School report card · CMAS 2024–2026

Deer Creek Middle SchoolDraft

Jefferson County R-1 · Littleton · middle (grades 6–8)
+1.4
scale-score points vs.
expected (Eng + math avg.)

Compared with Colorado schools serving similar students, Deer Creek Middle School scored 1.5 points above expected in English and 1.3 points above expected in math (CMAS scale-score points, 2024–2026). In English that puts it in the 54th percentile statewide after adjusting for demographics (raw: 80th), and #5 of 35 neighborhood middle schools in Jefferson County R-1. The difference is within normal year-to-year variation.

English vs. expected
+1.5
±1.6 pts · 54th pct. adjusted
English growth
50
median growth percentile · 52nd among look-alikes
Math vs. expected
+1.3
±1.5 pts · 56th pct. adjusted
Math growth
55
median growth percentile · 71st among look-alikes
Met or exceeded expectations, by year
40%50%60%70%202420252026English 60%Math 51%
By year
202420252026
English vs. expected (pts)+0.6+1.9+1.9
English growth (MGP)535048
Math vs. expected (pts)+0.9+1.5+1.5
Math growth (MGP)585552
Among the 25 most similar schools statewide — English vs. expected (pts)
Most similar on neighborhood income and education, free/reduced lunch, English learners and special education. Blue: above expected; red: below; gray: within normal swings.
Denver Green School Northfield+20.8Altona+13.6Gold Camp+12.5Ray E Kilmer+10.6Discovery Canyon Campus+6.0Cheyenne Mountain Junior High S…+5.5Mead+5.4Westlake+4.3Bear Creek+3.9Westview+3.5Lewis-Palmer+2.8Webber+2.8Mountain Ridge+2.0Deer Creek+1.5Lewis-Palmer−0.9Rocky Top−1.8Preston−2.7Falcon Bluffs−3.4Dunstan−4.7Ken Caryl−5.0Oberon−5.6Sagewood−7.4Falcon−8.1Summit Ridge−8.8Riverview PK-8−11.0Severance−13.1

Who it serves

The measures behind the comparison
Bars: this school (the area around it for education). Black tick: average of Colorado middle schools.
Adults 25–44 with a bachelor’s+57%Free/reduced-price lunch23%English learners4%Students with IEPs13%

Neighborhood family income (families with children near the school, NCES): 4.8× the poverty line. Enrollment (K–12): 546. Education is for adults aged 25–44 — the ages most likely to be parents — because the Census doesn’t publish parents’ education below the district level.

How to read this

Each school’s CMAS scores are compared with what Colorado schools serving similar students score, using a model fit across all neighborhood schools. “Vs. expected” is in CMAS scale-score points; growth is CDE’s median growth percentile (50 is typical). Full method and caveats.