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Polton Community Elementary School

Polton Community Elementary School school profile in Aurora, Colorado with TractSignal score, achievement history, enrollment trends, FRL trend, and tract-linked housing and crime context.

TractSignal score
29/100
thin current academics · high confidence
Enrollment
424
Enrollment has declined 11% over the available history.
FRL Share
56.8%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
721.2
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Polton Community Elementary School

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Academic Quality

20

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

41

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

34

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

34

Surrounding tract conditions connected to the campus.

Benchmarks

School and place compared

School metrics compare against peers; place metrics compare the linked tract against Aurora and Colorado.

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 37 · Colorado 50
29 37
2 Academic average
Peer 726.2 · Colorado 737.4
721.2 726.2
3 ELA
Peer 727.7 · Colorado 741
722.1 727.7
4 Math
Peer 726.2 · Colorado 736.9
723 726.2
5 Science
Peer 724.6 · Colorado 734.5
718.6 724.6
6 Enrollment
Peer 520 · Colorado 394
424 520
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Aurora 8.1 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
8.2 / 1k 8.1 / 1k
2 Market rent
Aurora $1,871 · Colorado $1,977
$1,636 $1,871
3 Home price
Aurora $480,624 · Colorado $556,199
$356,623 $480,624
4 Poverty rate
Aurora 11.4% · Colorado 10.1%
4.9% 11.4%
5 Median income
Aurora $104,534 · Colorado $101,131
$99,286 $104,534
6 Renter share
Aurora 31.8% · Colorado 32.6%
15.6% 31.8%
Research notes

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Academic picture

Polton Community Elementary School currently posts a blended academic reading around 721.2, with ELA at 722.1, Math at 723, and Science at 718.6. Against Aurora elementary schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 20/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has declined 11% over the available history. ELA has moved down 16.4 points over the available history. Math has moved down 6.8 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 41/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Polton Community Elementary School currently serves about 424 students. FRL share sits near 56.8%, which is treated as support context rather than a penalty in the school score.

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What the surrounding tract looks like

Tract 080400 carries violent crime around 8.2 / 1k, market rent near $1,636, median income near $99,286, and home-price context near $356,623. That surrounding tract context supports the school score rather than standing alone as a disconnected local stat block.

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Housing and safety around the school

The school maps into ZIP 80014 where rent context currently sits near $1,636 and home-price context near $356,623. Nearby violent crime has moved down 9% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

Polton Community Elementary School currently reads as thin current academics. The total TractSignal school score is 29/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.