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Village East Community Elementary School

Q: Is Village East Community Elementary School a good school?

Village East Community Elementary School ranks in the bottom 3.4% of Colorado elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend Village East Community Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 821 students attended Village East Community Elementary School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Village East Community Elementary School?

Students at Village East Community Elementary School are 46% Hispanic, 24% African American, 15% White, 10% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

911^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 943 Colorado Elementary Schools

Better than 3% of Colorado elementary schools

Summary

Village East Community Elementary School is a large PK–5 school in Aurora, Colorado, serving 821 students as part of the Cherry Creek School District No. 5. The school ranks in the 3rd percentile statewide — 911th out of 943 Colorado elementary schools — with proficiency rates far below district and state averages in every subject. In 2025–26, only 15% of students were proficient in English language arts and just 11.6% in math, compared to district averages of 49.5% and 44.2%. Third-grade reading is especially concerning, with just 8.1% of students meeting proficiency.

Chronic absenteeism is a major barrier, with about 2 in 5 students (39.1%) chronically absent in 2024–25 — well above the state average of 28.4%. Nearby Ponderosa Elementary School has a similar rate, but other area schools show better outcomes are possible. Polton Community Elementary School, just 1.9 miles away, serves a similar population and reaches 40.2% ELA proficiency — more than double Village East's rate — with lower chronic absenteeism. Clara Brown Entrepreneurial Academy and Jewell Elementary School also outperform Village East in reading and math despite having equal or higher poverty rates, suggesting that school practices matter as much as the challenges students bring.

Village East has been on a downward trajectory for a decade, falling from the 23rd percentile in 2014–15 to the 3rd percentile today. One encouraging sign is meaningful recent progress serving its African American students, who improved from the 5th to the 25th percentile in a single year — evidence that improvement is possible in the same building. Significant investment is needed in early literacy, attendance support, and targeted help for struggling students. The highest-performing nearby schools, Challenge School and Aurora Quest K-8, are selective programs with far lower poverty and absenteeism, so they aren't direct comparisons. But the success of schools like Polton and Clara Brown demonstrates that Village East's current results are not inevitable.

821

Students ?

16.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,991

Per pupil spending ?

65.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1433 South Oakland Street
Aurora, CO 80012-4234

(720) 747-2000

District: Cherry Creek School District No. 5

Students who attend Village East Community Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Prairie Middle School
High:	Overland High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

45.8%

African American:

23.9%

White:

14.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 23rd percentile in 2015 → 3rd in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Colorado average (13% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (3rd percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (39% vs 28% Colorado)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school13%

District avg46%

Colorado avg41%

911^th of 943

Colorado public elementary schools ?

Bottom 3%▼ down 13 pts since 2016

From bottom 17% (2016) to bottom 3% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

46^th of 46Elementary Schools in the Cherry Creek School District No. 5

26^th of 115Cherry Creek School District No. 5 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	7.7	911 of 943	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	10.1	885 of 950	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.6	870 of 943	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.5	823 of 933	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.1	826 of 921	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.3	831 of 965	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	12.2	846 of 917	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	17.0	773 of 929	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	17.4	762 of 914	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	22.0	726 of 938	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	23.8	759 of 962	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	22.8	765 of 954	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	28.8	699 of 935	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	19.0	774 of 935	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	26.9	709 of 925	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	21.1	710 of 872	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	29.4	638 of 849	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	29.1	645 of 852	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	31.7	601 of 829	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	22.1	664 of 823	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	30.1	599 of 808	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	29.0	18 of 24	25.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	23.4	20 of 21	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	23.7	16 of 18	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.6	19 of 20	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	21.6	21 of 23	8.7%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2019	22.5	39 of 43	9.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	9.4	661 of 692	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	8.7	661 of 694	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.6	645 of 684	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.8	595 of 642	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.4	583 of 595	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.4	707 of 758	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.2	639 of 690	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	7.1	249 of 249	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	10.7	243 of 247	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.0	236 of 242	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.8	190 of 197	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.6	141 of 153	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	25.1	224 of 270	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.8	158 of 172	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	6.8	318 of 319	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	12.6	327 of 337	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.2	356 of 365	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	23.3	233 of 265	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.1	196 of 203	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	21.9	289 of 332	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.9	280 of 308	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	5.0	687 of 694	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	5.0	696 of 700	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.5	673 of 683	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.8	629 of 649	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.5	562 of 594	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.8	696 of 764	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.5	671 of 693	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2024	11.2	507 of 539	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	20.0	458 of 525	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	7.7	584 of 596	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.1	329 of 337	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

