Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah vs Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated September 2026

How do these districts compare?

Metric	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe
Location	Greenwood Village, Colorado	Littleton, Colorado
Total Enrollment	52,392	13,450
Number of Schools	70	22
Student:Teacher Ratio	15.7:1	20.2:1

Metric	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe
Per-Pupil Expenditure	$15,158	$15,924
Federal Revenue	8.1%	5.0%
State Revenue	43.3%	30.4%
Local Revenue	48.6%	64.6%

Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah

Federal State Local

Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe

Federal State Local

Average across all schools in each district. Source: CCD Membership 2024-25.

Group	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe
White	44.0%	69.8%
African American	11.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	24.7%	20.1%
Asian	8.3%	2.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.2%
Multiracial	10.6%	6.0%
Free/Reduced Lunch	32.7%	22.3%

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22

Resource	Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah	Littleton School District No. 6 in the county of Arapahoe
AP Courses Offered	134	47
Schools with AP	7	3
Avg Gifted Enrollment	N/A	N/A
Avg Counselor Ratio	365.4:1	336.6:1
Chronic Absenteeism	27.9%	19.4%

Regular Schools 0

Charter Schools 3

Magnet Schools 0

Title I Schools 13

Regular Schools 0

Charter Schools 2

Magnet Schools 0

Title I Schools 3

Source: U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data + F-33 finance + Civil Rights Data Collection Compiled and formatted by PlainSchools.