Smoky Hill High School
Aurora, CO · High School · Grades 9-12
Smoky Hill High School is a high school in Aurora, CO with 2,252 students enrolled and a 54% 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
Smoky Hill High School is a high school located in Aurora, Colorado. The school serves 2,252 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 19.1:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 54% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 84% graduation rate.
42% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Smoky Hill High School is part of the Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah in Colorado. The school receives Title I federal funding.
How This School Compares
Smoky Hill High School has 2,252 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah (748 students). Its 54% proficiency rate is 3 percentage points below the district average of 58%. Compared to the Colorado state average of 51%, the school performs 3 points higher.
Other Schools in Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah
Frequently Asked Questions
Smoky Hill High School has 2,252 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 19.1:1.
According to EDFacts data, 54% of students at Smoky Hill High School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Smoky Hill High School has a 84% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Smoky Hill High 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.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
Every number on this page links back to NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.