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Enrollment
498
Elementary
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLETON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080531001626
Littleton Prep Charter School
5301 S. BANNOCK ST., LITTLETON, CO 80120 · (303) 734-1995 · Arapahoe County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL498 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Colorado public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
135 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 31 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 41 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 24% larger than its 8th grade class (41).
Student demographics
49%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
60.7%
CO avg 44.9% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
41.2%
CO avg 36.1% . -2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 down about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.7% | 41.2% |
| 2023-24 | 58.5% | 43.5% |
% 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
49.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% 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 Littleton Prep Charter School
Littleton Prep Charter School's state test result (49.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Littleton Prep Charter School this school | 498 | 27.1% | 49.2% |
| Fall River Elementary School LONGMONT | 520 | 30.2% | 61.5% |
| Powderhorn Elementary School LITTLETON | 522 | 25.7% | 39.2% |
| Pioneer Elementary School PARKER | 449 | 27.6% | 55.5% |
| Meadow View Elementary School CASTLE ROCK | 508 | 25.6% | 49.3% |
| Meridian Elementary School BROOMFIELD | 525 | 22.9% | 69.6% |
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 Prep Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #305 of 931 | #35 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #396 of 940 ▼ 59 | #42 of 96 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #199 of 946 ▲ 33 | #20 of 96 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 498 | #236 of 1,056 | #48 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #186 of 896 | #19 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.5% | #465 of 896 | #73 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.1% | #741 of 983 | #78 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.6% | #311 of 664 | #26 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
498
-69 (-12%) vs 2020
+7% since 2000-01, when it was 466
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 498 | 36.4 | 13.7:1 | 27% (135) |
| 2023-24 | 516 | 35.7 | 14.5:1 | 24% (124) |
| 2022-23 | 519 | 37.1 | 14.0:1 | 14% (71) |
| 2020-21 | 567 | 34 | 16.7:1 | 11% (62) |
| 2017-18 | 612 | 34.8 | 17.6:1 | 15% (93) |
| 2015-16 | 621 | 31 | 20.0:1 | 17% (106) |
| 2010-11 | 520 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 23% (119) |
| 2000-01 | 466 | N/A | N/A | 2% (8) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Littleton Prep Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (612 to 498); teachers up 5% (34.8 to 36.4).
About Littleton Prep Charter School
A mid-sized elementary school in LITTLETON, Colorado, Littleton Prep Charter School is part of Littleton Public Schools. The school offers pre-K through 8 and enrolls 498 students. Across elementary schools in Colorado, the average enrollment is about 379.
Federal data list 20 schools in Littleton Public Schools, with 13,109 students enrolled.
The student body at Littleton Prep Charter School is 67% White. Other reported shares: 22% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. A diversity index of 49% means there is a 49% chance two randomly chosen students at Littleton Prep Charter School are from different groups.
There are about 13.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Littleton Prep Charter School, which has 36.4. Elementary schools in Colorado have an average ratio of 16.6:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 27%. That rate is below the 50% average among public schools in Arapahoe County.
Littleton Prep Charter School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 58% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 50.3% at Littleton Prep Charter School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 49.2%.
For Arapahoe County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $101,087 a year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting Littleton Prep Charter School, Arapahoe County has 176 public schools.
Littleton Prep Charter School's nearest public school is Field Elementary School (about 0.5 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Littleton Prep Charter School is 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Littleton Prep Charter School is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 498, from 567 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.7:1 in 2020-21, and 13.7:1 in 2024-25.
Littleton Prep Charter School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Field Elementary School0.5 mi · 280
- Colorado's Finest High School of Choice0.5 mi · 216
- Littleton High School0.5 mi · 1,187
- Clayton Elementary School0.9 mi · 402
- Cherrelyn Elementary School1.0 mi · 224
- Euclid Middle School1.5 mi · 631
Frequently asked questions
About Littleton Prep Charter SchoolHow many students attend Littleton Prep Charter School?
Littleton Prep Charter School enrolls approximately 498 students in grades PK-08.
Is Littleton Prep Charter School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Littleton Prep Charter School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Littleton Prep Charter School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Littleton Prep Charter School is approximately 13.7:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Littleton Prep Charter School?
At Littleton Prep Charter School, the student body is approximately 67% White, 22% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Littleton Prep Charter School public or private?
Littleton Prep Charter School 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.