Castle Rock Elementary School

Castle Rock Elementary School is an elementary school of mid-tier scale in CASTLE ROCK, Colorado, overseen by Douglas County School District No. Re 1, educateing 440 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Douglas County School District No. Re 1 comprises 89 schools with combined enrollment of 61,550 students; Castle Rock Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Castle Rock Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 61%. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian, 2% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the resource side, On paper, Castle Rock Elementary School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 32% of students at Castle Rock Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Douglas County (around 18%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Castle Rock Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.3%, the actual is 45.3%, a residual of -2.0 points.

Around the school, census data for Douglas County shows median household income runs about $149,594, about 62% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Castle Rock Elementary School is one of 92 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 63,841 students).

The closest other public school is Douglas County High School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Castle Rock Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Castle Rock Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 51.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Castle Rock Elementary School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 444 (now 440). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 68% to 61%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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