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Enrollment
821
Elementary
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHERRY CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 080291000204
Village East Community Elementary School
1433 SOUTH OAKLAND STREET, AURORA, CO 80012 · (720) 747-2000 · Arapahoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL821 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of Colorado public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
16.4:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
539 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 90 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 105 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 147 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 122 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (124).
Student demographics
70%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
15.2%
CO avg 44.9% . -2.5pp since 2023
Math
13.8%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.2% | 13.8% |
| 2023-24 | 17.7% | 14.1% |
% 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
15.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Village East Community Elementary School
Village East Community Elementary School's state test result (15.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village East Community Elementary School this school | 821 | 65.7% | 15.6% |
| Eastridge Community Elementary School AURORA | 716 | 65.6% | 17.1% |
| Joe Shoemaker School DENVER | 543 | 68.1% | 16.2% |
| Murphy Creek K-8 School AURORA | 855 | 59.9% | 52.8% |
| Soaring Eagles Community School COLORADO SPRINGS | 764 | 62.6% | 39.6% |
| Ponderosa Elementary School AURORA | 634 | 71.5% | 18.2% |
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 Village East Community Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #850 of 931 | #84 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.8% | #832 of 940 ▼ 24 | #82 of 96 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #888 of 946 ▼ 41 | #86 of 96 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 821 | #34 of 1,056 | #7 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #597 of 896 | #68 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.0% | #51 of 896 | #30 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.7% | #307 of 983 | #35 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.6% | #147 of 200 | #16 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
821
+124 (+18%) vs 2020
+158% since 1990-91, when it was 318
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 821 | 50 | 16.4:1 | 66% (539) |
| 2023-24 | 719 | 46 | 15.6:1 | 74% (531) |
| 2022-23 | 689 | 47.6 | 14.5:1 | 68% (470) |
| 2020-21 | 697 | 46 | 15.2:1 | 71% (492) |
| 2017-18 | 785 | 55.6 | 14.1:1 | 73% (575) |
| 2015-16 | 751 | 55 | 13.7:1 | 68% (509) |
| 2010-11 | 830 | 61 | 13.6:1 | 67% (552) |
| 2000-01 | 612 | 38 | 16.1:1 | 37% (227) |
| 1990-91 | 318 | 22 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Village East Community Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (785 to 821); teachers down 10% (55.6 to 50).
About Village East Community Elementary School
Village East Community Elementary School is the name of a large elementary school in AURORA, Colorado. The school enrolls 821 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students, which makes this school 117% larger than average.
Cherry Creek School District enrolls 52,099 students in 70 schools, including Village East Community Elementary School.
Of every 100 students at Village East Community Elementary School, about 46 are Hispanic, the largest group. Smaller groups are 24% Black, 15% White, 10% multiracial, and 4% Asian. For comparison, the population of Arapahoe County is roughly 22% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 70, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. The 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado is close to this figure. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 66% of the student body. Among public schools in Arapahoe County, the average eligibility rate is 50%.
Village East Community Elementary School earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 0% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Compared with Colorado schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Village East Community Elementary School's results are 11.3 points below predicted: 15.6% against 26.9%.
Arapahoe County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $101,087, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 176 public schools in the county, enrolling about 115,502, Village East Community Elementary School among them.
Measured in a straight line, Ponderosa Elementary School is about 0.6 miles from Village East Community Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 15.6% is above the 13.8% average for nearby schools.
NCES assigns Village East Community Elementary School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 18%, from 697 to 821. The number of students per teacher increased from 15.2 to 16.4 over 4 years.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Nearby schools
- Ponderosa Elementary School0.6 mi · 634
- Overland High School0.9 mi · 2,228
- Aurora Hills Middle School0.9 mi · 821
- Highline Community Elementary School0.9 mi · 435
- Prairie Middle School0.9 mi · 1,491
- Wildflower Montessori Public Schools of Colorado Aurora1.2 mi · 49
Frequently asked questions
About Village East Community Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Village East Community Elementary School?
Village East Community Elementary School enrolls approximately 821 students in grades PK-05.
Is Village East Community Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Village East Community Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Village East Community Elementary School have?
Village East Community Elementary School employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Village East Community Elementary School?
Student demographics at Village East Community Elementary School are roughly 15% White, 46% Hispanic, 24% Black, 4% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Village East Community Elementary School?
Village East Community Elementary School is overseen by Cherry Creek School District in Arapahoe County.
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