The Journey Preschool

Families in AURORA, Colorado, are served by The Journey Preschool, a very small elementary school. Federal data show 75 students enrolled in pre-K in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 379 students for elementary schools in Colorado.

Within Cherry Creek School District, The Journey Preschool is one of 70 schools. The district enrolls 52,099 students.

At The Journey Preschool, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 33%. Smaller groups are 23% Black, 21% multiracial, 19% White, and 4% Asian. County-wide, 22% of Arapahoe County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 76% means there is a 76% chance two randomly chosen students at The Journey Preschool are from different groups.

Teacher count: 4 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 18.8:1. Compared with the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 53%. The average for public schools in Arapahoe County is similar, at 50%.

The county, Arapahoe County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $101,087 a year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Arapahoe County has 176 public schools with about 115,502 students, including The Journey Preschool.

Among nearby public schools, Summit Elementary School is closest at about 0.6 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.

The NCES locale for The Journey Preschool is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.

In 2020-21, The Journey Preschool enrolled 89 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 75. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 44.5:1 in 2020-21 to 18.8:1 in 2024-25.

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