Aurora Public Schools (Colorado)
Adams-Arapahoe 28J School District Aurora Public Schools | |
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Address | |
1085 Peoria Street
, Colorado, 80011United States | |
Coordinates | 39°43′57″N 104°50′52″W / 39.73250°N 104.84778°WCoordinates: 39°43′57″N 104°50′52″W / 39.73250°N 104.84778°W |
District information | |
Motto | Every student shapes a successful future! |
Established | 1962 |
Superintendent | Rico Munn |
NCES District ID | 0802340[1] |
Students and staff | |
Enrollment | 37,907 (2020-2021)[1] |
Staff | 2,403.09 (on an FTE basis)[1] |
Student–teacher ratio | 15.77[1] |
Other information | |
Website | aurorak12 |
The Adams-Arapahoe 28J School District, more commonly known as the Aurora Public Schools, is the public school system in Aurora, Colorado, United States. There are 65 schools in the district: four early childhood education centers, 27 elementary schools, six P/K-8 schools, six middle schools, one grades 6-12 academy, six high schools, one gifted and talented K-8 school, 12 charter schools, one of only five vocational–technical colleges in the state, and one home school support program.
History
The first school district in Aurora was created at the request of William Smith by the Arapahoe County School Superintendent around 1885. It was known as Arapahoe County District #28 by 1907, and later Aurora School District. Aurora Public Schools was formed in 1962 from Aurora, Altura, Clyde Miller, First Creek, Sable, and Tollgate Districts.[2]
Schools
Preschools
- Early Beginnings
- Jamaica Child Development Center
- Laredo Child Development Center
- Meadowood Child Development Center
Elementary schools
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Middle schools
- Aurora Hills Middle School
- Aurora West College Preparatory Academy (Grades 6-12)
- Columbia Middle School
- East Middle School
- Mrachek Middle School
- North Middle School Health Sciences and Technology Campus
- South Middle School
P-8 schools
- Aurora Frontier P-8
- Aurora Quest K-8
- Boston P-8
- Charles Burrell Visual & Performing Arts K-8
- Clara Brown Entrepreneurial K-8
- Clyde Miller P-8
- Mosley P-8
- Murphy Creek P-8
- Vista Peak Exploratory P-8
Gifted and talented K-8 schools
- Aurora Quest K-8
High schools
- Aurora Central High School
- Aurora West College Preparatory Academy
- Charles Burrell Visual & Performing Arts
- Gateway High School
- Rangeview High School
- Vista Peak Preparatory School
- William C. Hinkley High School
Pilot schools
- Fletcher Intermediate Science and Technology School
- Fletcher Primary School
- William Smith High School
Charter schools
- Academy of Advanced Learning
- Aurora Academy
- Aurora Expeditionary Learning Academy
- Aurora Science & Tech, a DSST Public School
- Empower Community School
- Global Village Academy
- Lotus School
- Rocky Mountain Prep Academy
- Vanguard Classical School
- Vega Collegiate Academy
Alternative programs
- APS Avenues
- Crossroads Center
- GED
- IB Middle Years Programme
- International Baccalaureate Programme
- Options Schools
- Rebound Program
Career and technical education schools
- Pickens Technical College
References
- ^ a b c d "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences.
- ^ Aurora Public Schools History: Board of Education Archived December 10, 2006, at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 30 November 2006.