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Enrollment
497
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480001395
Shaffer Elementary School
7961 S SANGRE DE CRISTO ROAD, LITTLETON, CO 80127 · (303) 982-3901 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL497 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% 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.
- 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
17.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
68 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 19 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
34%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
57.4%
CO avg 44.9% . -7.9pp since 2023
Math
60.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.4% | 60.7% |
| 2023-24 | 65.3% | 59.5% |
% 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
60.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Shaffer Elementary School
Shaffer Elementary School's state test result (60.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaffer Elementary School this school | 497 | 13.7% | 60.7% |
| Sierra Elementary School ARVADA | 493 | 12.6% | 65.4% |
| Sandburg Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 495 | 14.1% | 58.7% |
| Devinny Elementary School LAKEWOOD | 505 | 13.7% | 70.1% |
| Steele Elementary School DENVER | 452 | 13.9% | 75.5% |
| Lois Lenski Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 509 | 11.2% | 67.9% |
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 Shaffer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #150 of 931 | #20 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #141 of 940 ▼ 17 | #19 of 85 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #250 of 946 ▼ 111 | #37 of 85 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 497 | #240 of 1,056 | #20 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #743 of 896 | #74 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.1% | #757 of 896 | #66 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.7% | #905 of 983 | #66 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.3% | #604 of 664 | #57 of 62 |
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
497
+15 (+3%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 825
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
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 | 497 | 28.1 | 17.7:1 | 14% (68) |
| 2023-24 | 529 | 28.6 | 18.5:1 | 18% (94) |
| 2022-23 | 503 | 27.3 | 18.5:1 | 16% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 482 | 27 | 17.9:1 | 12% (60) |
| 2017-18 | 514 | 25.1 | 20.5:1 | 8% (43) |
| 2015-16 | 535 | 25 | 21.4:1 | 11% (57) |
| 2010-11 | 638 | 33 | 19.3:1 | 7% (45) |
| 2000-01 | 504 | 26 | 19.4:1 | 4% (19) |
| 1990-91 | 825 | 33 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shaffer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (514 to 497); teachers up 12% (25.1 to 28.1).
About Shaffer Elementary School
Shaffer Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school for students in LITTLETON, Colorado. Its enrollment is 497 students, spread over pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Colorado, the average enrollment is about 379.
Within Jefferson County School District No. R-1, Shaffer Elementary School is one of 148 schools. The district enrolls 74,935 students.
White students are 80% of those enrolled at Shaffer Elementary School. The next largest groups are 14% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. That is in line with Jefferson County, where about 80% of residents are White. A diversity index of 34% means there is a 34% chance two randomly chosen students at Shaffer Elementary School are from different groups.
Shaffer Elementary School has 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 17.7:1. Elementary schools in Colorado have an average ratio of 16.6:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 14%. That is lower than the 32% average for public schools in Jefferson County.
Shaffer Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 72% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Schools in Colorado with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 58.4%. Shaffer Elementary School scores 60.7%.
Census data for Jefferson County show the median household earns about $110,656 a year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Counting Shaffer Elementary School, Jefferson County has 168 public schools.
Shaffer Elementary School's nearest public school is Mortensen Elementary School (about 0.3 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Shaffer Elementary School ranks 2nd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Shaffer Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The school's student count increased 3% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,377
Census ACS
Median income
$110,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
168
74,739 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1
- Arvada West High SchoolHigh · 1,923 students
- Ralston Valley Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Chatfield High SchoolHigh · 1,808 students
- Lakewood High SchoolHigh · 1,735 students
- Columbine High SchoolHigh · 1,710 students
- Golden High SchoolHigh · 1,469 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
Other Shaffer Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Shaffer Elementary. Shaffer Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Shaffer ElementaryAtwater, CA · 405 students
- Shaffer ElementaryLitchfield, CA · 246 students
Nearby schools
- Mortensen Elementary School0.3 mi · 260
- Collegiate Academy of Colorado0.4 mi · 245
- Falcon Bluffs Middle School0.8 mi · 567
- Ute Meadows Elementary School1.0 mi · 374
- Deer Creek Middle School1.2 mi · 541
- Coronado Elementary School1.2 mi · 384
Frequently asked questions
About Shaffer Elementary SchoolHow large is Shaffer Elementary School?
Shaffer Elementary School enrolls approximately 497 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Shaffer Elementary School serve?
Shaffer Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Shaffer Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Shaffer Elementary School is approximately 17.7:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Shaffer Elementary School?
Shaffer Elementary School reports a student body of 80% White, 14% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Shaffer Elementary School in?
Shaffer Elementary School is part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.