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Enrollment
440
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE 1·NCES 080345000437
Castle Rock Elementary School
1103 CANYON DRIVE, CASTLE ROCK, CO 80104 · (303) 387-5000 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Colorado public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
141 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 22 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 48 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 23% larger than its 6th grade class (48).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
46.4%
CO avg 44.9% . -8.6pp since 2023
Math
37.1%
CO avg 36.1% . -10.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.4% | 37.1% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 47.8% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Castle Rock Elementary School
Castle Rock Elementary School's state test result (45.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Rock Elementary School this school | 440 | 32.0% | 45.3% |
| Kendrick Lakes Elementary School LAKEWOOD | 443 | 30.0% | 52.2% |
| Ryan Elementary School LAFAYETTE | 436 | 34.9% | 46.1% |
| Trails West Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 425 | 31.5% | 56.8% |
| Timnath Elementary School TIMNATH | 455 | 30.8% | 53.6% |
| Centennial Elementary FIRESTONE | 525 | 33.9% | 42.3% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Castle Rock Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #367 of 931 | #52 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #436 of 940 ▼ 158 | #54 of 58 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #420 of 946 ▼ 135 | #53 of 58 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 440 | #344 of 1,056 | #32 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #251 of 896 | #7 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #300 of 896 | #14 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.0% | #681 of 983 | #6 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #650 of 664 | #43 of 45 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
440
+49 (+13%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 469
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 15.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 440 | 31 | 14.2:1 | 32% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 31 | 14.5:1 | 31% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 28 | 16.0:1 | 28% (124) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | 26 | 15.0:1 | 29% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 444 | 25 | 17.8:1 | 28% (124) |
| 2015-16 | 400 | 24 | 16.7:1 | 30% (119) |
| 2010-11 | 500 | 26 | 19.2:1 | 17% (84) |
| 2000-01 | 464 | 28 | 16.6:1 | 8% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 469 | 25 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Castle Rock Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (444 to 440); teachers up 24% (25 to 31).
About Castle Rock Elementary School
Castle Rock Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in CASTLE ROCK, Colorado. It enrolls 440 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 6.
The district, Douglas County School District No. Re 1, has 61,550 students enrolled across 89 schools.
About 61% of the student body at Castle Rock Elementary School is White. Other students are 26% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 2% Black. By comparison, Douglas County residents are about 80% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 31 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.2:1. Across elementary schools in Colorado, the average ratio is 16.6:1. Roughly 32% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 18% average for public schools in Douglas County is 14 points lower.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, Castle Rock Elementary School outscored 50%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Castle Rock Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Colorado schools: 45.3% actual against 47.3% predicted.
For Douglas County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $149,594 a year, roughly 62% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Castle Rock Elementary School, Douglas County has 92 public schools.
Castle Rock Elementary School's nearest public school is Douglas County High School (about 0.7 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Castle Rock Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Castle Rock Elementary School as Suburb: Small.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 13% rise, from 391 to 440.
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Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
377,150
Census ACS
Median income
$149,594
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
62%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
92
63,841 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Douglas County School District No. Re 1
- American AcademyElementary · 2,803 students
- Rock Canyon High SchoolHigh · 2,325 students
- Legend High SchoolHigh · 2,206 students
- Mountain Vista High SchoolHigh · 2,169 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,007 students
- Castle View High SchoolHigh · 1,938 students
Other schools in CASTLE ROCK
- Castle View High SchoolHigh · 1,938 students
- Douglas County High SchoolHigh · 1,659 students
- Aspen View AcademyElementary · 1,018 students
- Mesa Middle SchoolMiddle · 852 students
- World Compass AcademyElementary · 791 students
- Castle Rock Middle SchoolMiddle · 660 students
Other Castle Rock Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named Castle Rock Elementary. Castle Rock Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Castle Rock ElementaryCASTLE ROCK, WA · 733 students
- Castle Rock ElementaryDiamond Bar, CA · 684 students
- Castle Rock ElementaryWoodlake, CA · 418 students
- Castle Rock ElementaryCastella, CA · 42 students
Nearby schools
- Douglas County High School0.7 mi · 1,659
- South Ridge Elementary An IB World School0.9 mi · 371
- Academy Charter School1.2 mi · 581
- Renaissance Secondary School1.4 mi · 441
- Early Childhood Center1.4 mi · 110
- Sage Canyon Elementary1.5 mi · 552
Frequently asked questions
About Castle Rock Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Castle Rock Elementary School?
Castle Rock Elementary School enrolls approximately 440 students in grades PK-06.
Is Castle Rock Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Castle Rock Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Castle Rock Elementary School have?
Castle Rock Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
How diverse is Castle Rock Elementary School?
Castle Rock Elementary School reports a student body of 61% White, 26% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Castle Rock Elementary School public or private?
Castle Rock Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Douglas County School District No. Re 1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.