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Hinkley High School recorded 57 fewer students enrolled in 2024-25 school year than previous school year

Published 06/11/25

There were 1,527 students enrolled in Hinkley High School during the 2024-25 school year, 3.6% less than the previous year's 1,584 students welcomed, according to the Colorado Department of Education.

Among the student body, 52.1% were boys and 47.9% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were Hispanic or Latino (1,155), representing 75.6% of the Hinkley High School total enrollment. Black students comprised the second-largest ethnic group, with 176 students (11.5%).

The grade level with the highest enrollment was twelfth grade, with 416 students enrolled that year, accounting for 27.2% of the total student body.

The school is located in Aurora Joint District No. 28, and has a central office in Aurora.

In total, there were 881,065 students enrolled in Colorado during the 2024-25 school year.

Colorado’s K–12 enrollment has gradually declined each year since the pandemic, with about 3–4% fewer students in 2024 than the state’s peak enrollment in 2019.

The declines are concentrated in the early grades and certain rural areas, while some metro districts are holding steady or growing. Lower birth rates and pandemic disruptions are driving the trend. Colorado’s public schools are now serving the smallest number of students in a decade, a shift that has implications for funding and planning even as per-pupil resources increase to compensate.

Colorado’s teacher workforce faces persistent shortages and pay challenges. In the 2023–24 school year, nearly 7,000 teaching positions were vacant statewide at some point. Districts managed to fill only about 75% of those openings with fully qualified hires, leaving many to be filled by short-term substitutes, retirees, or emergency credentials for the rest, while 9% remained unfilled for the entire school year.

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School Enrollment Breakdown in Aurora Joint District No. 28 in 2024-25 School Year
SchoolTotal Enrollment
Aurora Central High School2,468
Rangeview High School2,078
Vista Peak 9-12 Preparatory2,045
Gateway High School1,748
Hinkley High School1,527
Options School1,111
Lotus School for Excellence1,008
Edna and John W. Mosley P-8994
Vista Peak P-8 Exploratory960
Sixth Avenue Elementary School950
Aurora West College Preparatory Academy927
Harmony Ridge P-8894
Murphy Creek K-8 School855
Academy of Advanced Learning847
Aurora Hills Middle School821
Mrachek Middle School811
Global Village Academy Aurora802
Aurora Frontier K-8761
Rocky Mountain Prep: Fletcher701
Vanguard Classical School - East690
Virginia Court Elementary School657
Columbia Middle School636
East Middle School634
Tollgate Elementary School of Expeditionary Learning601
Vega Collegiate Academy583
Kenton Elementary School583
Aurora Quest K-8575
Crawford Elementary School567
North Middle School Health Sciences and Technology565
Aurora Academy Charter School536
Altura Elementary School527
Elkhart Elementary School525
Side Creek Elementary School512
Iowa Elementary School502
Vassar Elementary School500
Jewell Elementary School493
Yale Elementary School492
Park Lane Elementary School486
Clyde Miller K-8466
Laredo Elementary School449
Aurora Science & Tech Middle School448
Vaughn Elementary School446
Arkansas Elementary School432
Dalton Elementary School430
Dartmouth Elementary School422
Boston K-8 School413
William Smith High School410
Fulton Academy of Excellence410
AXL Academy402
Vanguard Classical School - West380
Montview Math & Health Sciences Elementary School380
Lansing Elementary Community School366
Wheeling Elementary School282
Laredo Child Development Center210
Meadowood Child Development Center166
Jamaica Child Development Center106
APS Early Beginnings - A Zoom Site23

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