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Enrollment
455
Elementary
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLETON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080531001515
Littleton Academy
1200 WEST MINERAL AVENUE, LITTLETON, CO 80120 · (303) 798-5252 · Arapahoe County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL455 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Colorado public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
12.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
49 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 43 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 12% larger than its 8th grade class (43).
Student demographics
46%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
75.6%
CO avg 44.9% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
67.6%
CO avg 36.1% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.6% | 67.6% |
| 2023-24 | 73.2% | 63.2% |
% 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
69.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.2%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Littleton Academy
Littleton Academy's state test result (69.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Littleton Academy this school | 455 | 10.8% | 69.5% |
| Discovery Canyon Campus Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 547 | 12.4% | 61.3% |
| Wildcat Mountain Elementary School LITTLETON | 423 | 15.6% | 66.5% |
| Eldorado K-8 School SUPERIOR | 529 | 15.1% | 69.9% |
| Heritage Elementary School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 377 | 10.1% | 76.4% |
| DC Montessori Charter School CASTLE ROCK | 547 | 9.7% | 51.4% |
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 Littleton Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #60 of 931 | #7 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #69 of 940 ▲ 26 | #10 of 96 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #42 of 946 ▲ 11 | #6 of 96 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 455 | #307 of 1,056 | #62 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #111 of 896 | #9 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.5% | #554 of 896 | #78 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.8% | #941 of 983 | #98 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #623 of 664 | #65 of 70 |
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
455
-1 (0%) vs 2020
+1% since 2000-01, when it was 450
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 455 | 35.2 | 12.9:1 | 11% (49) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 35.2 | 13.0:1 | 10% (44) |
| 2022-23 | 454 | 40 | 11.3:1 | 3% (14) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | 34 | 13.4:1 | 7% (30) |
| 2017-18 | 466 | 32.6 | 14.3:1 | 4% (18) |
| 2015-16 | 465 | 33 | 14.1:1 | 5% (23) |
| 2010-11 | 465 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 4% (20) |
| 2000-01 | 450 | 25 | 18.0:1 | 1% (4) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Littleton Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (466 to 455); teachers up 8% (32.6 to 35.2).
About Littleton Academy
Littleton Academy is an elementary school with a street address in LITTLETON, Colorado. Enrollment is 455 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 8. Against the 379-student average for elementary schools in Colorado, enrollment here is 20% higher.
Littleton Public Schools includes 20 schools. Together they enroll 13,109 students.
Littleton Academy is 72% White by enrollment. The next largest groups are 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 7% Asian. County-wide, 59% of Arapahoe County residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 46% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Littleton Academy total 35.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.9:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. The school counts 49 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 11%. Among public schools in Arapahoe County, the average eligibility rate is 50%.
Littleton Academy is graded A by allk12, scoring above 91% of Colorado public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Littleton Academy is 9.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (69.5% versus 60.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Colorado.
Federal survey data for Arapahoe County show that the median household income is $101,087, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Arapahoe County is home to 176 public schools and about 115,502 public school students.
The school nearest to Littleton Academy is Runyon Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.9 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Littleton Academy places 2nd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large. Littleton Academy holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
Enrollment at Littleton Academy was 456 in 2020-21 and 455 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
Community posts for Littleton Academy can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Runyon Elementary School0.9 mi · 423
- Heritage High School1.0 mi · 1,748
- STEM School Highlands Ranch1.2 mi · 1,394
- Ben Franklin Academy1.2 mi · 956
- John Wesley Powell Middle School1.3 mi · 509
- Hopkins Elementary School1.5 mi · 372
Frequently asked questions
About Littleton AcademyHow large is Littleton Academy?
Littleton Academy enrolls approximately 455 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Littleton Academy serve?
Littleton Academy serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Littleton Academy?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Littleton Academy.
How diverse is Littleton Academy?
Littleton Academy reports a student body of 72% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Littleton Academy public or private?
Littleton Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Littleton Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.