American Academy

American Academy is an elementary campus of big scale in CASTLE PINES, Colorado, one of the schools within Douglas County School District No. Re 1, hosting 2,803 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 640% bigger than typical.

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

Demographically, American Academy shows that 60% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 24% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Douglas County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 158 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 6% of students at American Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Douglas County runs at roughly 18%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, American Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.5%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Douglas County put median household earnings sit near $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), American Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Buffalo Ridge Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around American Academy. On composite proficiency, American Academy comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 55.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site. American Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 19%: 2,359 students in 2018 compared to 2,803 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 72% to 60%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.