
| Mission Viejo Elementary School AURORA | 552 | 53.8% | 22.0% |
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 Summit Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #625 of 931 | #54 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #606 of 940 ▼ 4 | #57 of 96 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #647 of 946 ▼ 3 | #56 of 96 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 337 | #596 of 1,056 | #86 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #163 of 896 | #16 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.3% | #16 of 896 | #14 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.6% | #484 of 983 | #55 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #361 of 664 | #34 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
337
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 568
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 337 | 25 | 13.5:1 | 50% (167) |
| 2023-24 | 329 | 23.4 | 14.1:1 | 52% (172) |
| 2022-23 | 338 | 23.8 | 14.2:1 | 43% (145) |
| 2020-21 | 336 | 25 | 13.4:1 | 46% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 401 | 24.7 | 16.2:1 | 50% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 395 | 26 | 15.2:1 | 41% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 522 | 25 | 20.9:1 | 36% (188) |
| 2000-01 | 588 | 36 | 16.3:1 | 11% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 568 | 30 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Summit Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (401 to 337); teachers up 1% (24.7 to 25).
About Summit Elementary School
At 18201 EAST QUINCY AVE in AURORA, Colorado, Summit Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 337 students.
Cherry Creek School District has 70 schools and 52,099 students, and Summit Elementary School is one of those schools.
No group is above 50% at Summit Elementary School; the largest is Hispanic, at 35%. The school is also 33% White, 16% Black, 8% multiracial, and 6% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 22%. The diversity index for Summit Elementary School is 73%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 25 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.5:1. Compared with the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 50%. The figure for public schools in Arapahoe County is close, at 50%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Summit Elementary School, the prediction is 36.7% and the result is 27.4%.
The school's county is Arapahoe County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $101,087, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Arapahoe County's 176 public schools enroll about 115,502 students and include Summit Elementary School.
Of the public schools around it, Summit Elementary School is closest to Horizon Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Summit Elementary School ranks 4th of 8 nearby schools, at 27.4% versus a 28.2% average.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment at Summit Elementary School was 336 in 2020-21 and 337 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
On allk12, people connected to Summit Elementary School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Summit Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 11 states are named Summit Elementary. Summit Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 12.
- Summit Elementary SchoolDIVIDE, CO · 286 students
- Summit Elementary SchoolBloomington, IN · 617 students
- Summit Elementary SchoolCincinnati, OH · 512 students
- Summit ElementaryOconomowoc, WI · 504 students
- SUMMIT ELEMENTARYJEROME, ID · 460 students
Nearby schools
- Horizon Middle School0.3 mi · 714
- The Journey Preschool0.6 mi · 75
- Cimarron Elementary School0.8 mi · 393
- Meadow Point Elementary School1.0 mi · 401
- Sunrise Elementary School1.0 mi · 497
- Independence Elementary School1.3 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About Summit Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Summit Elementary School?
Summit Elementary School enrolls approximately 337 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Summit Elementary School serve?
Summit Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Summit Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Summit Elementary School is approximately 13.5:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Summit Elementary School?
At Summit Elementary School, the student body is approximately 33% White, 35% Hispanic, 16% Black, 6% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Summit Elementary School?
Summit Elementary School is overseen by Cherry Creek School District in Arapahoe County.
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