Original Research by School Decision on Aps Early Beginnings - a Zoom Site
APS Early Beginnings – A Zoom Site serves a single grade level: Pre-Kindergarten. It is a regular public school within Aurora Public Schools, the district formally named Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and Arapahoe. The school is located on North Jamaica Street in Aurora, a sprawling, largely suburban city that is the third largest in Colorado and covers a vast area across three counties.
The school is a small environment, enrolling a modest number of students. Because it serves only Pre-K, there are no state assessment results, no graduation rate, and no chronic absenteeism data to report. The academic performance measures that apply to older grades simply do not apply here, so a reader looking for state test scores will not find them; that is a function of the grade band, not a missing report. The school’s purpose is early childhood education, not the metrics used for elementary and secondary accountability.
The student body is diverse. The largest single group is Hispanic, followed by Black students, and smaller shares of students who are two or more races, White, and Asian. The data does not include counts for students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, students with Individualized Education Programs, or English learners, so those dimensions of the student profile are not available.
The school sits within Aurora Public Schools, a district that has recently made two notable changes relevant to families. In late 2022, voters approved a bond measure aimed at facility improvements, safety upgrades, and school modernization, a long-term investment in infrastructure. Separately, the district has undertaken a school consolidation and repurposing process, closing or repurposing underutilized buildings. That restructuring may affect future school assignments or feeder patterns for families whose children begin at Early Beginnings and then move through the district, though there is no direct indication that this site itself is affected.
Aurora’s broader context is one of ongoing growth, particularly in the corridor near Denver International Airport, and the area is served by RTD light rail and bus lines. The built environment is predominantly car-dependent suburban sprawl rather than a walkable grid. Major employers include Buckley Space Force Base, the Anschutz Medical Campus, and the city government itself. For a family considering this school, the key takeaway is straightforward: it is a single-site Pre-K program within a large, diverse district, operating in a fast-growing suburban city, and its purpose is early learning rather than the testable academics of later grades. There are no program offerings, discipline data, or staffing figures in the available record, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about curriculum, class size, and how the program connects to the kindergarten options in the district.
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