African American (2026)25th percentile+22 vs school

English Language Learner (2019)9th percentile-5 vs school

White (2024)6th percentile~ school

Female (2026)4th percentile~ school

Male (2026)1st percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)<1st percentile-3 vs school

Hispanic (2026)<1st percentile-3 vs school

By subject vs Colorado (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts15%-30 vs state

Science13%-23 vs state

Math12%-26 vs state

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by a parent
Friday, September 18, 2015

There are a few wonderful teachers in this building, but the rest are mediocre at best. The administration is the worst I have ever seen. The new principal that was brought in a couple years ago has no clue how to run the school. My mother worked at VE for 5 years and my daughter attended school there Kindergarten and First grade. Since they were both there, I volunteered on a very regular basis. It is not our home school, but I liked the idea of my daughter being in a school with someone I could trust. Her Kindergarten teacher was amazing, but by the 4th week of school I knew that she was the only thing I liked about the place. The staff at the front desk changed all the time, and I never saw the same person more than a few times. Not to mention they were incredibly rude. The students in the older grades are almost always loud and out of control, and I never saw their teachers take action. The poor TA's are over worked and under appreciated, but even then, I saw a few who couldn't care less about their jobs. I would have taken my daughter out of that school at the end of her first year, but I wanted so desperately to give it another shot. But her second year was even less impressive. From what I can tell, the principal's entire focus is on numbers and ratings, not about the education of his students or quality of his staff. He allows teachers, who've made zero effort to follow new curriculum, to stay while he gets rid of anyone who had a tough year or rubbed him the wrong way and then lies to their face about it. My mother is the perfect example. This school and its principal really need to get it together. I know for a fact that they are talked about district wide, from inside the district at that, and not for good reasons. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CMAS English Language Arts (2026)							CMAS Math (2026)							CMAS Science (2026)		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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	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	Total
Village East Community Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1433 South Oakland Street	Aurora	80012	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 747-2000	821	50	16.4	65.7%	120 (14.6%)	196 (23.9%)	376 (45.8%)	30 (3.7%)	6 (0.7%)	8 (1.0%)	85 (10.4%)	7.7	911^th of 943 public elementary schools	3.4%		10.1	885^th of 950 public elementary schools	6.8%	26	8.1	19.6	17.8				15.0	10.6	13.5	10.8				11.6	12.9		$17,991
Ponderosa Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1885 South Lima Street	Aurora	80012	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 747-2800	634	35	18.1	71.5%	95 (15.0%)	139 (21.9%)	281 (44.3%)	50 (7.9%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	65 (10.3%)	9	895^th of 943 public elementary schools	5.1%		13.9	820^th of 950 public elementary schools	13.7%	75	7.6	14.7	21.7				14.4	17.2	14.4	14.5				15.4	14.8		$18,268
Highline Community Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	11000 East Exposition	Aurora	80012	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 747-2300	435	33	13.2	69.0%	38 (8.7%)	62 (14.3%)	269 (61.8%)	22 (5.1%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)	39 (9.0%)	11.5	864^th of 943 public elementary schools	8.4%		9.5	894^th of 950 public elementary schools	5.9%	30	20.3	18.0	15.6				18.2	25.9	12.0	14.6				18.1	12.2		$20,465
