Enrollment
286
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480000714
Dutch Creek Elementary School
7304 WEST ROXBURY PLACE, LITTLETON, CO 80128 · (303) 982-4565 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL286 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Colorado public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.8:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
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 | 21 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
42%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
46.9%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.9pp since 2023
Math
45.4%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.9% | 45.4% |
| 2023-24 | 48.8% | 45.7% |
% 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
43.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Dutch Creek Elementary School
Dutch Creek Elementary School's state test result (43.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Creek Elementary School this school | 286 | 35.0% | 43.3% |
| Palmer Lake Elementary School PALMER LAKE | 286 | 34.3% | 53.3% |
| Academy for Advanced and Creative Learning COLORADO SPRINGS | 298 | 32.9% | 57.6% |
| Olander Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 310 | 37.7% | 50.6% |
| Byers Elementary School BYERS | 275 | 37.8% | 55.2% |
| Columbine Hills Elementary School LITTLETON | 315 | 33.7% | 40.6% |
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 Dutch Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #388 of 931 | #47 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #334 of 940 ▼ 36 | #44 of 85 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #412 of 946 ▼ 37 | #50 of 85 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 286 | #752 of 1,056 | #76 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #341 of 896 | #24 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.5% | #625 of 896 | #49 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.0% | #644 of 983 | #30 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #477 of 664 | #46 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
286
+15 (+6%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 753
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
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 | 286 | 19.4 | 14.8:1 | 35% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 311 | 20.3 | 15.3:1 | 38% (119) |
| 2022-23 | 294 | 18 | 16.3:1 | 40% (117) |
| 2020-21 | 271 | 18 | 15.1:1 | 37% (100) |
| 2017-18 | 317 | 17.2 | 18.5:1 | 43% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 313 | 16 | 19.6:1 | 45% (140) |
| 2010-11 | 326 | 19 | 17.2:1 | 39% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 493 | 25 | 19.7:1 | 6% (31) |
| 1990-91 | 753 | 33 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dutch Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (317 to 286); teachers up 13% (17.2 to 19.4).
About Dutch Creek Elementary School
Dutch Creek Elementary School is a small elementary school located in LITTLETON, Colorado. It enrolled 286 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students each.
Across its 148 schools, Jefferson County School District No. R-1 enrolls 74,935 students. Dutch Creek Elementary School is one of those schools.
White students are the majority at Dutch Creek Elementary School, with 72% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 42% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 19.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.8:1. This ratio sits 1.8 below the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Roughly 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 32% average for public schools in Jefferson County.
Dutch Creek Elementary School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 48% of Colorado public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Dutch Creek Elementary School would be expected to post about 45.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 43.3%.
In the county around the school, Jefferson County, the median household income is $110,656, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 168 public schools in Jefferson County, enrolling about 74,739 students in all.
Nearby, Ken Caryl Middle School is about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Dutch Creek Elementary School ranks 6th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 43.3% against a local average of 47.8%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 286, a 6% increase from 271 in 2020-21.
The Dutch Creek Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Nearby schools
- Ken Caryl Middle School0.6 mi · 725
- Normandy Elementary School0.8 mi · 262
- Stony Creek Elementary School1.0 mi · 349
- Columbine Hills Elementary School1.2 mi · 315
- Columbine High School1.2 mi · 1,710
- Coronado Elementary School1.2 mi · 384
Frequently asked questions
About Dutch Creek Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Dutch Creek Elementary School?
Dutch Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 286 students in grades PK-05.
Is Dutch Creek Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dutch Creek Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Dutch Creek Elementary School have?
Dutch Creek Elementary School employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Dutch Creek Elementary School?
Student demographics at Dutch Creek Elementary School are roughly 72% White, 22% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Dutch Creek Elementary School?
Dutch Creek Elementary School is overseen by Jefferson County School District No. R-1 in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.