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Which teacher or staff member at Governor's Ranch Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
458
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480001448
Governor's Ranch Elementary School
5354 SOUTH FIELD STREET, LITTLETON, CO 80123 · (303) 982-4625 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% of Colorado public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
98 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 54 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
41%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
60.6%
CO avg 44.9% . -4.5pp since 2023
Math
52.9%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.3pp 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 53 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.6% | 52.9% |
| 2023-24 | 65.1% | 50.6% |
% 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
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Governor's Ranch Elementary School
Governor's Ranch Elementary School's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Governor's Ranch Elementary School this school | 458 | 21.4% | 56.0% |
| Lafayette Elementary School LAFAYETTE | 497 | 20.1% | 58.8% |
| Roxborough Intermediate LITTLETON | 430 | 18.6% | 55.3% |
| Fox Creek Elementary School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 436 | 17.7% | 59.0% |
| Soaring Hawk Elementary School CASTLE ROCK | 431 | 18.1% | 57.0% |
| Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 381 | 22.3% | 61.3% |
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 Governor's Ranch Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #201 of 931 | #28 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #229 of 940 ▲ 8 | #32 of 85 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #201 of 946 ▼ 62 | #28 of 85 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #302 of 1,056 | #26 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #584 of 896 | #55 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.1% | #656 of 896 | #53 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.4% | #808 of 983 | #56 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.4% | #75 of 200 | #12 of 21 |
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
458
+153 (+50%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 609
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 458 | 28.1 | 16.3:1 | 21% (98) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 26 | 16.2:1 | 21% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 344 | 21.6 | 15.9:1 | 21% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 305 | 22 | 13.9:1 | 15% (46) |
| 2017-18 | 397 | 23.7 | 16.8:1 | 15% (60) |
| 2015-16 | 429 | 23 | 18.6:1 | 16% (69) |
| 2010-11 | 458 | 27 | 17.0:1 | 9% (39) |
| 2000-01 | 536 | 27 | 19.9:1 | 1% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 609 | 28 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Governor's Ranch Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (397 to 458); teachers up 19% (23.7 to 28.1).
About Governor's Ranch Elementary School
Governor's Ranch Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in LITTLETON, Colorado. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 458 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 379-student average for elementary schools in Colorado, enrollment here is 21% higher.
Jefferson County School District No. R-1 is responsible for 148 schools, Governor's Ranch Elementary School included, with 74,935 students in all.
Roughly 75% of students at Governor's Ranch Elementary School are White. Enrollment also includes 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Governor's Ranch Elementary School's diversity index is 41%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.3 students per teacher. That matches the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado fairly closely. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 21% of students. The 32% average for public schools in Jefferson County is 11 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for Governor's Ranch Elementary School is B+. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 69% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 53.8% for Governor's Ranch Elementary School. The school posts 56.0%, 2.2 points above the prediction.
Among Jefferson County residents, the median household income is $110,656, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Besides Governor's Ranch Elementary School, Jefferson County has 167 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Westridge Elementary School, about 1.1 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Governor's Ranch Elementary School is 3rd of 8 on proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal counts for Governor's Ranch Elementary School: 305 students in 2020-21, 458 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered. Federal data show the ratio rising from 13.9:1 to 16.3:1.
Community posts for Governor's Ranch Elementary School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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
Nearby schools
- Westridge Elementary School1.1 mi · 400
- Montessori Peaks Charter Academy1.2 mi · 444
- Rocky Mountain Deaf School1.7 mi · 82
- Columbine High School1.7 mi · 1,710
- D'Evelyn Junior/Senior High School1.8 mi · 1,212
- Grant Ranch ECE-8 School1.8 mi · 334
Frequently asked questions
About Governor's Ranch Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Governor's Ranch Elementary School?
Governor's Ranch Elementary School enrolls approximately 458 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Governor's Ranch Elementary School serve?
Governor's Ranch Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Governor's Ranch Elementary School?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Governor's Ranch Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Governor's Ranch Elementary School?
At Governor's Ranch Elementary School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Governor's Ranch Elementary School?
Governor's Ranch 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.