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Fulton Academy of Excellence

Public Grades PK, KG-5

924^th

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of 946 Colorado Elementary Schools

Better than 2% of Colorado elementary schools

Summary

Fulton Academy of Excellence is a PK–5 elementary school in Aurora, Colorado, serving 410 students as part of the Aurora Joint District No. 28. The school serves a very high-poverty student body, with 93.4% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch. Chronic absenteeism runs at 32.9% — better than the district average of 38.9% but still above the state average of 28.4%.

Academically, Fulton Academy of Excellence has been ranked in the bottom 1–9% of Colorado elementary schools for over a decade, currently sitting at the 2nd percentile statewide. CMAS proficiency rates are dramatically below district and state averages across every subject: 14.5% of students are proficient in ELA, 7.1% in math, and 8.3% in science. Math is an especially acute weakness, with proficiency rates roughly one-fifth of the state average. There are signs of modest progress — ELA proficiency rose from 9.7% in 2022–23 to 14.5%, and chronic absenteeism improved from 35.9% to 32.9% — but the gains remain far behind the district and state.

What makes the picture more nuanced is that nearby schools with similar poverty rates achieve far stronger results. Aurora Academy Charter School, just 0.69 miles away, has a 73.9% free/reduced lunch rate but posts ELA proficiency of 49.6% and math proficiency of 38.1%. Rocky Mountain Prep: Fletcher, 1.72 miles away, serves 89.4% free/reduced lunch students yet achieves 26.1% ELA and 28.1% math proficiency. Fulton's student-teacher ratio has also improved from 18.0 to 14.6 over the past three years, but this additional staffing has not yet translated into meaningful academic gains. Reducing chronic absenteeism and learning from these higher-performing peer schools in the same community represent the most promising paths forward.

410

Students ?

14.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$20,953

Per pupil spending ?

93.4%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in Colorado receive free school meals.

90.6%

Kindergartners fully immunized against measles (MMR) (2025-26)

Exemptions: 0% (MMR)

755 Fulton St
Aurora, CO 80010-3913

(303) 364-8078

District: Aurora Joint District No. 28

Students who attend Fulton Academy of Excellence usually attend:

High:

Aurora West College Preparatory Academy

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

78.8%

African American:

8.8%

White:

6.1%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 6th percentile in 2014 → 2nd in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Colorado average (10% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)

!English Language Arts scores 30 pts below the Colorado average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school10%

District avg23%

Colorado avg41%

924^th of 946

Colorado public elementary schools ?

Bottom 2%▼ down 1 pts since 2016

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SchoolDigger rating ?

28^th of 36Elementary Schools in the Aurora Joint District No. 28

105^th of 114Aurora Joint District No. 28 among Colorado districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	7.0	924 of 946	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	6.4	933 of 950	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.9	933 of 943	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.8	932 of 933	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.0	933 of 965	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.8	851 of 917	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	12.1	847 of 929	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	8.4	885 of 914	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	11.4	876 of 938	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	9.1	907 of 962	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	5.8	915 of 954	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	8.5	875 of 935	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	5.2	899 of 935	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	8.2	857 of 925	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	7.4	817 of 872	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	9.2	778 of 849	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	10.2	777 of 852	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	8.2	765 of 829	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	5.1	786 of 823	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	5.4	766 of 808	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2019	8.9	733 of 758	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.9	635 of 690	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2019	12.6	260 of 270	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	38.7	102 of 172	40.7%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2019	5.5	758 of 764	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.9	592 of 693	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Hispanic (2019)4th percentile~ school

Female (2019)3rd percentile~ school

Male (2019)1st percentile-3 vs school

By subject vs Colorado (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts14%-30 vs state

Science8%-28 vs state

Math7%-30 vs state

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by a parent
Monday, July 22, 2013

The score that I give Fulton is NOT a reflection of the teachers - my children have always had caring teachers at Fulton that REALLY care about the students in these classrooms.

First, I feel that the teachers are stressed and over-worked. When volunteering for field trips, etc...I've counted, and my child's classroom has had 26-29 students every year since 1st or 2nd grade. How are teachers supposed to teach and follow up with these students when they have SO many kids to worry about? I've never even seen a para in any of the classrooms - maybe an extra set of hands would really help.

Also, I feel parents are often not involved in important decisions or activities/events at the school (i.e. Fulton had an end-of-the-year awards ceremony this year and my child was due to receive an award. Unfortunately the time was printed incorrectly on the paperwork that the school sent home and parents showed up 30 minutes too late - this is actually an improvement over what Fulton used to do to notify parents if their student was receiving an award - which is NOTHING). In addition, the schedule is strange - and days off don't line up with the middle school and high school in the area. I feel like the Director of Instruction, Mrs. Lliteras, doesn't listen to us.