Wildflower Montessori Public Schools of Colorado Aurora	Public, Charter	PK, KG-3	1330 S. Potomac Suite #104	Aurora	80012	Arapahoe County	State Charter School Institute	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(720) 432-1664	49	5	9.4	26.5%	15 (30.6%)	2 (4.1%)	26 (53.1%)	2 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	2 (4.1%)								(n/a)																	$16,934
Eastridge Community Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	11777 East Wesley Avenue	Aurora	80014	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 747-2200	716	48	15.0	65.6%	103 (14.4%)	158 (22.1%)	319 (44.6%)	53 (7.4%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	78 (10.9%)	11.9	856^th of 943 public elementary schools	9.2%		9.8	887^th of 950 public elementary schools	6.6%	31	23.9	18.0	27.2				23.1	13.3	12.4	17.8				14.5	13.3		$29,908
Virginia Court Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	395 South Troy St	Aurora	80012	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 366-9594	657	41	16.1	90.4%	44 (6.7%)	89 (13.5%)	450 (68.5%)	27 (4.1%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	41 (6.2%)	6.3	930^th of 943 public elementary schools	1.4%		8.6	913^th of 950 public elementary schools	3.9%	17	6.6	9.9	13.8				9.9	19.1	10.6	8.8				12.9	6.4		$18,847
Aurora Quest K-8	Public	K-8	472 South Wheeling St	Aurora	80012	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	No	No	No	No	(303) 343-3664	575	30	19.1	42.8%	209 (36.3%)	121 (21.0%)	121 (21.0%)	57 (9.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (11.5%)	99.3	2^nd of 943 public elementary schools	99.8%		99.2	3^rd of 950 public elementary schools	99.7%	1	91.8	96.6	95.2	90.7	95.5	86.5	92.4	100.0	94.8	96.8	95.3	94.3	95.5	95.8	74.2	76.4	$18,232
Challenge School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	9659 East Mississippi Avenue	Denver	80247	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	Yes	No	No	(720) 747-2100	560	35	16.1	17.3%	195 (34.8%)	78 (13.9%)	39 (7.0%)	178 (31.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	68 (12.1%)	98.8	6^th of 943 public elementary schools	99.4%		99	5^th of 950 public elementary schools	99.5%	1	92.6	80.3	93.5	94.4	95.7	91.0	91.4	92.6	89.6	94.9	90.3	92.9	92.5	92.2	76.9	86.6	$18,099
Clara Brown Entrepreneurial Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	472 South Wheeling St	Aurora	80012	Arapahoe County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 344-8670	282	19	14.8	74.1%	38 (13.5%)	54 (19.1%)	148 (52.5%)	9 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (11.7%)	22.6	703^rd of 943 public elementary schools	25.5%		23.3	692^nd of 950 public elementary schools	27.2%	11	25.0	37.2	30.0	28.6			30.2	22.5	27.9	25.0	14.3			21.8	22.5		$21,901
Polton Community Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2985 South Oakland Street	Aurora	80014	Arapahoe County	Cherry Creek School District No. 5	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 747-2600	466	34	13.7	55.6%	146 (31.3%)	108 (23.2%)	122 (26.2%)	17 (3.6%)	2 (0.4%)	5 (1.1%)	66 (14.2%)	38.6	527^th of 943 public elementary schools	44.1%		18.2	763^rd of 950 public elementary schools	19.7%	236	39.5	28.0	52.8				40.2	39.2	18.4	31.5				31.3	34.0		$23,666

Frequently Asked Questions about Village East Community Elementary School

What district is Village East Community Elementary School in?

Cherry Creek School District No. 5

How many students attend Village East Community Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 821 students attended Village East Community Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Village East Community Elementary School?

Students at Village East Community Elementary School are 46% Hispanic, 24% African American, 15% White, 10% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

Is Village East Community Elementary School a good school?

Village East Community Elementary School ranks in the bottom 3.4% of Colorado elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of Village East Community Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Village East Community Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Prairie Middle School
High : Overland High School

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