Aurora Central High School | |
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11700 East 11th Avenue , Colorado 80010 United States | |
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Type | Public high school |
Established | 1931 [1] |
School district | Adams-Arapahoe 28J |
CEEB code | 060070 |
Principal | Kurtis Quig |
Staff | 127.00 (FTE) [2] |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 2,256 (2023-2024) [2] |
Student to teacher ratio | 17.76 [2] |
Color(s) | White, yellow, green, black |
Athletics | 5A |
Athletics conference | East Metro Athletic Conference (EMAC) |
Mascot | Trojans |
Website | central |
Aurora Central High School is a high school in Aurora, Colorado. It was originally named Aurora High School and was the first high school in Aurora Public Schools. When Hinkley High School was built in 1963, this school was renamed to its present title. The first class to graduate from the existing location was the Class of 1956. [1]
On November 15, 2021, around 12:45 P.M., a shooting happened at a small park close to the high school. Six students from the school were shot with non-life-threatening injuries. 30–50 shots were fired from people in a car and from people on foot. [3] Four teenagers, three of whom are 15 while the fourth is 16, were later arrested and charged with attempted first degree murder. [4] Two were sentenced in April 2023. [5]
For the 2014–2015 school year, there were 2,188 students enrolled at Aurora Central High School. The student body demographics were as follows: [6]