📍 11001-a East Alameda Avenue, Aurora, Arapahoe County, 80012
Lotus School for Excellence is a State/Public serving other age pupils, located in Aurora, Arapahoe County. The school has 951 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A school district. It serves grades K–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1. It operates as a public charter school.
Lotus School for Excellence enrolls 951 students across grades K–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 61 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% Black or African American, 41% Hispanic or Latino and 11% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 404 | 42% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 388 | 41% |
| White | 109 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 23 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 17 | 1.8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 6 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
837 of the school's 951 students (88%) 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.
Lotus School for Excellence is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Lotus School for Excellence 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 951 students, Lotus School for Excellence is larger than the district average of about 634 students per school.
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