📍 5085 10th St, Jber, Anchorage Municipality, 99506
Aurora Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Jber, Anchorage Municipality. The school has 497 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Anchorage School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
Aurora Elementary enrolls 497 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% White, 22% Hispanic or Latino and 8.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 284 | 57% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 110 | 22% |
| Two or more races | 42 | 8.5% |
| Black or African American | 40 | 8% |
| Asian | 9 | 1.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | 1.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 6 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
60 of the school's 497 students (12%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Aurora Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KS At-Large.
Aurora Elementary is one of 96 schools in Anchorage School District, based in Anchorage, Alaska. The district serves 42,573 students district-wide and employs 2,424 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 497 students, Aurora Elementary is close to the district average of about 443 students per school.