Blue Heron Elementary School

Blue Heron Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary-level community in LITTLETON, Colorado, run under Jefferson County School District No. R-1. The school serves 325 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Blue Heron Elementary School is one of 148 schools operated by Jefferson County School District No. R-1, a district that instructs 74,935 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Blue Heron Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 55%. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 31% of students at Blue Heron Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Blue Heron Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.5%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) shows that median household income runs about $110,656, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Jefferson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students), of which Blue Heron Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Grant Ranch ECE-8 School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Blue Heron Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Blue Heron Elementary School has ticked down 35%, going from 499 students in 2018 to 325 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 18% to 24%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.