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Little Raven Elementary School
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsWhat this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Little Raven Elementary School
Little Raven Elementary School, a mid-tier K-5 school in LITTLETON, Colorado, overseen by Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe, educates 475 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Little Raven Elementary School sits 25% above that benchmark.
Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 13,109 students. Little Raven Elementary School is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Little Raven Elementary School reports that 58% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 33% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. Compared to Arapahoe County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Little Raven Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Arapahoe County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, Little Raven Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.9%.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Arapahoe County indicate median household earnings sit near $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. Little Raven Elementary School is one of 176 public schools in Arapahoe County (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students).
The closest other public school is Hopkins Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Little Raven Elementary School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 58.4%.
Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 26%: 377 students in 2018 compared to 475 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 20% to 33% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.
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