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Enrollment
374
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480001450
Ute Meadows Elementary School
11050 WEST MEADOWS DRIVE, LITTLETON, CO 80127 · (303) 982-4044 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL374 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% 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.
- 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
15.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
66 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 | 18 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
44%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
69.8%
CO avg 44.9% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
66.0%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.8% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.8% | 63.7% |
% 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
67.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Ute Meadows Elementary School
Ute Meadows Elementary School's state test result (67.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ute Meadows Elementary School this school | 374 | 17.6% | 67.3% |
| Broadmoor Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 327 | 18.3% | 68.8% |
| Soaring Hawk Elementary School CASTLE ROCK | 431 | 18.1% | 57.0% |
| Westridge Elementary School LITTLETON | 400 | 14.8% | 63.1% |
| Lewis-Palmer Elementary School MONUMENT | 409 | 19.1% | 53.4% |
| Roxborough Intermediate LITTLETON | 430 | 18.6% | 55.3% |
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 Ute Meadows Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #76 of 931 | #12 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #87 of 940 ▲ 3 | #15 of 85 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #87 of 946 ▼ 36 | #11 of 85 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 374 | #494 of 1,056 | #44 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #458 of 896 | #36 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.0% | #588 of 896 | #42 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.6% | #857 of 983 | #59 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #647 of 664 | #61 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
374
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 648
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 374 | 24.1 | 15.5:1 | 18% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 398 | 24.7 | 16.1:1 | 16% (64) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 25 | 16.0:1 | 12% (46) |
| 2020-21 | 365 | 25 | 14.6:1 | 12% (43) |
| 2017-18 | 378 | 20 | 18.9:1 | 11% (41) |
| 2015-16 | 441 | 25 | 17.6:1 | 11% (49) |
| 2010-11 | 433 | 21 | 20.6:1 | 9% (40) |
| 2000-01 | 532 | 25 | 21.3:1 | 1% (6) |
| 1990-91 | 648 | 26 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ute Meadows Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (378 to 374); teachers up 20% (20 to 24.1).
About Ute Meadows Elementary School
Ute Meadows Elementary School is an elementary school in LITTLETON, Colorado, and it is part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1. Federal data show 374 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
The Jefferson County School District No. R-1 system has 148 schools and 74,935 students.
About 72% of the student body at Ute Meadows Elementary School is White. Other students are 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 2% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 44, compared with 70 nationally.
Ute Meadows Elementary School has 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1. The school's 15.5:1 compares with an average of 16.6:1 for elementary schools in Colorado. The school has 18% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 32% average among public schools in Jefferson County.
Ute Meadows Elementary School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 91% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 56.0% for Ute Meadows Elementary School. The school posts 67.3%, 11.3 points above the prediction.
For Jefferson County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $110,656 a year, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Ute Meadows Elementary School, Jefferson County has 168 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Chatfield High School is closest at about 0.6 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Ute Meadows Elementary School. On state test proficiency, Ute Meadows Elementary School ranks 1st in a group of 9 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 374, starting from 365.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Ute Meadows Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Nearby schools
- Chatfield High School0.6 mi · 1,808
- Shaffer Elementary School1.0 mi · 497
- Deer Creek Middle School1.0 mi · 541
- Mortensen Elementary School1.2 mi · 260
- Stony Creek Elementary School1.3 mi · 349
- Collegiate Academy of Colorado1.3 mi · 245
Frequently asked questions
About Ute Meadows Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ute Meadows Elementary School?
Ute Meadows Elementary School enrolls approximately 374 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Ute Meadows Elementary School serve?
Ute Meadows Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Ute Meadows Elementary School?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at Ute Meadows Elementary School.
How diverse is Ute Meadows Elementary School?
Ute Meadows Elementary School reports a student body of 72% White, 17% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Ute Meadows Elementary School?
Ute Meadows Elementary School is overseen by Jefferson County School District No. R-1 in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.