Chatfield High School

Chatfield High School is a senior high of substantial scale in LITTLETON, Colorado, operated by Jefferson County School District No. R-1, serveing 1,808 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 188% bigger than the state mean of about 627.

Jefferson County School District No. R-1 runs 148 schools in total, collectively educating 74,935 students. Chatfield High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Chatfield High School reports that 77% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. Compared to Jefferson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Chatfield High School logs 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.9:1 average. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Chatfield High School is in the bottom 10% of Colorado public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 55.6%; Chatfield High School posts 39.0%, -16.6 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Jefferson County shows median household income runs about $110,656, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Chatfield High School is one of 168 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students).

Nearest neighbor: Ute Meadows Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Chatfield High School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.7%.

Chatfield High School operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Chatfield High School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 1,776 (now 1,808). Over the same period, the White share fell from 81% to 77%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.