Wildcat Mountain Elementary School

As a moderately sized elementary school in LITTLETON, Colorado, Wildcat Mountain Elementary School works with 423 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Douglas County School District No. Re 1.

Douglas County School District No. Re 1 comprises 89 schools with combined enrollment of 61,550 students; Wildcat Mountain Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Wildcat Mountain Elementary School records that 69% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian. By comparison, Douglas County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Wildcat Mountain Elementary School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 16% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wildcat Mountain Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.3%; this one delivers 66.5%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Douglas County) records that median household income runs about $149,594, about 62% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Wildcat Mountain Elementary School is one of 92 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 63,841 students).

Nearest neighbor: Redstone Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Wildcat Mountain Elementary School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 56.7%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Wildcat Mountain Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 27% since 2018, when it stood at 581 (now 423). The White share of enrollment shrank from 77% to 69% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.