Elementary · Colorado
Iowa Elementary School
Free meals for allIowa Elementary School, a public elementary school in Aurora, Colorado: grades pre-k–5, 502 students, 17.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 502
- Teachers (FTE)
- 29.0
- Students per teacher
- 17.3
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 79% of elementary schools in Colorado
Median 15.1 · 1,025 schools compared
More students per teacher than 76% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 78% of elementary schools in Colorado
Median 370 · 1,025 schools compared
Larger than 66% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Colorado's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Colorado: 45%16%proficient
+2.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 93% of elementary schools in Colorado
Median 43% · 971 elementary schools compared
199 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
Colorado: 36%15%proficient
+1.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 86% of elementary schools in Colorado
Median 35% · 964 elementary schools compared
205 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A.
Location
- Address
- 16701 East Iowa Ave, Aurora, CO 80017
- Phone
- (303)751-3660
- City or town
- Aurora
- County
- Arapahoe County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arkansas Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 432 | 13.1 | 27% | 24% |
Montessori del Mundo Charter SchoolCharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 365 | 13.9 | 25% | 5.9% |
Tollgate Elementary School of Expeditionary LearningFree meals for all | K–5 | 601 | 18.5 | 11% | 6.0% |
Jewell Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 493 | 14.1 | 28% | 17% |
Yale Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 492 | 18.2 | 12% | 10% |
AXL AcademyCharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 402 | 14.9 | 23% | 5.8% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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