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Enrollment
725
Middle
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480000742
Ken Caryl Middle School
6509 WEST KEN CARYL AVENUE, LITTLETON, CO 80123 · (303) 982-4710 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL725 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Colorado public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
18.5:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
196 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 239 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 239 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 247 | 34% |
Student demographics
46%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
48.1%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
35.2%
CO avg 36.1% . -4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.1% | 35.2% |
| 2023-24 | 49.5% | 39.7% |
% 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
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Ken Caryl Middle School
Ken Caryl Middle School's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Caryl Middle School this school | 725 | 27.0% | 42.6% |
| Summit Ridge Middle School LITTLETON | 851 | 24.3% | 40.8% |
| Sierra Middle School PARKER | 805 | 26.8% | 43.3% |
| Preston Middle School FORT COLLINS | 568 | 29.8% | 51.6% |
| Dunstan Middle School LAKEWOOD | 798 | 28.2% | 43.5% |
| Castle Rock Middle School CASTLE ROCK | 660 | 25.9% | 44.4% |
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 Ken Caryl Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #79 of 241 | #12 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #85 of 244 ▼ 19 | #13 of 19 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #92 of 246 ▼ 8 | #12 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 725 | #50 of 278 | #6 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #187 of 227 | #9 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.4% | #147 of 227 | #9 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.0% | #200 of 246 | #9 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.5% | #46 of 55 | #13 of 13 |
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
725
-124 (-15%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 863
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 725 | 39.2 | 18.5:1 | 27% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 724 | 40 | 18.1:1 | 31% (221) |
| 2022-23 | 747 | 39.9 | 18.7:1 | 30% (224) |
| 2020-21 | 849 | 45 | 18.9:1 | 27% (229) |
| 2017-18 | 707 | 37.1 | 19.1:1 | 21% (145) |
| 2015-16 | 654 | 34 | 19.2:1 | 21% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 608 | 30 | 20.3:1 | 21% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 833 | 43 | 19.4:1 | 6% (53) |
| 1990-91 | 863 | 39 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ken Caryl Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (707 to 725); teachers up 6% (37.1 to 39.2).
About Ken Caryl Middle School
Ken Caryl Middle School is a large middle school in LITTLETON, Colorado. Enrollment totals 725 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 57% larger than the 462-student average for middle schools in Colorado.
Ken Caryl Middle School is one of the 148 schools that make up Jefferson County School District No. R-1 (74,935 students in total).
White students are 70% of those enrolled at Ken Caryl Middle School. The next largest groups are 20% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. In Jefferson County overall, about 80% of residents are White. A diversity index of 46% means there is a 46% chance two randomly chosen students at Ken Caryl Middle School are from different groups.
Its staff includes 39.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 18.5 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Colorado, the average ratio is 15.9:1. Ken Caryl Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 27%.
Among Colorado public middle schools, Ken Caryl Middle School outscored 49%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Ken Caryl Middle School is 7.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (42.6% versus 50.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Colorado.
The school is in Jefferson County, where median household income comes to about $110,656, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Jefferson County counts 168 public schools with about 74,739 students.
Columbine Hills Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Ken Caryl Middle School is 7th on average proficiency.
Ken Caryl Middle School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment decreased 15% over 4 years, reaching 725 in 2024-25.
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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
- Columbine Hills Elementary School0.6 mi · 315
- Dutch Creek Elementary School0.6 mi · 286
- Normandy Elementary School0.8 mi · 262
- Coronado Elementary School1.2 mi · 384
- Stony Creek Elementary School1.5 mi · 349
- Columbine High School1.5 mi · 1,710
Frequently asked questions
About Ken Caryl Middle SchoolHow many students attend Ken Caryl Middle School?
Ken Caryl Middle School enrolls approximately 725 students in grades 06-08.
Is Ken Caryl Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ken Caryl Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Ken Caryl Middle School?
Approximately 18.5:1 students per teacher at Ken Caryl Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Ken Caryl Middle School?
Student demographics at Ken Caryl Middle School are roughly 70% White, 20% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Ken Caryl Middle School public or private?
Ken Caryl Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson County School District No. R-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.