Public schools in Littleton, CO

Littleton has 42 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 5 high, 9 middle, 27 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 24,407 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Jeffco Public Schools runs 25 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Littleton's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in LittletonDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Jeffco Public Schools2575,327$14,483
Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe1213,450$15,924
Douglas County School District562,341$12,942

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

5 high schools in Littleton, 7,730 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Chatfield High School1,80819.815.0%Jeffco Public Schools
Heritage High School1,74822.417.7%Littleton
Columbine High School1,71020.724.9%Jeffco Public Schools
Dakota Ridge Senior High School1,27719.418.3%Jeffco Public Schools
Littleton High School1,18719.636.6%Littleton

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

9 middle schools in Littleton, 5,878 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Rocky Heights Middle School1,12918.89.4%Douglas County
Summit Ridge Middle School85119.618.9%Jeffco Public Schools
Ken Caryl Middle School72518.521.4%Jeffco Public Schools
Euclid Middle School63116.228.5%Littleton
Goddard Middle School57516.231.8%Littleton
Falcon Bluffs Middle School56719.916.6%Jeffco Public Schools
Deer Creek Middle School54119.715.9%Jeffco Public Schools
John Wesley Powell Middle School50915.022.8%Littleton
Bradford K8 North35019.26.6%Jeffco Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

27 elementary schools in Littleton, 10,554 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Wilder Elementary School59218.98.4%Littleton
Powderhorn Elementary School52216.122.0%Jeffco Public Schools
Littleton Prep Charter School49813.725.7%Littleton
Shaffer Elementary School49717.712.3%Jeffco Public Schools
Moody Elementary School47514.735.2%Littleton
Governor's Ranch Elementary School45816.317.9%Jeffco Public Schools
Littleton Academy45512.99.0%Littleton
Montessori Peaks Charter Academy44415.715.1%Jeffco Public Schools
Roxborough Intermediate43015.816.0%Douglas County
Wildcat Mountain Elementary School42314.814.7%Douglas County
The other 17 elementary schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Runyon Elementary School42316.518.7%Littleton
Westridge Elementary School40017.412.5%Jeffco Public Schools
Coronado Elementary School38416.117.7%Jeffco Public Schools
Ute Meadows Elementary School37415.515.8%Jeffco Public Schools
Bradford K8 South37118.13.2%Jeffco Public Schools
Roxborough Elementary School36817.111.7%Douglas County
Mount Carbon Elementary School36715.615.5%Jeffco Public Schools
Stony Creek Elementary School34915.925.2%Jeffco Public Schools
Acres Green Elementary School34113.632.6%Douglas County
Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education33413.240.7%Littleton
Blue Heron Elementary School32513.525.2%Jeffco Public Schools
Leawood Elementary School32116.320.6%Jeffco Public Schools
Columbine Hills Elementary School31515.430.8%Jeffco Public Schools
Dutch Creek Elementary School28614.829.0%Jeffco Public Schools
Field Elementary School28012.268.9%Littleton
Normandy Elementary School26215.414.9%Jeffco Public Schools
Mortensen Elementary School26014.134.2%Jeffco Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Littleton, 245 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Collegiate Academy of Colorado2458.823.3%Jeffco Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Littleton's public schools compare with Colorado's

The median Littleton school has 16.1 students per full-time teacher, more than the Colorado median of 15.4. 4.8% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 33% across the state. Its median school enrolls 437 students (state 368).

Littleton against Colorado, schools open in 2024-25 with students
LittletonColorado
Median students per teacher16.115.4
Median school size (students)437368
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)4.8%33%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)62%72%
Charter schools9.5%13%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 42 Littleton schools and the 1,861 Colorado schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Littleton

  1. Jeffco Public SchoolsRuns 25 of Littleton's 42 public schools and spent $14,483 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$14,483
  2. Chatfield High School, the largest high school in Littleton1,808 students in 2024-25, 19.8 per teacher.1,808
  3. Compare Jeffco Public Schools with Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of ArapahoeLittleton's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in ColoradoColorado's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Littleton addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Colorado

  1. Denver226 schools
  2. Colorado Springs179 schools
  3. Aurora100 schools
  4. Fort Collins47 schools
  5. Lakewood47 schools
  6. Pueblo45 schools
  7. Thornton39 schools
  8. Grand Junction33 schools

Questions about schools in Littleton

  1. How many public schools are in Littleton, CO?
    42 public schools with an address in Littleton were open in 2024-25: 5 high, 9 middle, 27 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 24,407 students. 4 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Littleton?
    Chatfield High School, with 1,808 students in 2024-25 (Jeffco Public Schools).
  3. Which districts run Littleton's schools?
    Jeffco Public Schools (25 schools), Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe (12 schools), Douglas County School District (5 schools). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .