Ponderosa Elementary School
Grades: PK-5
Students: 517
Type: Public
GreatSchools Rating
Student-Teacher
Ratio: 18:1
Certified Teachers: 100%
1885 South Lima Street
Aurora, CO 80012
Aurora, CO 80012
(720) 747-2800
Additional GreatSchools Ratings
2/10
2/10
NA
Academic ProgressNA
College Readiness3/10
Community Reviews
THIS IS A SERIOUS WARNING TO ALL CCD PARENTS!This school sent us to highplains under the idea everything would be covered of or 2e student. It quickly became nothing but broken promises and a lack of faculty resolve to fix it. I have been ignored by the principal and high ups. Now my student can't g
Posted by a parent on 9/3/2025Former staff member. School runs like a group home. Admin is an absolute joke. The principal, Brian, is afraid of children and doesn't even know the basic school procedures. Students constantly running around the building, the most intense physical alterations I've ever seen between students. Racism
Posted by a community member on 5/21/2025this school I don't think is good my child, he went their and he says that once, he was sad since some students were making fun of him, and he cried the teachers just waited for for him to stop crying, and just went on with the lesson, and also he tells me the teacher assistants who are at the
Posted by a parent on 4/10/2021We have only been there for a year and were a little hesitant to begin with but the dedication of the staff and the resources available to the children is beyond compare.
Posted by a parent on 4/16/2019This school is a Swimming pools of BULLIES/ To have your child assaulted and the kid who hit my child gets to return to his classroom. The teachers have ZERO SUPPORT/ I know of 3 families who have relocated their kids due to the lack of the learning and the fact it is UNSAFE PLACE TO LEAVE YOUR CHIL
Posted by a parent on 8/28/2018Nearby Schools
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Aurora schools - Ponderosa Elementary School is located at 1885 South Lima Street, Aurora CO 80012. Ponderosa Elementary School is in the Cherry Creek 5 School District. Ponderosa Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels PK-5.
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