Village East Community Elementary School

Village East Community Elementary School, a roomy primary school in AURORA, Colorado, overseen by Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah, caters to 821 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Village East Community Elementary School sits 117% above that benchmark.

Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah comprises 70 schools with combined enrollment of 52,099 students; Village East Community Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Village East Community Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 24% Black, 15% White, 10% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the resource side, The school employs 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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.

After controlling for student poverty, Village East Community Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 15.6%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Arapahoe County) logs that median household income runs about $101,087, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Village East Community Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Ponderosa Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Village East Community Elementary School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 13.8%.

Village East Community Elementary School operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 5%: 785 students in 2018 compared to 821 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 34% to 46% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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