Ute Meadows Elementary School

Ute Meadows Elementary School, a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in LITTLETON, Colorado, one of the schools within Jefferson County School District No. R-1, hosts 374 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 148 schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1 (74,935 students total), Ute Meadows Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Ute Meadows Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment; the rest consists of 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Ute Meadows Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.0%, the actual is 67.3%, a residual of +11.3 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $110,656 per year, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Ute Meadows Elementary School is one of 168 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students).

The closest other public school is Chatfield High School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ute Meadows Elementary School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 45.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Ute Meadows Elementary School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 378 (now 374). White enrollment moved from 78% to 72% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

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