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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Yale Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
492
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AURORA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080234000085
Yale Elementary School
16001 EAST YALE AVE, AURORA, CO 80013 · (303) 751-7470 · Arapahoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL492 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
417 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 15 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
65%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
11.6%
CO avg 44.9% . -6.4pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.6% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 18.0% | 10.6% |
% 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
12.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 Yale Elementary School
Yale Elementary School's state test result (12.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yale Elementary School this school | 492 | 84.8% | 12.9% |
| Maplewood Elementary School GREELEY | 544 | 87.3% | 11.1% |
| Centennial Elementary School EVANS | 481 | 80.0% | 15.0% |
| Clyde Miller K-8 AURORA | 466 | 88.2% | 22.1% |
| Kenton Elementary School AURORA | 583 | 84.2% | 11.0% |
| Vaughn Elementary School AURORA | 446 | 91.7% | 8.9% |
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 Yale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.9% | #891 of 931 | #88 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #886 of 940 ▼ 20 | #88 of 96 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.6% | #918 of 946 ▼ 73 | #90 of 96 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 492 | #250 of 1,056 | #53 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #788 of 896 | #82 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #106 of 896 | #42 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.8% | #108 of 983 | #11 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #641 of 664 | #69 of 70 |
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
492
+41 (+9%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 657
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
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 | 492 | 27 | 18.2:1 | 85% (417) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 29 | 17.1:1 | 89% (443) |
| 2022-23 | 551 | 32 | 17.2:1 | 88% (485) |
| 2020-21 | 451 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 80% (359) |
| 2017-18 | 499 | 21.6 | 23.1:1 | 77% (386) |
| 2015-16 | 485 | 25 | 19.4:1 | 68% (329) |
| 2010-11 | 533 | 25 | 21.3:1 | 69% (367) |
| 2000-01 | 612 | 27 | 22.7:1 | 24% (145) |
| 1990-91 | 657 | 25 | 26.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (499 to 492); teachers up 25% (21.6 to 27).
About Yale Elementary School
Yale Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Colorado, with an address in AURORA. It enrolls 492 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. It has 30% more students than the average for elementary schools in Colorado (about 379).
Aurora Public Schools oversees Yale Elementary School and 58 other schools, with 39,464 students in total.
The student body at Yale Elementary School is 53% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 22% White, 11% Black, 7% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Among all residents of Arapahoe County, the Hispanic share is about 22%. A diversity index of 65% means there is a 65% chance two randomly chosen students at Yale Elementary School are from different groups.
Yale Elementary School lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 18.2 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Colorado, the average ratio is 16.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 85% of the student body. That is 35 points above the 50% average for public schools in Arapahoe County.
Yale Elementary School scores 12.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 15.3%.
Census data for Arapahoe County show the median household earns about $101,087 a year, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Public schools in Arapahoe County number 176, with about 115,502 students.
Yale Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Dartmouth Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Yale Elementary School at 7th of 8.
NCES assigns Yale Elementary School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 41 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio was 16.1:1 in 2020-21 and 18.2:1 in 2024-25.
Yale Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
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Other Yale Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Yale Elementary. Yale Elementary School is the largest of the 5.
- Yale Elementary SchoolRICHARDSON, TX · 429 students
- Yale Elementary SchoolYALE, MI · 329 students
- Yale Elementary SchoolYale, OK · 167 students
- Yale ElementaryAriel, WA · 46 students
Nearby schools
- Dartmouth Elementary School0.4 mi · 422
- Meadowood Child Development Center0.8 mi · 166
- Dalton Elementary School1.1 mi · 430
- Columbia Middle School1.2 mi · 636
- Rangeview High School1.3 mi · 2,078
- Jewell Elementary School1.3 mi · 493
Frequently asked questions
About Yale Elementary SchoolHow large is Yale Elementary School?
Yale Elementary School enrolls approximately 492 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Yale Elementary School serve?
Yale Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Yale Elementary School?
Approximately 18.2:1 students per teacher at Yale Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Yale Elementary School?
Student demographics at Yale Elementary School are roughly 22% White, 53% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Yale Elementary School public or private?
Yale 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.