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Enrollment
449
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE 1·NCES 080345001475
Rock Ridge Elementary School
400 NORTH HERITAGE ROAD, CASTLE ROCK, CO 80104 · (303) 387-5150 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL449 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
15.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
102 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 45 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 18% larger than its 6th grade class (50).
Student demographics
43%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
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
42.6%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
36.9%
CO avg 36.1% . +5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.6% | 36.9% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 31.8% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 53% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Rock Ridge Elementary School
Rock Ridge Elementary School's state test result (37.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Ridge Elementary School this school | 449 | 22.7% | 37.9% |
| Warder Elementary School ARVADA | 432 | 22.5% | 52.6% |
| Louisville Elementary School LOUISVILLE | 449 | 23.6% | 63.4% |
| Flagstone Elementary School CASTLE ROCK | 496 | 21.2% | 58.4% |
| Rockrimmon Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 390 | 23.6% | 62.2% |
| Excel Academy Charter School ARVADA | 445 | 24.5% | 47.9% |
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 Rock Ridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #465 of 931 | #56 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #441 of 940 ▲ 60 | #55 of 58 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #474 of 946 ▼ 35 | #55 of 58 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 449 | #324 of 1,056 | #30 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #415 of 896 | #23 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.5% | #623 of 896 | #44 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.7% | #793 of 983 | #16 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.0% | #237 of 664 | #20 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
449
+13 (+3%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 465
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 449 | 29.5 | 15.2:1 | 23% (102) |
| 2023-24 | 466 | 30.5 | 15.3:1 | 28% (130) |
| 2022-23 | 475 | 30 | 15.8:1 | 14% (67) |
| 2020-21 | 436 | 32 | 13.6:1 | 18% (80) |
| 2017-18 | 576 | 32.5 | 17.7:1 | 17% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 626 | 34 | 18.4:1 | 19% (120) |
| 2010-11 | 702 | 36 | 19.5:1 | 12% (86) |
| 2000-01 | 712 | 40 | 17.8:1 | 3% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 465 | 26 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rock Ridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (576 to 449); teachers down 9% (32.5 to 29.5).
About Rock Ridge Elementary School
Rock Ridge Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in CASTLE ROCK, Colorado. The school runs pre-K through 6 and enrolls 449 students.
Besides Rock Ridge Elementary School, Douglas County School District No. Re 1 runs 88 other schools. The district enrolls 61,550 students.
Of every 100 students at Rock Ridge Elementary School, about 73 are White. It is also 18% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 43%.
Classroom staffing at Rock Ridge Elementary School totals 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.2:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1. Federal data show 23% of students (102) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, Rock Ridge Elementary School outscored 27%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
In Colorado, Rock Ridge Elementary School is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 37.9% compared with a predicted 53.0%.
The county, Douglas County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $149,594, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 62% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. The county has 92 public schools and about 63,841 students.
Measured in a straight line, Mesa Middle School is about 0.9 miles from Rock Ridge Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Rock Ridge Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Rock Ridge Elementary School is Suburb: Small.
From 436 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 449 by 2024-25. The number of students per teacher increased from 13.6 to 15.2 over 4 years.
On allk12, people connected to Rock Ridge Elementary School can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Douglas County School District No. Re 1
- American AcademyElementary · 2,803 students
- Rock Canyon High SchoolHigh · 2,325 students
- Legend High SchoolHigh · 2,206 students
- Mountain Vista High SchoolHigh · 2,169 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,007 students
- Castle View High SchoolHigh · 1,938 students
Other schools in CASTLE ROCK
- Castle View High SchoolHigh · 1,938 students
- Douglas County High SchoolHigh · 1,659 students
- Aspen View AcademyElementary · 1,018 students
- Mesa Middle SchoolMiddle · 852 students
- World Compass AcademyElementary · 791 students
- Castle Rock Middle SchoolMiddle · 660 students
Other Rock Ridge Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Rock Ridge Elementary. Rock Ridge Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Rock Ridge ElementaryWilson, NC · 476 students
Nearby schools
- Mesa Middle School0.9 mi · 852
- Sage Canyon Elementary1.3 mi · 552
- Flagstone Elementary School1.3 mi · 496
- South Ridge Elementary An IB World School1.7 mi · 371
- Castle Rock Elementary School2.0 mi · 440
- Daniel C Oakes High School--Castle Rock2.5 mi · 113
Frequently asked questions
About Rock Ridge Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Rock Ridge Elementary School?
Rock Ridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 449 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Rock Ridge Elementary School serve?
Rock Ridge Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rock Ridge Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rock Ridge Elementary School is approximately 15.2:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rock Ridge Elementary School?
At Rock Ridge Elementary School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 18% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Rock Ridge Elementary School in?
Rock Ridge Elementary School is part of Douglas County School District No. Re 1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.