Enrollment
306
Elementary
DISTRICT 506 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACADEMY DISTRICT 20·NCES 080192000003
Douglass Valley Elementary School
4610 DOUGLASS DRIVE, USAF ACADEMY, CO 80840 · (719) 234-4200 · El Paso County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL306 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% 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.
- DBeats 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
13.7:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
70 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
52.4%
CO avg 44.9% . +6.9pp since 2023
Math
50.3%
CO avg 36.1% . +5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.4% | 50.3% |
| 2023-24 | 45.5% | 44.6% |
% 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
45.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Douglass Valley Elementary School
Douglass Valley Elementary School's state test result (45.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglass Valley Elementary School this school | 306 | 22.9% | 45.8% |
| Odyssey School of Denver DENVER | 318 | 23.3% | 48.6% |
| Isabella Bird Community School DENVER | 487 | 25.7% | 58.1% |
| Downtown Denver Expeditionary School DENVER | 263 | 34.2% | 38.8% |
| Antelope Trails Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 311 | 19.6% | 59.7% |
| French American School of Denver DENVER | 230 | 20.0% | 61.1% |
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 Douglass Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #361 of 931 | #48 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #266 of 940 ▲ 45 | #35 of 126 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #327 of 946 ▲ 91 | #36 of 127 ▲ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 306 | #695 of 1,056 | #85 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #194 of 896 | #39 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.8% | #96 of 896 | #34 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.9% | #788 of 983 | #112 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.7% | #479 of 664 | #73 of 100 |
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
306
+10 (+3%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 361
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 306 | 22.3 | 13.7:1 | 23% (70) |
| 2023-24 | 327 | 25.3 | 12.9:1 | 25% (83) |
| 2022-23 | 296 | 25.5 | 11.6:1 | 19% (57) |
| 2020-21 | 296 | 23 | 12.9:1 | 23% (69) |
| 2017-18 | 339 | 26.1 | 13.0:1 | 28% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 309 | 26 | 11.9:1 | 34% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 415 | 27 | 15.4:1 | 33% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 382 | 23 | 16.6:1 | 4% (17) |
| 1990-91 | 361 | 17 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Douglass Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (339 to 306); teachers down 15% (26.1 to 22.3).
About Douglass Valley Elementary School
Douglass Valley Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in USAF ACADEMY, Colorado. The latest federal count shows 306 students in kindergarten through 5.
Academy District 20 counts 39 schools and 25,607 students, including Douglass Valley Elementary School.
Roughly 51% of students at Douglass Valley Elementary School are White. Other reported shares: 24% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 10% multiracial. El Paso County's residents are about 70% White, 20 points above the school's share. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Douglass Valley Elementary School's 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.7:1. On average, elementary schools in Colorado have 16.6:1, compared with 13.7:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 23%. That is 19 points below the 42% average for public schools in El Paso County.
Measured against Colorado public elementary schools, Douglass Valley Elementary School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 52.9% at Douglass Valley Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 45.8%.
According to the American Community Survey, in El Paso County, the median household income is $90,363, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Douglass Valley Elementary School is one of 245 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Air Academy High School, about 2.0 miles away. Douglass Valley Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Douglass Valley Elementary School ranks 6th of 8 nearby schools, at 45.8% versus a 56.1% average.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment has grown by 10 students since 2020-21, to 306.
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El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,999
Census ACS
Median income
$90,363
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
114,356 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Academy District 20
- The Classical Academy CharterElementary · 1,909 students
- Pine Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,526 students
- Air Academy High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Rampart High SchoolHigh · 1,305 students
- Chinook Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,075 students
Nearby schools
- Air Academy High School2.0 mi · 1,380
- The Classical Academy Middle School3.1 mi · 445
- The Classical Academy High School3.1 mi · 616
- The Classical Academy Charter3.1 mi · 1,909
- Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School3.2 mi · 381
- The Da Vinci Academy School3.6 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About Douglass Valley Elementary SchoolHow large is Douglass Valley Elementary School?
Douglass Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 306 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Douglass Valley Elementary School serve?
Douglass Valley Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Douglass Valley Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Douglass Valley Elementary School is approximately 13.7:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Douglass Valley Elementary School?
Student demographics at Douglass Valley Elementary School are roughly 51% White, 24% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Douglass Valley Elementary School?
Douglass Valley Elementary School is overseen by Academy District 20 in El Paso County.
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