Dakota Valley Elementary School
Aurora, CO · Elementary School · Grades -1-5
Dakota Valley Elementary School is a elementary school in Aurora, CO with 539 students enrolled and a 67% proficiency rate. Part of Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Dakota Valley Elementary School is a elementary school located in Aurora, Colorado. The school serves 539 students in grades -1-5. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.9:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 67% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
28% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Dakota Valley Elementary School is part of the Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah in Colorado.
How This School Compares
Dakota Valley Elementary School has 539 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah (748 students). Its 67% proficiency rate is 9 percentage points above the district average of 58%. Compared to the Colorado state average of 51%, the school performs 16 points higher.
Other Schools in Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah
Frequently Asked Questions
Dakota Valley Elementary School has 539 students enrolled in grades -1-5. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.9:1.
According to EDFacts data, 67% of students at Dakota Valley Elementary School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Dakota Valley Elementary School is part of the Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah in Aurora, Colorado. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.