Enrollment
334
Elementary
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLETON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080531000874
Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education
3306 WEST BERRY AVENUE, LITTLETON, CO 80123 · (303) 347-4425 · Arapahoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL334 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Colorado public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
13.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
149 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 35 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
40.7%
CO avg 44.9% . +6.4pp since 2023
Math
38.0%
CO avg 36.1% . +9.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.7% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.3% | 28.2% |
% 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
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education
Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education this school | 334 | 44.6% | 33.0% |
| Falcon Elementary School of Technology FALCON | 318 | 47.5% | 35.9% |
| Weber Elementary School ARVADA | 312 | 41.3% | 38.0% |
| Whittier Elementary School BOULDER | 269 | 42.0% | 40.3% |
| Skyview Elementary School WINDSOR | 440 | 43.0% | 42.9% |
| Mountain Song Community School COLORADO SPRINGS | 324 | 47.2% | 29.6% |
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 Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #531 of 931 | #49 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #428 of 940 ▲ 111 | #43 of 96 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #500 of 946 ▲ 81 | #46 of 96 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 334 | #608 of 1,056 | #88 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #140 of 896 | #12 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.2% | #238 of 896 | #60 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.6% | #533 of 983 | #57 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.0% | #36 of 664 | #3 of 70 |
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
334
-119 (-26%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 537
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 334 | 25.3 | 13.2:1 | 45% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 337 | 25.5 | 13.2:1 | 44% (148) |
| 2022-23 | 370 | 26.7 | 13.9:1 | 32% (117) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | 30 | 15.1:1 | 45% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 539 | 32.4 | 16.6:1 | 39% (210) |
| 2015-16 | 536 | 34 | 15.8:1 | 45% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 533 | 33 | 16.1:1 | 53% (283) |
| 2000-01 | 401 | 28 | 14.3:1 | 29% (116) |
| 1990-91 | 537 | 23 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (539 to 334); teachers down 22% (32.4 to 25.3).
About Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education
Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education is a mid-sized elementary school based in LITTLETON, Colorado. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 334 students.
Federal data list 20 schools in Littleton Public Schools, with 13,109 students enrolled.
About 55% of the student body at Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education is White. Enrollment also includes 32% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Arapahoe County residents are about 59% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
With 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.2:1. Elementary schools in Colorado have an average ratio of 16.6:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education, 45% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 29% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 33.0%, compared with a predicted 39.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Colorado schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Arapahoe County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $101,087 a year, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education shares Arapahoe County with 175 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Goddard Middle School is about 0.5 miles from Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education is behind the 40.7% nearby average, ranking 4th of 6.
NCES describes the area around Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 26%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.1:1 to 13.2:1 over the same years.
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Arapahoe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
659,844
Census ACS
Median income
$101,087
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
176
115,502 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Littleton Public Schools
- Arapahoe High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Littleton High SchoolHigh · 1,187 students
- Newton Middle SchoolMiddle · 781 students
- Ford ElementaryElementary · 653 students
- Euclid Middle SchoolMiddle · 631 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
Nearby schools
- Goddard Middle School0.5 mi · 575
- Wilder Elementary School1.2 mi · 592
- Kaiser Elementary School1.4 mi · 243
- Alice Terry Elementary School1.4 mi · 167
- SOAR Academy1.7 mi · 78
- Early Childhood Education Center1.7 mi · 114
Frequently asked questions
About Centennial Academy of Fine Arts EducationWhat is the total enrollment at Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education?
Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education enrolls approximately 334 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education serve?
Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education?
At Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education, the student body is approximately 55% White, 32% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education in?
Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education is part of Littleton Public Schools.
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