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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 8

Murphy Creek K-8 School, Aurora, CO

Murphy Creek K-8 School is a public elementary school in Aurora, part of Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A. It enrolled 855 students in 2024-25, with 17.1 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
855
Teachers (FTE)
50.0
Students per teacher
17.1
Grades
PK to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 16.6. The Colorado average across schools is 16.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.1
District16.6
Colorado16.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
1400 S Old Tom Morris Road, Aurora, CO 80018
Phone
(303)366-0579
District
Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A
County
Arapahoe County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
080234001881
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
448
Reduced-price lunch
64
Free or reduced-price lunch
51259.9% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A

Elementary schools elsewhere in Aurora

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.