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If you could change one rule at Vaughn Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
446
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AURORA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080234000080
Vaughn Elementary School
1155 VAUGHN ST, AURORA, CO 80011 · (303) 366-8430 · Arapahoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL446 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Colorado public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
409 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 11 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 34% larger than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
8.5%
CO avg 44.9% . -3.6pp since 2023
Math
6.8%
CO avg 36.1% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 9 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 8.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023-24 | 12.1% | 8.0% |
% 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
8.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
11.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 11% 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 Vaughn Elementary School
Vaughn Elementary School's state test result (8.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vaughn Elementary School this school | 446 | 91.7% | 8.9% |
| Boston K-8 School AURORA | 413 | 95.6% | 9.7% |
| Clyde Miller K-8 AURORA | 466 | 88.2% | 22.1% |
| Elkhart Elementary School AURORA | 525 | 98.3% | 16.9% |
| Laredo Elementary School AURORA | 449 | 90.4% | 11.0% |
| Maplewood Elementary School GREELEY | 544 | 87.3% | 11.1% |
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 Vaughn Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.9% | #922 of 931 | #95 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.8% | #917 of 940 ▼ 12 | #91 of 96 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 8.5% | #935 of 946 ▼ 27 | #96 of 96 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 446 | #332 of 1,056 | #65 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #756 of 896 | #79 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.7% | #539 of 896 | #77 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.7% | #19 of 983 | #5 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.5% | #111 of 200 | #12 of 20 |
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
446
+125 (+39%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 539
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 446 | 25 | 17.8:1 | 92% (409) |
| 2023-24 | 394 | 24.7 | 15.9:1 | 92% (361) |
| 2022-23 | 395 | 24.7 | 16.0:1 | 91% (359) |
| 2020-21 | 321 | 20 | 16.1:1 | 95% (304) |
| 2017-18 | 411 | 19.8 | 20.7:1 | 88% (360) |
| 2015-16 | 515 | 28 | 18.4:1 | 84% (432) |
| 2010-11 | 558 | 25 | 22.3:1 | 81% (454) |
| 2000-01 | 716 | 35 | 20.5:1 | 59% (423) |
| 1990-91 | 539 | 25 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vaughn Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (411 to 446); teachers up 26% (19.8 to 25).
About Vaughn Elementary School
Vaughn Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in AURORA, Colorado. The school has 446 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
Aurora Public Schools operates 59 schools. Combined enrollment is 39,464 students.
At Vaughn Elementary School, 72% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 9% Black, 7% Asian, 5% White, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Arapahoe County is about 22% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 47%.
Its staff includes 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 17.8 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Colorado, 16.6:1, is lower. Vaughn Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 92%. The average for public schools in Arapahoe County is 50%.
On the allk12 Grade, Vaughn Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 5% of Colorado public elementary schools.
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 Vaughn Elementary School, the prediction is 11.1% and the result is 8.9%.
Looking at the county, Arapahoe County, the median household earns about $101,087 a year, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county's public schools total 176, with about 115,502 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Del Mar Academy, is about 0.8 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Vaughn Elementary School ranks 7th of 8 on average proficiency.
Vaughn Elementary School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 446, up from 321 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 17.8 students per teacher, compared with 16.1 in 2020-21.
Vaughn Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Aurora Public Schools
- Aurora Central CampusCombined · 2,468 students
- Rangeview High SchoolHigh · 2,078 students
- Vista Peak 9-12 PreparatoryHigh · 2,045 students
- Gateway High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Hinkley High SchoolHigh · 1,527 students
- Lotus School for ExcellenceCombined · 1,008 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 Vaughn Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Vaughn Elementary. Vaughn Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- VAUGHN ELEMENTARYBENTONVILLE, AR · 647 students
- Vaughn Elementary SchoolFRISCO, TX · 629 students
- Vaughn Elementary SchoolVaughn, WA · 326 students
- Vaughn ElementaryVaughn, MT · 93 students
- VAUGHN ELEMENTARYVAUGHN, NM · 43 students
Nearby schools
- Del Mar Academy0.8 mi · 950
- Aurora Central Campus0.8 mi · 2,468
- Vega Collegiate Academy1.0 mi · 583
- North Middle School Health Sciences and Technology Campus1.1 mi · 565
- Academy of Advanced Learning1.1 mi · 773
- Academy of Advanced Learning1.1 mi · 847
Frequently asked questions
About Vaughn Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Vaughn Elementary School?
Vaughn Elementary School enrolls approximately 446 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Vaughn Elementary School serve?
Vaughn Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Vaughn Elementary School?
Approximately 17.8:1 students per teacher at Vaughn Elementary School.
How diverse is Vaughn Elementary School?
Vaughn Elementary School reports a student body of 5% White, 72% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Vaughn Elementary School public or private?
Vaughn Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Aurora Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.