District report card · CMAS 2024–2026

Littleton 6Draft

Large suburban district · about 4,335 students tested a year in grades 3–8 · 11,772 students in district-run schools (K–12)
+2.1
points vs. what its
demographics predict

Based on its families’ demographics, Littleton 6 would be expected to rank #6 of 105 Colorado districts, with 60% of students meeting or exceeding expectations in English and 51% in math. It actually ranks #5, with 61% and 55%. That is 2.1 percentage points above what its demographics predict, which ranks it #31 of 105 on performance vs. demographics. The difference is within normal year-to-year variation.

#31 of 105 statewide · likely #22–#44#8 of 21 large districts#5 of 17 suburban districts#6 of 9 among its most similar districts

Where demographics would place it, and where it lands

Statewide rank, English and math combined
Hollow: predicted from demographics. Filled: actual results. #1 is the highest share of students meeting expectations.
#1 (best)#25#50#75#105Predicted #6Actual #5
SubjectExpectedActualOver/under (pts)Rank: predicted → actualRank vs. demographics
English60%61%+0.4 ±1.1#6 → #9#43
Math51%55%+3.8 ±3.0#6 → #3#26

Met or exceeded expectations on CMAS, grades 3–8, 2024–2026 combined. District results include district-run neighborhood, choice and magnet schools, but not charter or online schools. ± is a 90% range for normal year-to-year swings.

Over time

Met or exceeded expectations, by year
Dashed: expected from demographics.
40%50%60%70%202420252026English 62%Math 59%
Growth
CDE median growth percentile, 2024–2026: how much students improved compared with students statewide who started at the same level. 50 is typical.
English growth
55
median growth percentile
Math growth
58
median growth percentile

Growth depends much less on family background than test scores do, so it is the closer measure of what schools add in a given year.

Compared with its most similar districts

Over/under, percentage points (English and math)
The eight districts closest on parents’ education, free/reduced lunch, English learners, special education and size. Blue: above prediction; red: below; gray: within normal swings. Lines: 90% range.
Steamboat Springs RE-2+13.2Cheyenne Mountain 12+7.8Douglas County Re 1+3.7Poudre R-1+2.9St Vrain Valley RE1J+2.2Littleton 6+2.1Boulder Valley Re 2+0.8Lewis-Palmer 38−1.8Weld RE-4−4.1

Who it serves

The measures behind the prediction
Bars: this district. Black tick: Colorado average across ranked districts, weighted by students.
Parents with a bachelor’s degree+69%Free/reduced-price lunch23%English learners6%Students with IEPs14%

Parents’ education: parents of public-school children (Census ACS 2019–2023, NCES tabulation). For context, not in the prediction: all adults with a bachelor’s degree+ 60%; median household income $111,336.

Its schools

Neighborhood schools
Compared with Colorado schools serving similar students (income and education of the area, free/reduced lunch, English learners, special education). Points are CMAS scale-score points vs. expected, 2024–2026.
SchoolMet/exceeded
Eng / Math
Vs. expected
English
Vs. expected
Math
Growth
Field Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–529% / 30%+4.2+8.841
Little Raven Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–551% / 47%+1.4+1.355
Lois Lenski Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–572% / 68%+0.2+1.962
Hopkins Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–560% / 52%−1.6−3.555
Runyon Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–565% / 59%−3.5−2.763
Wilder Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–567% / 69%−6.8−0.864
Centennial Academy of Fine Arts EducationElementary · grades 3–540% / 36%−6.3−1.945
Sandburg Elementary SchoolElementary · grades 3–561% / 65%−7.6−0.757
Ford ElementaryElementary · grades 3–561% / 58%−6.6−4.958
Goddard Middle SchoolMiddle · grades 6–854% / 48%+3.4+8.555
Newton Middle SchoolMiddle · grades 6–870% / 67%+0.8+9.160
Euclid Middle SchoolMiddle · grades 6–857% / 46%+3.8+4.352
John Wesley Powell Middle SchoolMiddle · grades 6–864% / 48%+4.4+2.356
Not compared with neighborhood schools
Charter, choice, magnet, online and alternative schools don’t serve a neighborhood, so they aren’t compared with schools serving similar areas. Charter and online schools are also left out of the district results above.

How to read this

The expected result comes from a statistical model fit across all ranked Colorado districts: parents’ education, free/reduced lunch, English learners and special education explain about 90% of the differences in district results. Over/under is what remains — the part the demographics don’t account for, which includes the schools themselves but also anything else those measures miss. Each district’s expected value is predicted from the other districts. Full method and caveats.