Sagewood Middle School

As a sizable middle-grades school in PARKER, Colorado, Sagewood Middle School teaches 816 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Douglas County School District No. Re 1. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 462 students each, so Sagewood Middle School sits 77% bigger than that benchmark.

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

Looking at the student body, Sagewood Middle School reports that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Sagewood Middle School has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Sagewood Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sagewood Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.4%.

In the area at large, census data for Douglas County shows median household income runs about $149,594, roughly 62% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Douglas County's 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,841 students), Sagewood Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ponderosa High School, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sagewood Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sagewood Middle School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 49.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 16%: 967 students in 2018 compared to 816 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 73% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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