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Which teacher or staff member at Ford Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
653
Elementary
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLETON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080531006825
Ford Elementary
7300 SOUTH CLERMONT DRIVE, CENTENNIAL, CO 80122 · (720) 360-2100 · Arapahoe County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL653 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
85 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
34%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
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
60.5%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
63.0%
CO avg 36.1% . +11.4pp 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 63 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 are up about 11 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.5% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.1% | 51.6% |
% 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
60.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Ford Elementary
Ford Elementary's state test result (60.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Elementary this school | 653 | 13.0% | 60.3% |
| Park Hill School DENVER | 717 | 13.4% | 73.7% |
| Monument Charter Academy MONUMENT | 612 | 10.0% | 45.5% |
| Windsor Charter Academy Elementary School WINDSOR | 780 | 16.4% | 62.9% |
| Slavens K-8 School DENVER | 762 | 13.3% | 84.6% |
| Fairmount Elementary School GOLDEN | 601 | 7.8% | 67.4% |
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 Ford Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #153 of 931 | #20 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #114 of 940 ▲ 100 | #14 of 96 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #203 of 946 ▼ 24 | #22 of 96 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 653 | #83 of 1,056 | #14 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #705 of 896 | #77 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.2% | #755 of 896 | #93 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.0% | #916 of 983 | #94 of 101 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 653 | 37.6 | 17.4:1 | 13% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 684 | 38.2 | 17.9:1 | 13% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 705 | 38.3 | 18.4:1 | 8% (59) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ford Elementary.
About Ford Elementary
Ford Elementary sits in CENTENNIAL, Colorado, and is classified as an elementary school. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 653 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Colorado enroll about 379 students on average.
Littleton Public Schools (20 schools, 13,109 students) runs Ford Elementary.
Ford Elementary is 80% White by enrollment. The remaining shares are 10% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Arapahoe County's population at about 59%. The diversity index for Ford Elementary is 34%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 37.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.4:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1. Roughly 13% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Arapahoe County, the average is 50%.
Test results at Ford Elementary are 1.5 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (60.3% actual, 58.8% predicted).
American Community Survey estimates for Arapahoe County show that median household income comes to about $101,087, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Arapahoe County counts 176 public schools with about 115,502 students.
Newton Middle School is about 0.8 miles from Ford Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Ford Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 59.9%, lower than Ford Elementary's 60.3%.
NCES describes the area around Ford Elementary as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
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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
Related schools
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
- Euclid Middle SchoolMiddle · 631 students
- Wilder Elementary SchoolElementary · 592 students
Other schools in CENTENNIAL
- Eaglecrest High SchoolHigh · 2,851 students
- Arapahoe High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Newton Middle SchoolMiddle · 781 students
- Aspen Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 569 students
- Mountain Vista Elementary SchoolElementary · 568 students
- Creekside Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
Other Ford Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Ford Elementary. Ford Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Ford Elementary SchoolSPRING, TX · 857 students
- Ford Elementary SchoolAcworth, GA · 750 students
- Ford ElementaryLaurens, SC · 423 students
- Ford ElementaryRichmond, CA · 371 students
- Ford ElementaryTUCSON, AZ · 182 students
Nearby schools
- Newton Middle School0.8 mi · 781
- Sandburg Elementary School1.1 mi · 495
- Lois Lenski Elementary School1.2 mi · 509
- Homestead Elementary School1.4 mi · 334
- Arapahoe High School1.5 mi · 1,748
- Heritage Elementary School1.6 mi · 302
Frequently asked questions
About Ford ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Ford Elementary?
Ford Elementary enrolls approximately 653 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Ford Elementary serve?
Ford Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Ford Elementary?
Approximately 17.4:1 students per teacher at Ford Elementary.
How diverse is Ford Elementary?
Ford Elementary reports a student body of 80% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Ford Elementary public or private?
Ford Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Littleton Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.