Goddard Middle School

As a mid-sized middle-grades school in LITTLETON, Colorado, Goddard Middle School instructs 575 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 462 students each, so Goddard Middle School sits 24% above that benchmark.

Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 13,109 students. Goddard Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Goddard Middle School shows that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 25% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Arapahoe County (around 50%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Goddard Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.4%; this one delivers 49.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Arapahoe County indicate median household income runs about $101,087, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Arapahoe County runs 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students), of which Goddard Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Goddard Middle School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Goddard Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 39.5%.

Goddard Middle School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 25%: 765 students in 2018 compared to 575 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 35% to 25% over that span.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.