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Douglas County School District No. Re 1

Castle Rock, Colorado · Public school district · #3 of 68 Colorado districts by enrollment

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61,243

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,792

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 8% below the Colorado median

17.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Colorado median 15.7

Douglas County School District No. Re 1 is a public school district based in Castle Rock, Colorado, serving 61,243 students in 88 schools. By enrollment it ranks #3 of the 68 Colorado districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 97% of them. Its schools average 696 students each, more than the Colorado median of 399. It spends about $10,792 per student on day-to-day operations, 8% less than the Colorado median. It has roughly 17.4 students per teacher.

How Douglas County School District No. Re 1 compares

Douglas County School District No. Re 1Colorado median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,792

Colorado median $11,673 · 8% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,205

Colorado median $6,347 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school696

Colorado median 399 · 74% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher17.4

Colorado median 15.7 · 11% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor252

Colorado median 257 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$831.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 7%State 39%Local 53%

Measure	Douglas County School District No. Re 1	Colorado median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,792	$11,673	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,205	$6,347	FY2020-21
Total spending	$869.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$831.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	3,515	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	8,148	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	17.4	15.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	252	257	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Colorado median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Colorado

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Denver Public SchoolsDenver	90,471	198	$13,804	15.1	#1
Jeffco Public SchoolsGolden	73,532	144	$11,419	16.7	#2
Douglas County School District No. Re 1Castle Rock · this district	61,243	88	$10,792	17.4	#3
Cherry Creek School District No. 5Greenwood Village	51,980	69	$12,711	16.2	#4
Aurora Public SchoolsAurora	38,702	58	$14,853	16.6	#5

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Elk Grove UnifiedElk Grove, CA	63,421	$12,179	22.7
Long Beach UnifiedLong Beach, CA	62,644	$13,498	23.7
Volusia CountyDeland, FL	61,724	$9,329	18.1
Knox CountyKnoxville, TN	60,185	$9,915	n/a

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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