The top reported proficiency rate is 16% in English language arts. The lowest is 8% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Kenton Elementary School
Kenton Elementary School, located in Aurora, serves students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as part of the Adams-Arapahoe 28J School District. Aurora is a sprawling, largely suburban city and the third-largest in Colorado, characterized by hundreds of subdivisions and commercial centers. Its built environment is predominantly car-dependent, served by light rail and bus lines. The city’s largest employer is Buckley Space Force Base, with other major employers including the Anschutz Medical Campus and Aurora Public Schools itself. The district recently passed a bond measure for facility improvements and safety upgrades and is actively undergoing a school consolidation and repurposing process that could affect school assignments and feeder patterns.
Kenton is a regular public school enrolling several hundred students. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with smaller shares of Black, White, Asian, and multiracial students enrolled. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a measure that can be associated with concentrated economic need in a school community. Data on the share of students with disabilities and English learners was not available, which is a gap a parent may wish to follow up on with the school.
State testing data is reported for math, English language arts, and science. In math, across grades three through five, the share of students scoring proficient or advanced was low. The same was true for English language arts. In fifth-grade science, the proficiency rate was also low. Participation rates on the state assessments were strong, meaning the results reflect nearly all students. On a composite proficiency index that looks at all tested subjects and grades together, Kenton's performance placed it in the bottom quartile relative to other districts in Arapahoe County. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report.
The academic picture is clear: on the state assessments that Colorado administers, most students at Kenton are not yet meeting the proficient benchmark, and the school's overall proficiency standing is among the lower ones in the county. A family considering Kenton should weigh this alongside the school’s full picture. The school offers a full elementary grade span, and the participation rates indicate students are in the testing pool. A parent may want to ask the school directly about academic supports, interventions, and how instruction is being tailored for the student population.
Housing costs in the area around the school have seen modest declines recently, and rents have edged downward as well. The market reflects a large, diverse suburban region undergoing growth and redevelopment, particularly near the E-470 corridor and the Anschutz Medical Campus, though the school's immediate neighborhood sits within an older part of Aurora. The district’s ongoing consolidation work means some building assignments may shift in the coming years.
The school’s environment information, including disciplinary data, staffing ratios, and attendance rates, was not available in the data provided. A family should expect to explore those topics directly with the school to get a sense of day-to-day climate. The school operates as a regular public elementary school within a large, diverse district that serves a broad swath of Aurora, and its academic results and student demographics point to a setting that likely serves a high-need population.
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