Castle Rock Middle School

Set in CASTLE ROCK, Colorado, Castle Rock Middle School is a moderately sized middle school, part of Douglas County School District No. Re 1. It works with 660 students across grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 43% bigger than typical.

Douglas County School District No. Re 1 comprises 89 schools with combined enrollment of 61,550 students; Castle Rock Middle School is among them.

Demographically, Castle Rock Middle School records that 69% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 21% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Douglas County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Castle Rock Middle School has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Douglas County's rate of about 18%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Castle Rock Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.0%, the actual is 44.4%, a residual of -6.6 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Douglas County put the typical household earns roughly $149,594 per year, 62% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Douglas County's 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,841 students), Castle Rock Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Castle View High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Castle Rock Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Castle Rock Middle School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 50.0%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Castle Rock Middle School has fell 28%, going from 919 students in 2018 to 660 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 74% to 69%. Class-load math has fell: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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