Elementary school profileUnited States/Colorado/Aurora/Schools/Ponderosa Elementary School

Ponderosa Elementary School

Ponderosa 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
27/100
upward momentum with thin current academics · high confidence
Enrollment
577
Enrollment has increased 12% over the available history.
FRL Share
77.7%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
718.3
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Ponderosa Elementary School

The static school page preserves the same signal read as the app route while staying cacheable from R2.

Academic Quality

22

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

34

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

66

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
27 37
2 Academic average
Peer 726.2 · Colorado 737.4
718.3 726.2
3 ELA
Peer 727.7 · Colorado 741
715.3 727.7
4 Math
Peer 726.2 · Colorado 736.9
719.6 726.2
5 Science
Peer 724.6 · Colorado 734.5
720.1 724.6
6 Enrollment
Peer 520 · Colorado 394
577 520
#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
$1,423 $1,871
3 Home price
Aurora $480,624 · Colorado $556,199
$397,989 $480,624
4 Poverty rate
Aurora 11.4% · Colorado 10.1%
3.8% 11.4%
5 Median income
Aurora $104,534 · Colorado $101,131
$91,875 $104,534
6 Renter share
Aurora 31.8% · Colorado 32.6%
34% 31.8%
Research notes

How to read this school page

School read

Academic picture

Ponderosa Elementary School currently posts a blended academic reading around 718.3, with ELA at 715.3, Math at 719.6, and Science at 720.1. Against Aurora elementary schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 22/100.

School read

Momentum and durability

Enrollment has increased 12% over the available history. ELA has moved down 12.3 points over the available history. Math has moved down 0.8 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 34/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

School read

Student body and support context

Ponderosa Elementary School currently serves about 577 students. FRL share sits near 77.7%, which is treated as support context rather than a penalty in the school score.

School read

What the surrounding tract looks like

Tract 080200 carries violent crime around 8.2 / 1k, market rent near $1,423, median income near $91,875, and home-price context near $397,989. That surrounding tract context supports the school score rather than standing alone as a disconnected local stat block.

School read

Housing and safety around the school

The school maps into ZIP 80012 where rent context currently sits near $1,423 and home-price context near $397,989. Nearby violent crime has moved down 9% across the tracked period.

School read

The quick read

Ponderosa Elementary School currently reads as upward momentum with thin current academics. The total TractSignal school score is 27/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.