Schools · Aurora
Aurora, CO schools
Aurora’s public schools score well above Colorado’s averages: 58% of students are proficient in reading against 47% statewide, and 89% of high schoolers graduate on time against 81.7%. Kids attend one of 52 schools through grade 12, then one of 24 high schools and one of 11 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B+
Aurora’s School Grade: B+
The public schools Aurora’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 68% of Colorado’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
B+Test scoresB+Graduation
Colorado school districts we grade (161)Better than 68%
Lower resultsHigher results
Colorado towns with similar household incomes (148)Better than 60%
High confidence. Built on 16,602 tested students and a graduating class of 4,376; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Colorado’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Colorado only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Colorado with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Aurora kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Adams-Arapahoe School District 28J)25%
State average 47%
Reading (grades 12, Cherry Creek School District 5)58%
State average 47%
Math (grades PK–12, Adams-Arapahoe School District 28J)14%
State average 30.4%
Math (grades 12, Cherry Creek School District 5)40%
State average 30.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
89% graduate on time
Graduation rate
89%
CO: 81.7%
Graduating class
4,376
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #127 of 142 CO towns →
Districts
Two districts serve Aurora
Adams-Arapahoe School District 28JGrades PK–12 · 58 schools · 38,691 students
$18,657 per studentCO $15,889C-Cherry Creek School District 5Grades PK–12 · 69 schools · 51,980 students
$17,160 per studentCO $15,889AEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 106 schools in Aurora
Showing 1–30 of 106 schools
Edna and John W. Mosley P-8Elementary · Grades PK–8 · 994 students
C-PublicVista Peak P-8 ExploratoryElementary · Grades PK–8 · 960 students
C+PublicDel Mar AcademyElementary · Grades PK–7 · 950 students
D-PublicHarmony Ridge P-8Elementary · Grades PK–8 · 894 students
DPublicMurphy Creek K-8 SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 855 students
B+PublicAcademy of Advanced LearningElementary · Grades K–8 · 847 students
CharterVillage East Community Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 821 students
C-PublicGlobal Village Academy AuroraElementary · Grades K–8 · 802 students
DCharterAurora Frontier K-8Elementary · Grades PK–8 · 761 students
B-PublicAltitude Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 758 students
APublicEastridge Community Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 716 students
C-PublicRocky Mountain Prep: FletcherElementary · Grades PK–5 · 701 students
DCharterHigh Point AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 680 students
CCharterVirginia Court Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 657 students
DPublicPonderosa Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 634 students
C-PublicBuffalo Trail Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 632 students
B+PublicPine Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 617 students
B+PublicTollgate Elementary School of Expeditionary LearningElementary · Grades K–5 · 601 students
D-PublicKenton Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 583 students
D-PublicVega Collegiate AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 583 students
D-CharterWoodland Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 577 students
PublicAurora Quest K-8Elementary · Grades K–8 · 575 students
A+PublicCrawford Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 567 students
D-PublicChallenge SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 560 students
A+PublicMission Viejo Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 552 students
B-PublicAurora Academy Charter SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 536 students
C+CharterAltura Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 527 students
D-PublicElkhart Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 525 students
DPublicSide Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 512 students
DPublicIowa Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 502 students
D-PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.