Academy Charter School

Academy Charter School operates as a sprawling K-5 school in CASTLE ROCK, Colorado, one of the schools within Douglas County School District No. Re 1. Current enrollment sits at 581 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 53% bigger than the state mean of about 379.

Douglas County School District No. Re 1 runs 89 schools in total, collectively educating 61,550 students. Academy Charter School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Academy Charter School records that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 10% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Academy Charter School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.4%, the actual is 67.7%, a residual of +7.3 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Douglas County) logs that median household income runs about $149,594, roughly 62% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Douglas County's 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,841 students), Academy Charter School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Douglas County High School, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Academy Charter School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 46.6%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting. Academy Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 24%: 767 students in 2018 compared to 581 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 80% to 76% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.