The top reported proficiency rate is 49% in English language arts. The lowest is 40% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Antelope Ridge Elementary School
Antelope Ridge Elementary School sits in Aurora, a sprawling, largely suburban city that is the third-largest in Colorado. Aurora itself is a city of hundreds of subdivisions and master-planned communities, built around a car-dependent street grid rather than a walkable downtown. Major employers include Buckley Space Force Base, the Anschutz Medical Campus, and the large school districts that serve the area, including Cherry Creek School District No. 5, which operates Antelope Ridge. The city has a history of rapid growth and continues to expand, particularly along corridors near Denver International Airport.
Antelope Ridge is a regular public elementary school serving prekindergarten through fifth grade. It is not a charter or magnet school. Its enrollment is on the larger side for an elementary school, and the student body is predominantly white, with a substantial Hispanic population and smaller shares of Black, Asian, and multiracial students. A modest share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a marker of economic need.
Academically, the school's state testing results place it in the top quartile of schools in its comparison set, which is all districts within Arapahoe County. On the Colorado Measures of Academic Success, a majority of students scored at or above the proficient level in both math and English language arts. The science results, which are tested only at the fifth-grade level, showed a smaller share of students meeting the proficiency threshold, though that measure uses a different scoring standard than the math and ELA tests. A parent may want to discuss science programming with the school to understand how it fits into the broader curriculum.
The school's participation rates on state assessments were within acceptable ranges, meaning the reported scores represent the student body well. No trend data across multiple years was available for this school, so it is not possible to say whether performance has been improving, declining, or holding steady.
The broader housing market in this area has seen some softening: home values and rents have both dipped slightly compared to a year ago, though the area remains expensive relative to national benchmarks. The typical household here would find a mortgage notably higher than the cost of renting, which is a factor for families deciding whether to buy or rent.
Civic and recreational anchors near the school include Cherry Creek State Park and the Aurora Municipal Center. The neighborhood around the school is served by the Cherry Creek School District, a large suburban district that is one of the city's major employers.
For a family evaluating this school, the key considerations are solid academic performance that is strong relative to other schools in the county, a large and diverse but majority-white student body, and a suburban setting where driving is the primary way of getting around. The school does not have a high school on site, but it feeds into the Cherry Creek district's middle and high schools. A parent who values a consistently above-average academic record in a conventional public school environment would find Antelope Ridge a reasonable option, while those concerned about science scores or looking for trend data to confirm direction will have less information to work with than they might at some other schools.
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