Chaparral High School

Set in PARKER, Colorado, Chaparral High School is a high-enrollment high school, run under Douglas County School District No. Re 1. It works with 2,007 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 220% larger than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 627 students.

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

In terms of who attends, Chaparral High School records that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 18% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% Asian, 3% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 93 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 22% of students at Chaparral High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Chaparral High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.7%; this one delivers 44.5%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Douglas County put 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. Chaparral High School is one of 92 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 63,841 students).

The closest other public school is Venture Academy of Leadership and Entrepreneurship, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Chaparral High School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 57.3%.

Chaparral High School operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 12%: 2,270 students in 2018 compared to 2,007 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 75% to 66% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.