Summit View Elementary School

Summit View Elementary School operates as an average-sized K-5 school in HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colorado, run under Douglas County School District No. Re 1. Current enrollment sits at 350 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Summit View Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 68%. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Summit View Elementary School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 10% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Summit View Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.7%; this one delivers 67.7%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Douglas County put median household earnings sit near $149,594, about 62% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Summit View Elementary School is one of 92 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 63,841 students).

Nearest neighbor: Heritage Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Summit View Elementary School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 64.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Summit View Elementary School's enrollment has declined 34% since 2018, when it stood at 529 (now 350). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 82% to 68%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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