Arapahoe County · Colorado
Aurora, CO public schools
Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A — federal education data, not a star rating.
Quick answer
Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A is the primary public district for Aurora, CO. It enrolls 38,135 students in 61 schools with 2,360 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $17,399 per pupil, 0% above the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.
- Students enrolled
- 38,135NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
- Schools in the district
- 61Operating school count
- Students per teacher
- 16.2Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
- Spending per pupil
- $17,399Total current expenditure, FY2020
Who pays for schools in Aurora
Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.
- Local revenue
- 43.1%
- $313,775,000
- State revenue
- 38.1%
- $276,937,000
- Federal revenue
- 18.8%
- $136,665,000
Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the Aurora property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 44 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.
What this data covers
Read this before comparing districts.
Figures describe Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A (LEAID 0802340) as a whole, not any individual school. Charter schools authorised outside the district, private schools and regional vocational schools are not included. Where a city is served by a county-wide district, the county district is used and its catchment is wider than the city limits. Enrollment is from the 2021-22 NCES collection; money is from the FY2020 Census school finance survey, which is the most recent complete national release — the two years do not line up exactly, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a current budget line.
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Other Aurora data on this site.
NCES LEAID 0802340. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.