Sage Canyon Elementary

Sage Canyon Elementary is a K-5 school of medium-sized scale in CASTLE ROCK, Colorado, run under Douglas County School District No. Re 1, instructing 552 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 46% above typical.

Douglas County School District No. Re 1 runs 89 schools in total, collectively educating 61,550 students. Sage Canyon Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Sage Canyon Elementary lists that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 10% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Sage Canyon Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.8%; this one delivers 55.3%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Douglas County) logs that median household income runs about $149,594, roughly 62% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Douglas County runs 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,841 students), of which Sage Canyon Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Rock Ridge Elementary School, roughly 1.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sage Canyon Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 44.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 25%: 739 students in 2018 compared to 552 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 85% to 74% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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