📍 17301 East Arkansas Ave, Aurora, Arapahoe County, 80017
Arkansas Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Aurora, Arapahoe County. The school has 460 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
Arkansas Elementary School enrolls 460 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 29 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% Hispanic or Latino, 24% Black or African American and 15% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 199 | 43% |
| Black or African American | 110 | 24% |
| White | 70 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 50 | 11% |
| Asian | 16 | 3.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 12 | 2.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
343 of the school's 460 students (75%) 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.
Arkansas Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Arkansas Elementary School is one of 61 schools in Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A, based in AURORA, Colorado. The district serves 38,702 students district-wide and employs 2,360 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 460 students, Arkansas Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 634 students per school.
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