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If you had an hour of school board time for Goddard Middle School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
575
Middle
DISTRICT 624 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLETON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080531000879
Goddard Middle School
3800 WEST BERRY AVENUE, LITTLETON, CO 80123 · (303) 347-7850 · Arapahoe County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL575 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% 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.
- B+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
16.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
202 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 174 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 190 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 211 | 37% |
Student demographics
53%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
55.6%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
45.5%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.6% | 45.5% |
| 2023-24 | 56.5% | 46.4% |
% 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
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Goddard Middle School
Goddard Middle School's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goddard Middle School this school | 575 | 35.1% | 49.5% |
| Broomfield Heights Middle School BROOMFIELD | 490 | 34.3% | 45.3% |
| Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics BOULDER | 482 | 31.1% | 54.5% |
| Centennial Middle School BOULDER | 598 | 33.1% | 52.5% |
| Coal Ridge Middle School FIRESTONE | 727 | 31.9% | 39.7% |
| Euclid Middle School LITTLETON | 631 | 31.1% | 50.9% |
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 Goddard Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #56 of 241 | #7 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #55 of 244 ▼ 11 | #7 of 23 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #64 of 246 ▼ 8 | #7 of 23 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 575 | #87 of 278 | #18 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #123 of 227 | #9 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.2% | #95 of 227 | #15 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.1% | #170 of 246 | #14 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.8% | #56 of 169 | #7 of 18 |
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
575
-169 (-23%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 837
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 575 | 35.5 | 16.2:1 | 35% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 562 | 37.4 | 15.0:1 | 38% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 552 | 40.3 | 13.7:1 | 30% (166) |
| 2020-21 | 744 | 47 | 15.8:1 | 38% (286) |
| 2017-18 | 765 | 47.7 | 16.0:1 | 35% (268) |
| 2015-16 | 742 | 44 | 16.9:1 | 33% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 796 | 45 | 17.7:1 | 38% (303) |
| 2000-01 | 879 | 49 | 17.9:1 | 16% (145) |
| 1990-91 | 837 | 42 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Goddard Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (765 to 575); teachers down 26% (47.7 to 35.5).
About Goddard Middle School
Goddard Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in LITTLETON, Colorado, one of the schools in Littleton Public Schools. The school reports 575 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 24% above the 462 average for middle schools in Colorado.
Littleton Public Schools is made up of 20 schools with 13,109 students in all.
White students are the majority at Goddard Middle School, with 63% of enrollment. Other groups make up 25% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. County-wide, about 59% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 53% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 16.2:1. That is close to the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado. Eligible students account for 35% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Arapahoe County is 50%.
allk12 grades Goddard Middle School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Goddard Middle School, the prediction is 45.4% and the result is 49.5%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Arapahoe County show that the median household income is $101,087, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Besides Goddard Middle School, Arapahoe County has 175 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education, is about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Goddard Middle School places 3rd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Goddard Middle School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Federal data show a 23% enrollment decrease, from 744 in 2020-21 to 575 in 2024-25.
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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
- 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
Other Goddard Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Goddard Middle. Goddard Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Goddard MiddleGlendora, CA · 728 students
- Goddard Middle SchoolGoddard, KS · 485 students
Nearby schools
- Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education0.5 mi · 334
- Wilder Elementary School1.0 mi · 592
- Blue Heron Elementary School1.2 mi · 325
- Kaiser Elementary School1.3 mi · 243
- Grant Ranch ECE-8 School1.3 mi · 334
- Alice Terry Elementary School1.5 mi · 167
Frequently asked questions
About Goddard Middle SchoolHow large is Goddard Middle School?
Goddard Middle School enrolls approximately 575 students in grades 06-08.
Is Goddard Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Goddard Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Goddard Middle School have?
Goddard Middle School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
How diverse is Goddard Middle School?
Goddard Middle School reports a student body of 63% White, 25% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Goddard Middle School?
Goddard Middle School is overseen by Littleton Public Schools in Arapahoe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.