Douglass Valley Elementary School

Douglass Valley Elementary School is an elementary school of close-knit scale in USAF ACADEMY, Colorado, one of the schools within Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an, serveing 306 students in grades K through 5.

Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an comprises 39 schools with combined enrollment of 25,607 students; Douglass Valley Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Douglass Valley Elementary School logs that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 12% Black, 10% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Douglass Valley Elementary School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Douglass Valley Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, El Paso County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Douglass Valley Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.9%; this one delivers 45.8%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for El Paso County put median household earnings sit near $90,363, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across El Paso County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), Douglass Valley Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Air Academy High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Douglass Valley Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Douglass Valley Elementary School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 56.1%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 10%: 339 students in 2018 compared to 306 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 59% to 51%.

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