Vista Peak 9-12 Preparatory

Vista Peak 9-12 Preparatory is a roomy 9-12 campus in AURORA, Colorado, one of the schools within Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A. The school educates 2,045 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 627 students each, so Vista Peak 9-12 Preparatory sits 226% above that benchmark.

Within Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A, which oversees 59 schools and 39,464 students, Vista Peak 9-12 Preparatory is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Vista Peak 9-12 Preparatory reports that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 19% Black, 18% White, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian. By comparison, Arapahoe County as a whole is about 22% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 97 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.2:1. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 62% of students at Vista Peak 9-12 Preparatory qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Arapahoe County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Vista Peak 9-12 Preparatory is in the bottom 10% of Colorado public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 29.1%; Vista Peak 9-12 Preparatory posts 15.3%, -13.8 points below that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Arapahoe County indicate median household income runs about $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. Vista Peak 9-12 Preparatory is one of 176 public schools in Arapahoe County (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students).

The closest other public school is Vista Peak P-8 Exploratory, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Vista Peak 9-12 Preparatory at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 36.7%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Vista Peak 9-12 Preparatory's enrollment has edged up 42% since 2018, when it stood at 1,444 (now 2,045). White enrollment moved from 23% to 18% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 21.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Vista Peak 9-12 Preparatory typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.