John Wesley Powell Middle School

Set in LITTLETON, Colorado, John Wesley Powell Middle School is an average-sized junior high, part of Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe. It hosts 509 students across grades 6 through 8.

Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe comprises 20 schools with combined enrollment of 13,109 students; John Wesley Powell Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, John Wesley Powell Middle School logs that White students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder consists of 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

On the income-and-resources front, John Wesley Powell Middle School reports 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Arapahoe County (around 50%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, John Wesley Powell Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.2%; this one delivers 57.7%.

Across the wider county, Arapahoe County reports that median household income runs about $101,087, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. John Wesley Powell Middle School is one of 176 public schools in Arapahoe County (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students).

Nearest neighbor: Arapahoe High School, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around John Wesley Powell Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts John Wesley Powell Middle School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 60.8%.

John Wesley Powell Middle School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. John Wesley Powell Middle School's enrollment has fell 46% since 2018, when it stood at 951 (now 509). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 11% to 15%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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