Finally, there seems to be a high teacher turn-over - since I haven't had bad experiences with any teachers at Fulton, I think the high turnover is due to the fact that the class sizes are huge and teachers do not receive support (like a para). Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CMAS English Language Arts (2026)							CMAS Math (2026)							CMAS Science (2026)		Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CMAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts All Grades	CMAS Math 3rd Grade	CMAS Math 4th Grade	CMAS Math 5th Grade	CMAS Math 6th Grade	CMAS Math 7th Grade	CMAS Math 8th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 5th Grade	CMAS Science 8th Grade	Vaccination: Kindergartners fully immunized against measles (MMR)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Total
Fulton Academy of Excellence	Public	PK, KG-5	755 Fulton St	Aurora	80010	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 364-8078	410	28	14.6	93.4%	25 (6.1%)	36 (8.8%)	323 (78.8%)	8 (2.0%)	4 (1.0%)	3 (0.7%)	11 (2.7%)	7	924^th of 946 public elementary schools	2.3%		6.4	933^rd of 950 public elementary schools	1.8%	9	19.0	9.4	16.9				14.5	14.0	700.0	711.0				7.1	8.3		90.6%	0%	$20,953
Lansing Elementary Community School	Public	PK, KG-5	551 Lansing St	Aurora	80010	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 364-8297	366	29	12.6	85.8%	29 (7.9%)	77 (21.0%)	215 (58.7%)	15 (4.1%)	5 (1.4%)	1 (0.3%)	24 (6.6%)	9.3	897^th of 946 public elementary schools	5.2%		6	941^st of 950 public elementary schools	0.9%	44	20.5	9.1	26.2				17.7	13.6	7.1	14.3				11.3	15.0		91.7%	0%	$23,861
Aurora Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	10251 East 1st Ave	Aurora	80010	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 367-5983	536	40	13.4	73.9%	49 (9.1%)	272 (50.7%)	173 (32.3%)	10 (1.9%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.2%)	44.8	472^nd of 946 public elementary schools	50.1%		42.7	509^th of 950 public elementary schools	46.4%	37	52.8	31.6	51.8	44.9	60.9	60.8	49.6	49.1	18.4	39.3	28.6	45.3	54.9	38.1	35.7	43.1	87.8%	0%	$14,334
Kenton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1255 Kenton St	Aurora	80010	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 364-0947	583	38	15.5	84.2%	38 (6.5%)	53 (9.1%)	430 (73.8%)	30 (5.1%)	7 (1.2%)	9 (1.5%)	16 (2.7%)	10.3	885^th of 946 public elementary schools	6.4%		8.8	909^th of 950 public elementary schools	4.3%	24	9.0	18.0	28.8				18.5	700.0	18.9	728.0				13.5	6.2		80.3%	1.3%	$19,884
Boston K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	1365 Boston St.	Aurora	80010	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 364-6878	413	26	15.8	95.6%	17 (4.1%)	46 (11.1%)	310 (75.1%)	25 (6.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.1%)	5.5	941^st of 946 public elementary schools	0.5%		6.4	935^th of 950 public elementary schools	1.6%	6	692.0	14.6	9.3	12.8	20.0	712.0	11.7	696.0	703.0	708.0	708.0	12.5	701.0	4.0	689.0	704.0	100%	0%	$21,523
Vanguard Classical School - West	Public, Charter	K-8	801 Yosemite Street	Denver	80230	Denver County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 691-2384	380	29	13.1	83.4%	19 (5.0%)	85 (22.4%)	246 (64.7%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	23 (6.1%)	7.1	922^nd of 946 public elementary schools	2.5%		13.5	828^th of 950 public elementary schools	12.8%	94	11.1	8.5	18.2	10.5	23.1	22.0	15.5	19.4	8.3	706.0	703.0	17.9	14.6	11.4	11.4	12.2	89.3%	0%	$22,744
Crawford Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1600 Florence St	Aurora	80010	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 340-3290	567	36	15.5	97.7%	17 (3.0%)	80 (14.1%)	401 (70.7%)	49 (8.6%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.5%)	5.7	940^th of 946 public elementary schools	0.6%					(n/a)	696.0	695.0	11.1				8.1	707.0	699.0	11.1				9.1	5.7		89.7%	0%	$19,728
Vega Collegiate Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	1345 Macon Street	Aurora	80010	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	Yes	No	No	Yes	(720) 390-6975	583	26	22.4	97.8%	18 (3.1%)	32 (5.5%)	365 (62.6%)	147 (25.2%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.9%)	14 (2.4%)	10.2	886^th of 946 public elementary schools	6.3%		8.9	908^th of 950 public elementary schools	4.4%	22	7.0	19.4	18.0	12.9	30.9	14.5	17.5	10.5	17.5	17.7	17.7	11.6	15.9	15.2	11.3	7.9	81.8%	0%	$18,012
William (Bill) Roberts K-8 School	Public	K-8	2100 Akron Way	Denver	80238	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(720) 424-2640	872	47	18.7	13.1%	563 (64.6%)	63 (7.2%)	126 (14.4%)	30 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	88 (10.1%)	95.5	25^th of 946 public elementary schools	97.4%		95.4	24^th of 950 public elementary schools	97.5%	1	77.4	74.5	77.2	79.5	89.7	87.3	80.7	82.8	71.9	78.5	78.2	87.1	96.2	82.0	66.7	76.0	99%	0%	$16,018
Montview Math & Health Sciences Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2055 Moline St	Aurora	80010	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 364-8549	380	26	14.6	95.0%	12 (3.2%)	32 (8.4%)	295 (77.6%)	14 (3.7%)	7 (1.8%)	6 (1.6%)	14 (3.7%)	12.4	851^st of 946 public elementary schools	10.0%		9.8	888^th of 950 public elementary schools	6.5%	37	10.9	16.4	26.3				17.9	700.0	13.2	728.0				10.5	24.6		95.5%	0%	$21,927

Frequently Asked Questions about Fulton Academy of Excellence

What schools do graduates of Fulton Academy of Excellence attend?

Students who attend Fulton Academy of Excellence usually go on to attend:

High : Aurora West College Preparatory Academy

How many students attend Fulton Academy of Excellence?

In the 2024-25 school year, 410 students attended Fulton Academy of Excellence.

Is Fulton Academy of Excellence a good school?

Fulton Academy of Excellence ranks in the bottom 2.3% of Colorado elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Fulton Academy of Excellence?

Students at Fulton Academy of Excellence are 79% Hispanic, 9% African American, 6% White, 3% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

What district is Fulton Academy of Excellence in?

Aurora Joint District No. 28

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