📍 24551 East 1st Avenue, Aurora, Arapahoe County, 80018
Vista Peak P-8 Exploratory is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Aurora, Arapahoe County. The school has 1,037 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–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 50.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.7:1.
Vista Peak P-8 Exploratory enrolls 1,037 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 50.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% Hispanic or Latino, 28% White and 16% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 422 | 41% |
| White | 292 | 28% |
| Black or African American | 161 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 93 | 9% |
| Asian | 64 | 6.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
501 of the school's 1,037 students (48%) 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.
Vista Peak P-8 Exploratory 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.
Vista Peak P-8 Exploratory 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 1,037 students, Vista Peak P-8 Exploratory is larger than the district average of about 634 students per school.
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