Clear Sky Elementary

Clear Sky Elementary operates as a roomy primary school in CASTLE ROCK, Colorado, one of the schools within Douglas County School District No. Re 1. Current enrollment sits at 627 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 65% above the state mean of about 379.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Clear Sky Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 70%; the rest reads as 22% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Clear Sky Elementary has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Clear Sky Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.1%, the actual is 52.7%, a residual of +0.6 points.

In the area at large, Douglas County reports that the typical household earns roughly $149,594 per year, 62% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Douglas County's 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,841 students), Clear Sky Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Soaring Hawk Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Clear Sky Elementary at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 48.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Clear Sky Elementary has fell 22%, going from 807 students in 2018 to 627 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 74% to 70% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

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