Virginia Court Elementary School

Virginia Court Elementary School is one of the heavily attended K-5 schools in AURORA, Colorado, one of the schools within Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A, with 657 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 73% larger than typical.

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

In terms of who attends, Virginia Court Elementary School lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. Other groups include 14% Black, 7% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Arapahoe County as a whole is about 22% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Virginia Court Elementary School has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Arapahoe County's rate of about 50%.

After controlling for student poverty, Virginia Court Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 11.9%, the actual is 13.6%, a residual of +1.7 points.

Across the wider county, Arapahoe County reports that median household earnings sit near $101,087, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Virginia Court Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Clara Brown Entrepreneurial Academy, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Virginia Court Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 14.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Virginia Court Elementary School's enrollment has climbed 25% since 2018, when it stood at 527 (now 657). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 11% to 7%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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