Schools in Aetna Estates · Adams-Arapahoe School District 28J

Aetna Estates’s public schools score below 86% of Colorado districts on tests and graduation

On the state math tests, 14% of Aetna Estates’s students scored proficient, below the Colorado average (32%). The grade covers the public school district serving Aetna Estates, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Colorado, not nationally.

K–12Where will my kid go?

From Colorado state tests taken in spring 2022, when 92% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency

24%

▼ 21 pts vs CO 45%

2021–22

Math proficiency

14%

▼ 18 pts vs CO 32%

2021–22

Graduate on time

74%

▼ 9 pts vs CO 83%

class of 2023

Spent per student

$18.7K

▲ 17% vs CO $15.9K

FY2024

Students per teacher

17.4

CO 16.3 · larger classes

Schools in town

32,072 students on the public path

In brief

Aetna Estates’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 145 Colorado towns with household incomes within a quarter of Aetna Estates’s, its schools beat 6%, lower than their 14% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 24% of tested students were proficient in reading and 14% in math, against 45% and 32% statewide; 92% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

74% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 83% across Colorado. Districts ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $18,657 per student, against $15,889 across Colorado (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

32 elementary schools, then 17 middle and seven high schools

Which school depends on the address at every step. Enrollment is up 15% since 2020–21. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Aetna Estates’s grade

D Test scoresC⁻ Graduation

D: better than 14% of Colorado school districts. Both inputs trail the Colorado average; graduation is the closer of the two to typical.

Colorado school districts we grade (169)Better than 14%

Lower resultsHigher results

Colorado towns with similar household incomes (145)Better than 6%

DC⁻A fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 17,896 test results and a graduating class of 2,446 could put Aetna Estates anywhere from D to C−. The tests are from spring 2022, when 92% of Aetna Estates’s students in the tested grades sat them (17,904 in math, 17,888 in reading).

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Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Aetna Estates, with each school’s own grade.

32 schools teach K in Aetna Estates’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from D− to A+, so check the specific school.

Aurora Central Campus

Grades PK–12 · Aurora

2,468 students18:1Rate it →

Edna and John W. Mosley P-8

Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Aurora

C⁻

994 students17:1Rate it →

Vista Peak P-8 Exploratory

Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Aurora

C⁺

960 students20:1Rate it →

Del Mar Academy

Elementary · Grades PK–7 · Aurora

D⁻

950 students20:1Rate it →

Harmony Ridge P-8

Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Aurora

894 students20:1Rate it →

Murphy Creek K-8 School

Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Aurora

B⁺

855 students17:1Rate it →

Aurora Frontier K-8

Town	Schools	Main districts
Aetna Estates	D	Adams-Arapahoe School District 28J
Aurora	B	Adams-Arapahoe School District 28J PK–12 · Cherry Creek School District 5 PK–12

Aetna Estates’s public schools score below 86% of Colorado districts on tests and graduation

Aetna Estates’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Results trail the state

Graduation

Spending and class size

32 elementary schools, then 17 middle and seven high schools

What’s behind Aetna Estates’s grade

Where will my kid go?

The district

Well below the state in reading

Aetna Estates vs. its neighbors

Every school in Aetna Estates

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