Enrollment
325
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480001919
Blue Heron Elementary School
5987 WEST DORADO DRIVE, LITTLETON, CO 80123 · (303) 982-2770 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
100 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 28 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
41.9%
CO avg 44.9% . -3.2pp since 2023
Math
35.7%
CO avg 36.1% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.9% | 35.7% |
| 2023-24 | 45.1% | 36.7% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Blue Heron Elementary School
Blue Heron Elementary School's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Heron Elementary School this school | 325 | 30.8% | 40.5% |
| Walnut Hills Community Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 342 | 33.3% | 60.0% |
| Prairie Hills Elementary School THORNTON | 378 | 30.2% | 48.0% |
| Legacy Point Elementary School PARKER | 499 | 20.6% | 47.7% |
| Heritage Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 302 | 23.5% | 61.1% |
| Acres Green Elementary School LITTLETON | 341 | 36.7% | 40.0% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Blue Heron Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #430 of 931 | #54 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #462 of 940 ▼ 24 | #57 of 85 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #485 of 946 ▼ 62 | #62 of 85 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 325 | #627 of 1,056 | #59 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #161 of 896 | #8 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.2% | #186 of 896 | #7 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.8% | #698 of 983 | #38 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.9% | #61 of 664 | #4 of 62 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
325
-60 (-16%) vs 2020
-37% since 2010-11, when it was 515
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 15.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 325 | 24.2 | 13.4:1 | 31% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 333 | 26.2 | 12.7:1 | 33% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 376 | 26.4 | 14.2:1 | 32% (120) |
| 2020-21 | 385 | 25 | 15.4:1 | 26% (100) |
| 2017-18 | 499 | 26.8 | 18.6:1 | 25% (123) |
| 2015-16 | 501 | 28 | 17.9:1 | 18% (92) |
| 2010-11 | 515 | 25 | 20.6:1 | 14% (72) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blue Heron Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (499 to 325); teachers down 10% (26.8 to 24.2).
About Blue Heron Elementary School
Blue Heron Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school for students in LITTLETON, Colorado. Enrollment stands at 325 students, covering pre-K through 5.
A total of 148 schools make up Jefferson County School District No. R-1, with 74,935 students enrolled.
The share of White students at Blue Heron Elementary School is 55%, a majority. It is also 24% Hispanic, 15% Asian, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Jefferson County is roughly 80% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.4:1. The school has 24.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado is 3.1 students per teacher. In all, 31% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Jefferson County is similar, at 32%.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, Blue Heron Elementary School outscored 36%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Blue Heron Elementary School scores 40.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 48.1%.
In Jefferson County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $110,656 a year, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Blue Heron Elementary School, Jefferson County has 168 public schools.
The closest school to Blue Heron Elementary School is Grant Ranch ECE-8 School, located about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Blue Heron Elementary School is 5th of 9 on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 385 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 325 by 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 15.4 to 13.4 over 4 years.
Blue Heron Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,377
Census ACS
Median income
$110,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
168
74,739 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1
- Arvada West High SchoolHigh · 1,923 students
- Ralston Valley Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Chatfield High SchoolHigh · 1,808 students
- Lakewood High SchoolHigh · 1,735 students
- Columbine High SchoolHigh · 1,710 students
- Golden High SchoolHigh · 1,469 students
Other schools in LITTLETON
- Chatfield High SchoolHigh · 1,808 students
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Columbine High SchoolHigh · 1,710 students
- Dakota Ridge Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,277 students
- Littleton High SchoolHigh · 1,187 students
- Rocky Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,129 students
Other Blue Heron Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Blue Heron Elementary. Blue Heron Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Blue Heron ElementaryLINO LAKES, MN · 707 students
- Blue Heron ElementaryNew Market, MD · 680 students
Nearby schools
- Grant Ranch ECE-8 School0.3 mi · 334
- Leawood Elementary School0.5 mi · 321
- Columbine High School0.9 mi · 1,710
- Goddard Middle School1.2 mi · 575
- Wilder Elementary School1.3 mi · 592
- Normandy Elementary School1.4 mi · 262
Frequently asked questions
About Blue Heron Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Blue Heron Elementary School?
Blue Heron Elementary School enrolls approximately 325 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Blue Heron Elementary School serve?
Blue Heron Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Blue Heron Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Blue Heron Elementary School is approximately 13.4:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Blue Heron Elementary School?
Blue Heron Elementary School reports a student body of 55% White, 24% Hispanic, 1% Black, 15% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Blue Heron Elementary School public or private?
Blue Heron Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson County School District No. R-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.