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What advice would you give to incoming students at Lois Lenski Elementary School?
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Enrollment
509
Elementary
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLETON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080531001300
Lois Lenski Elementary School
6350 SOUTH FAIRFAX WAY, CENTENNIAL, CO 80121 · (303) 347-4575 · Arapahoe County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% 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.
- B+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
18.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
57 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 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
36%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
73.2%
CO avg 44.9% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
67.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 73 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.2% | 67.7% |
| 2023-24 | 68.2% | 64.6% |
% 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
67.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% 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 Lois Lenski Elementary School
Lois Lenski Elementary School's state test result (67.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lois Lenski Elementary School this school | 509 | 11.2% | 67.9% |
| Sage Canyon Elementary CASTLE ROCK | 552 | 9.8% | 55.3% |
| Shaffer Elementary School LITTLETON | 497 | 13.7% | 60.7% |
| Kyffin Elementary School GOLDEN | 503 | 10.5% | 77.1% |
| Steele Elementary School DENVER | 452 | 13.9% | 75.5% |
| Sierra Elementary School ARVADA | 493 | 12.6% | 65.4% |
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 Lois Lenski Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #69 of 931 | #10 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #68 of 940 ▲ 14 | #9 of 96 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #61 of 946 ▲ 42 | #9 of 96 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #221 of 1,056 | #41 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #811 of 896 | #85 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.3% | #738 of 896 | #90 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.2% | #936 of 983 | #97 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #459 of 664 | #46 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
509
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 503
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 509 | 27.4 | 18.6:1 | 11% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 503 | 27.9 | 18.1:1 | 11% (55) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 29.8 | 16.8:1 | 7% (35) |
| 2020-21 | 500 | 27 | 18.5:1 | 6% (29) |
| 2017-18 | 571 | 26.1 | 21.9:1 | 6% (32) |
| 2015-16 | 574 | 29 | 19.8:1 | 6% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 621 | 29 | 21.4:1 | 7% (41) |
| 2000-01 | 572 | 27 | 21.2:1 | 3% (19) |
| 1990-91 | 503 | 29 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lois Lenski Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (571 to 509); teachers up 5% (26.1 to 27.4).
About Lois Lenski Elementary School
Lois Lenski Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in CENTENNIAL, Colorado. The school enrolls 509 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Colorado) has about 379 students.
Federal data list 20 schools in Littleton Public Schools, with 13,109 students enrolled.
Lois Lenski Elementary School's enrollment is 79% White. Other groups make up 10% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. County-wide, 59% of Arapahoe County residents are White. By the diversity index, Lois Lenski Elementary School comes in at 36%.
At Lois Lenski Elementary School, 27.4 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 18.6:1. That ratio is over the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 11% of enrollment. That is 39 points below the 50% average for public schools in Arapahoe County.
allk12 grades Lois Lenski Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Lois Lenski Elementary School would be expected to post about 59.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 67.9%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Arapahoe County show that median household income is about $101,087, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Lois Lenski Elementary School is one of 176 public schools in Arapahoe County, which together enroll about 115,502 students.
The school nearest to Lois Lenski Elementary School is Newton Middle School, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Lois Lenski Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 500 in 2020-21, 509 in 2024-25.
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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 CENTENNIAL
- Eaglecrest High SchoolHigh · 2,851 students
- Arapahoe High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Newton Middle SchoolMiddle · 781 students
- Ford ElementaryElementary · 653 students
- Aspen Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 569 students
- Mountain Vista Elementary SchoolElementary · 568 students
Nearby schools
- Newton Middle School0.6 mi · 781
- Greenwood Elementary School1.1 mi · 355
- Heritage Elementary School1.1 mi · 302
- Ford Elementary1.2 mi · 653
- Sandburg Elementary School1.5 mi · 495
- West Middle School1.5 mi · 1,019
Frequently asked questions
About Lois Lenski Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lois Lenski Elementary School?
Lois Lenski Elementary School enrolls approximately 509 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lois Lenski Elementary School serve?
Lois Lenski Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lois Lenski Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lois Lenski Elementary School is approximately 18.6:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lois Lenski Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lois Lenski Elementary School are roughly 79% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Lois Lenski Elementary School in?
Lois Lenski Elementary School is part of Littleton Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.