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Enrollment
541
Middle
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480001315
Deer Creek Middle School
9201 WEST COLUMBINE DRIVE, LITTLETON, CO 80123 · (303) 982-3820 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL541 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% of Colorado public middle schools
- A-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
106 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 193 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 175 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 173 | 32% |
Student demographics
38%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
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
61.1%
CO avg 44.9% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
49.8%
CO avg 36.1% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.1% | 49.8% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 45.6% |
% 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
52.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Deer Creek Middle School
Deer Creek Middle School's state test result (52.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Creek Middle School this school | 541 | 19.6% | 52.1% |
| Louisville Middle School LOUISVILLE | 626 | 18.5% | 62.9% |
| Falcon Bluffs Middle School LITTLETON | 567 | 18.9% | 50.7% |
| Cheyenne Mountain Junior High School COLORADO SPRINGS | 604 | 21.5% | 64.1% |
| John Wesley Powell Middle School LITTLETON | 509 | 25.5% | 57.7% |
| Turner Middle School BERTHOUD | 448 | 17.4% | 46.8% |
Matched among Colorado middle 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 Deer Creek Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #47 of 241 | #6 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #38 of 244 ▲ 9 | #4 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #47 of 246 ▲ 12 | #6 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 541 | #104 of 278 | #11 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #219 of 227 | #17 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.4% | #188 of 227 | #13 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.6% | #219 of 246 | #14 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.3% | #35 of 169 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
541
-125 (-19%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 1,143
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 541 | 27.4 | 19.7:1 | 20% (106) |
| 2023-24 | 527 | 30.7 | 17.2:1 | 24% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 557 | 33.6 | 16.6:1 | 25% (139) |
| 2020-21 | 666 | 35 | 19.0:1 | 18% (117) |
| 2017-18 | 788 | 40.8 | 19.3:1 | 14% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 678 | 34 | 19.9:1 | 9% (60) |
| 2010-11 | 532 | 30 | 17.7:1 | 13% (67) |
| 2000-01 | 1,075 | 56 | 19.2:1 | 3% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 1,143 | 53 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deer Creek Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (788 to 541); teachers down 33% (40.8 to 27.4).
About Deer Creek Middle School
In LITTLETON, Colorado, part of Jefferson County, Deer Creek Middle School is a middle school. School enrollment was 541 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8.
Deer Creek Middle School is one school in a 148-school district, Jefferson County School District No. R-1, which enrolls 74,935 students.
At 77%, White students outnumber all other groups at Deer Creek Middle School combined. After that, the student body is 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is close to the 80% White share among all Jefferson County residents. By the diversity index, Deer Creek Middle School comes in at 38%.
The school reports 27.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 19.7 students per teacher. For comparison, middle schools in Colorado average 15.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 20% of students. Among public schools in Jefferson County, the average eligibility rate is 32%.
The allk12 Grade for Deer Creek Middle School is B+. Compared with Colorado public middle schools, the school scored higher than 70% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, Deer Creek Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 52.1%; the prediction is 54.9%.
Federal survey data for Jefferson County show that median household income is about $110,656, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Deer Creek Middle School is among the 168 public schools in Jefferson County.
Of nearby public schools, Stony Creek Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Deer Creek Middle School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment was 666 in 2020-21 and 541 in 2024-25, a decrease of 125 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Deer Creek Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Deer Creek Middle schools
One other US public school is named Deer Creek Middle. Deer Creek Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Deer Creek Middle SchoolEdmond, OK · 1,257 students
Nearby schools
- Stony Creek Elementary School0.2 mi · 349
- Ute Meadows Elementary School1.0 mi · 374
- Mortensen Elementary School1.1 mi · 260
- Coronado Elementary School1.1 mi · 384
- Shaffer Elementary School1.2 mi · 497
- Dutch Creek Elementary School1.3 mi · 286
Frequently asked questions
About Deer Creek Middle SchoolHow large is Deer Creek Middle School?
Deer Creek Middle School enrolls approximately 541 students in grades 06-08.
Is Deer Creek Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Deer Creek Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Deer Creek Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Deer Creek Middle School is approximately 19.7:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Deer Creek Middle School?
At Deer Creek Middle School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Deer Creek Middle School public or private?
Deer Creek Middle 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.