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Enrollment
475
Elementary
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLETON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080531000890
Little Raven Elementary School
6901 S. FRANKLIN STREET, LITTLETON, CO 80122 · (303) 347-4700 · Arapahoe County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL475 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
191 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
51.3%
CO avg 44.9% . +8.2pp since 2023
Math
47.0%
CO avg 36.1% . +8.5pp since 2023
What 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.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.3% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.1% | 38.5% |
% 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
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 Little Raven Elementary School
Little Raven Elementary School's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Raven Elementary School this school | 475 | 40.2% | 43.9% |
| Cedar Ridge Elementary School PUEBLO WEST | 458 | 39.5% | 47.1% |
| Strasburg Elementary School STRASBURG | 544 | 39.2% | 34.5% |
| Skyview Elementary School WINDSOR | 440 | 43.0% | 42.9% |
| Eaton Elementary School EATON | 484 | 42.8% | 49.0% |
| Park Elementary School DURANGO | 452 | 38.9% | 57.4% |
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 Little Raven Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #385 of 931 | #38 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #304 of 940 ▲ 102 | #35 of 96 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #346 of 946 ▲ 107 | #33 of 96 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 475 | #282 of 1,056 | #58 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #315 of 896 | #33 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.9% | #311 of 896 | #68 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.2% | #580 of 983 | #60 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.0% | #43 of 200 | #3 of 20 |
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
475
+146 (+44%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 463
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 475 | 32.4 | 14.7:1 | 40% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 439 | 30.1 | 14.6:1 | 40% (174) |
| 2022-23 | 260 | 19.2 | 13.5:1 | 24% (62) |
| 2020-21 | 329 | 19 | 17.3:1 | 26% (85) |
| 2017-18 | 377 | 22.2 | 17.0:1 | 29% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 391 | 23 | 17.0:1 | 32% (125) |
| 2010-11 | 428 | 23 | 18.6:1 | 43% (183) |
| 2000-01 | 376 | 24 | 15.7:1 | 27% (100) |
| 1990-91 | 463 | 22 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Little Raven Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 26% (377 to 475); teachers up 46% (22.2 to 32.4).
About Little Raven Elementary School
Little Raven Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in LITTLETON, Colorado. The school enrolls 475 students in kindergarten through 5. That compares with an average of about 379 students for elementary schools in Colorado.
Littleton Public Schools is made up of 20 schools with 13,109 students in all.
About 58% of the student body at Little Raven Elementary School is White. The remaining students are 33% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Arapahoe County residents are about 59% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
The school had 32.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.7:1. The school's 14.7:1 compares with an average of 16.6:1 for elementary schools in Colorado. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 40%. That is lower than the 50% average for public schools in Arapahoe County.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Little Raven Elementary School, the prediction is 42.3% and the result is 43.9%.
Census data for Arapahoe County show the median household earns about $101,087 a year, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Little Raven Elementary School, Arapahoe County has 176 public schools.
Little Raven Elementary School's nearest public school is Hopkins Elementary School (about 0.6 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Little Raven Elementary School is 8th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
The school counted 329 students in 2020-21 and 475 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 17.3:1 to 14.7:1.
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Arapahoe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
659,844
Census ACS
Median income
$101,087
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
176
115,502 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Littleton Public Schools
- Arapahoe High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Littleton High SchoolHigh · 1,187 students
- Newton Middle SchoolMiddle · 781 students
- Ford ElementaryElementary · 653 students
- Euclid Middle SchoolMiddle · 631 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
- Hopkins Elementary School0.6 mi · 372
- Arapahoe High School0.7 mi · 1,748
- Gudy Gaskill Elementary0.7 mi · 508
- The Village ECE0.7 mi · 336
- Sandburg Elementary School0.8 mi · 495
- John Wesley Powell Middle School1.2 mi · 509
Frequently asked questions
About Little Raven Elementary SchoolHow large is Little Raven Elementary School?
Little Raven Elementary School enrolls approximately 475 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Little Raven Elementary School serve?
Little Raven Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Little Raven Elementary School have?
Little Raven Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Little Raven Elementary School?
Student demographics at Little Raven Elementary School are roughly 58% White, 33% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Little Raven Elementary School in?
Little Raven Elementary School is part of Littleton Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.