South Ridge Elementary An IB World School

South Ridge Elementary An IB World School, a medium-sized K-5 school in CASTLE ROCK, Colorado, one of the schools within Douglas County School District No. Re 1, teaches 371 students, covering grades K through 5.

South Ridge Elementary An IB World School is one of 89 schools operated by Douglas County School District No. Re 1, a district that educates 61,550 students overall.

Demographically, South Ridge Elementary An IB World School lists that 57% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 36% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Douglas County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, South Ridge Elementary An IB World School lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Douglas County's rate of about 18%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), South Ridge Elementary An IB World School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.8%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Douglas County) logs that median household earnings sit near $149,594, roughly 62% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Douglas County's 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,841 students), South Ridge Elementary An IB World School is one campus in the mix.

Castle Rock Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts South Ridge Elementary An IB World School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 51.4%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 32%: 549 students in 2018 compared to 371 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 61% to 57%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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