Enrollment
392
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE 1·NCES 080345001526
Cougar Run Elementary School
8780 VENNEFORD RANCH ROAD, HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO 80126 · (303) 387-6675 · Douglas County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL392 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Colorado public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
15.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
81 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 73 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 46% larger than its 6th grade class (50).
Student demographics
49%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
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
74.6%
CO avg 44.9% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
59.8%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.6% | 59.8% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 57.8% |
% 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
64.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.2%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Cougar Run Elementary School
Cougar Run Elementary School's state test result (64.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cougar Run Elementary School this school | 392 | 20.7% | 64.0% |
| Eldorado Elementary School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 377 | 17.8% | 69.7% |
| Fox Creek Elementary School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 436 | 17.7% | 59.0% |
| Iron Horse Elementary School PARKER | 430 | 22.8% | 55.7% |
| Mount Carbon Elementary School LITTLETON | 367 | 19.6% | 50.1% |
| Governor's Ranch Elementary School LITTLETON | 458 | 21.4% | 56.0% |
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 Cougar Run Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #112 of 931 | #23 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #152 of 940 ▼ 7 | #27 of 58 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #52 of 946 ▲ 32 | #15 of 58 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 392 | #448 of 1,056 | #39 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #487 of 896 | #29 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.9% | #489 of 896 | #31 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.7% | #817 of 983 | #20 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.4% | #229 of 664 | #18 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
392
-16 (-4%) vs 2020
-35% since 2000-01, when it was 603
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 392 | 25 | 15.7:1 | 21% (81) |
| 2023-24 | 360 | 22.5 | 16.0:1 | 18% (65) |
| 2022-23 | 344 | 20 | 17.2:1 | 13% (46) |
| 2020-21 | 408 | 25 | 16.3:1 | 13% (53) |
| 2017-18 | 505 | 27.5 | 18.4:1 | 13% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 539 | 26 | 20.7:1 | 13% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 568 | 25 | 22.7:1 | 10% (55) |
| 2000-01 | 603 | 35 | 17.2:1 | 2% (12) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cougar Run Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (505 to 392); teachers down 9% (27.5 to 25).
About Cougar Run Elementary School
Cougar Run Elementary School is an elementary school in HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colorado, reachable at (303) 387-6675. In all, 392 students attend the school in kindergarten through 6.
Federal data list 89 schools in Douglas County School District No. Re 1, with 61,550 students enrolled.
About 69% of the student body at Cougar Run Elementary School is White. Enrollment also includes 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among people living in Douglas County, the White share is about 80%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 49%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cougar Run Elementary School is 15.7:1, based on 25 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Cougar Run Elementary School counts 21% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Cougar Run Elementary School lands at A, ahead of 89% of Colorado public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Cougar Run Elementary School is 9.8 points above its prediction. Actual: 64.0%. Predicted: 54.2%.
American Community Survey estimates for Douglas County show that the median household earns about $149,594 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 62%, and about 3% of people live in poverty. Douglas County has 92 public schools with about 63,841 students, including Cougar Run Elementary School.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Platte River Charter Academy, is the closest to Cougar Run Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 62.1%, lower than Cougar Run Elementary School's 64.0%.
Cougar Run Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, Cougar Run Elementary School enrolled 408 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 392.
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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
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- Rock Canyon High SchoolHigh · 2,325 students
- Mountain Vista High SchoolHigh · 2,169 students
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- Skyview AcademyCombined · 1,358 students
- Highlands Ranch High SchoolHigh · 1,323 students
Nearby schools
- Platte River Charter Academy0.4 mi · 475
- Cresthill Middle School1.0 mi · 558
- Sand Creek Elementary School1.0 mi · 322
- Highlands Ranch High School1.1 mi · 1,323
- Skyview Academy1.7 mi · 1,358
- Heritage Elementary School1.7 mi · 377
Frequently asked questions
About Cougar Run Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Cougar Run Elementary School?
Cougar Run Elementary School enrolls approximately 392 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Cougar Run Elementary School serve?
Cougar Run Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cougar Run Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cougar Run Elementary School is approximately 15.7:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cougar Run Elementary School?
At Cougar Run Elementary School, the student body is approximately 69% White, 18% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Cougar Run Elementary School public or private?
Cougar Run Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Douglas County School District No. Re 1.
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