Tollgate Elementary School of Expeditionary Learning

Tollgate Elementary School of Expeditionary Learning is one of the large K-5 schools in AURORA, Colorado, overseen by Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A, with 601 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 59% above the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Tollgate Elementary School of Expeditionary Learning is one of 59 schools operated by Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A, a district that enrolls 39,464 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Tollgate Elementary School of Expeditionary Learning shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 17% Black, 11% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the resource side, On paper, Tollgate Elementary School of Expeditionary Learning has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.5:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Arapahoe County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Tollgate Elementary School of Expeditionary Learning tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 16.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 8.8%.

Across the wider county, Arapahoe County reports that median household earnings sit near $101,087, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Arapahoe County runs 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students), of which Tollgate Elementary School of Expeditionary Learning is one.

AXL Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Tollgate Elementary School of Expeditionary Learning. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tollgate Elementary School of Expeditionary Learning ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 17.1%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tollgate Elementary School of Expeditionary Learning has increased 10%, going from 547 students in 2018 to 601 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 53% to 62% over that span.

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