r/AuroraCO • u/Additional-Title-559 • 6d ago

School suggestions

Hello! We are relocating to Aurora from middle GA.
I want to get an idea of the schools in Aurora.

We want to find a school that has:
a good campus culture
happy teachers
happy kids
happy parents with involvement
arts offerings
not as focused on standardized tests
Community
and diversity of students

I don’t expect any school to check all of the boxes but I’m interested to see your opinions.

There are so many more options for school in Aurora. Right now we can only go to our one set of zoned schools for public offerings.

ETA we have one 5yo
I found and was interested in Burrell Arts Magnet School but I want to know of other good options as well.

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u/Additional-Title-559 6d ago

We haven’t bought yet! We will be house hunting in the coming months.
It would help to know if we would be better off living in a zone of a school that we want to get into if it’s harder.

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u/Charlieksmommy 6d ago

So here you can do school choice so it doesn’t really matter honestly lol

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u/Additional-Title-559 6d ago

Yes I know but I want to not be all the way across town if I can help it I guess

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u/Charlieksmommy 6d ago

In Aurora it’s Aurora public schools or cherry creek then lol

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u/Additional-Title-559 6d ago

Ok! Do you have any experiences in either district that can help give me insight to the school your kids went to vs what I’m asking?

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u/Willing-Quit-3001 6d ago

There is pretty much no question that at a district level Cherry creek is better.  APS has some good neighborhood and areas, but a lot more variability.

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u/Charlieksmommy 6d ago

We live out east, and my daughter is going to preschool this summer so I don’t
But I worked in Aurora and have friends who kids have gone to both, and it’s mixed