Enrollment
392
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE 1·NCES 080345006341
Lone Tree Elementary
9375 HERITAGE HILLS CIRCLE, LONE TREE, CO 80124 · (303) 387-7450 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL392 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Colorado public elementary schools
- A+Test 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
17.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
27 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 27 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 24 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 188% larger than its 6th grade class (24).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
74.7%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.7pp since 2023
Math
73.9%
CO avg 36.1% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.7% | 73.9% |
| 2023-24 | 75.4% | 69.0% |
% 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
72.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Lone Tree Elementary
Lone Tree Elementary's state test result (72.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Tree Elementary this school | 392 | 6.9% | 72.8% |
| Timber Trail Elementary School CASTLE ROCK | 380 | 6.3% | 72.8% |
| Heritage Elementary School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 377 | 10.1% | 76.4% |
| Bear Creek Elementary School BOULDER | 318 | 7.5% | 86.6% |
| Littleton Academy LITTLETON | 455 | 10.8% | 69.5% |
| Willow Creek Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 462 | 14.7% | 65.8% |
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 Lone Tree Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #41 of 931 | #11 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #34 of 940 ▲ 16 | #7 of 58 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #50 of 946 ▼ 9 | #14 of 58 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 392 | #449 of 1,056 | #40 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #711 of 896 | #48 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.7% | #496 of 896 | #33 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.9% | #973 of 983 | #54 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #400 of 664 | #28 of 45 |
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
392
+17 (+5%) vs 2020
-29% since 2010-11, when it was 549
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 392 | 22.5 | 17.4:1 | 7% (27) |
| 2023-24 | 385 | 21.5 | 17.9:1 | 6% (24) |
| 2022-23 | 388 | 19.8 | 19.6:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2020-21 | 375 | 21 | 17.9:1 | 5% (19) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 23.8 | 19.2:1 | 3% (14) |
| 2015-16 | 512 | 27 | 19.0:1 | 6% (32) |
| 2010-11 | 549 | 27 | 20.3:1 | 4% (22) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lone Tree Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (456 to 392); teachers down 5% (23.8 to 22.5).
About Lone Tree Elementary
Lone Tree Elementary is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in LONE TREE, Colorado. The student body numbers 392 students, from pre-K through 6.
Douglas County School District No. Re 1 includes 89 schools. Together they enroll 61,550 students.
At Lone Tree Elementary, White students make up 70% of the student body. The remaining shares are 10% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 9% Asian. Douglas County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school's share is lower. Pick two students at random and there is a 49% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Lone Tree Elementary counts 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 17.4 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in Colorado have 16.6:1, compared with 17.4:1 here. About 7% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Douglas County average 18%.
The allk12 Grade for Lone Tree Elementary is A. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 92% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, Lone Tree Elementary is 10.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Colorado schools.
Lone Tree Elementary is located in Douglas County, where the median household income is $149,594, 62% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lone Tree Elementary is one of 92 public schools in the county.
HOPE Online Learning Academy Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles away. The five-mile area around Lone Tree Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Lone Tree Elementary's average proficiency of 72.8% compares with 40.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Lone Tree Elementary grew 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 375 to 392 students.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
377,150
Census ACS
Median income
$149,594
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
62%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
92
63,841 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Douglas County School District No. Re 1
- American AcademyElementary · 2,803 students
- Rock Canyon High SchoolHigh · 2,325 students
- Legend High SchoolHigh · 2,206 students
- Mountain Vista High SchoolHigh · 2,169 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,007 students
- Castle View High SchoolHigh · 1,938 students
Other schools in LONE TREE
- Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas CountyCombined · 852 students
- Eagle Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 571 students
- Eagle AcademyHigh · 115 students
Other Lone Tree Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Lone Tree Elementary. Lone Tree Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Lone Tree ElementaryAntioch, CA · 518 students
- Lone Tree ElementaryBeale AFB, CA · 305 students
- Lone Tree Elementary SchoolLone Tree, IA · 196 students
Nearby schools
- HOPE Online Learning Academy Middle School0.8 mi · 307
- HOPE ONLINE LEARNING ACADEMY CO-OP0.8 mi · 1,307
- Eagle Academy0.9 mi · 115
- Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas County1.0 mi · 852
- Eagle Ridge Elementary School1.3 mi · 571
- Acres Green Elementary School1.5 mi · 341
Frequently asked questions
About Lone Tree ElementaryHow many students attend Lone Tree Elementary?
Lone Tree Elementary enrolls approximately 392 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Lone Tree Elementary serve?
Lone Tree Elementary serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lone Tree Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lone Tree Elementary is approximately 17.4:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lone Tree Elementary?
At Lone Tree Elementary, the student body is approximately 70% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Lone Tree Elementary public or private?
Lone Tree Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Douglas County School District No. Re 1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.