Academy Charter School Elementary (K-5)Acres Green ElementaryArrowwood ElementaryBear Canyon ElementaryBuffalo Ridge ElementaryCastle Rock ElementaryCherokee Trail ElementaryCherry Valley ElementaryClear Sky ElementaryCopper Mesa ElementaryCougar Run ElementaryCoyote Creek ElementaryEagle Ridge ElementaryEldorado ElementaryElementary #47 (Castle Rock)Flagstone ElementaryFox Creek ElementaryFranktown ElementaryFrontier Valley ElementaryGold Rush ElementaryHeritage ElementaryHighlands Ranch ElementaryIron Horse ElementaryLarkspur ElementaryLegacy Point ElementaryLone Tree Elementary... A Magnet School (Elem. #49)Mammoth Heights ElementaryMeadow View ElementaryMountain View Elementary (K-3)Northeast Elementary (4-6)Northridge ElementaryPine Grove ElementaryPine Lane Intermediate (4-6)Pine Lane Primary (K-3)Pioneer ElementaryPrairie Crossing ElementaryRedstone ElementaryRenaissance Expeditionary Magnet (K-6)Rock Canyon ElementaryRock Ridge ElementaryRoxborough IntermediateRoxborough PrimarySaddle Ranch ElementarySand Creek ElementarySedalia ElementarySoaring Hawk ElementarySouth Street ElementaryStone Mountain ElementarySummit View ElementaryTimber Trail ElementaryTrailblazer ElementaryWildcat Mountain ElementaryCastle Rock Middle SchoolCimarron Middle SchoolCresthill Middle SchoolMesa Middle SchoolMountain Ridge Middle SchoolRanch View Middle SchoolRocky Heights Middle SchoolSagewood Middle SchoolSierra Middle SchoolCastle View High SchoolChaparral High SchoolDouglas County High SchoolHighlands Ranch High SchoolLegend High SchoolMountain Vista High SchoolPonderosa High SchoolRock Canyon High SchoolThunderRidge High SchoolAcademy Charter School (K-8)American Academy (K-8)Aspen View Academy (K-8)Challenge to Excellence Charter School (K-8)Core Knowledge Charter School (K-8)DCS Montessori Charter School (P-8)North Star Academy (K-8)Platte River Academy (K-8)Plum Creek AcademySkyView Academy (K-12) Highlands RanchSTEM School and Academy (6-12)Daniel C. Oakes High SchoolDC Student Support CenterEagle Academy - Night High School (11-12 Grades)eDCSD: Online Learning (K-12)Expert Technician AcademyHome SchoolHope Online Learning Academy (K-12)Lone Tree Elementary... A Magnet School (Elem. #49)Renaissance Expeditionary Magnet (K-6)Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning (K-12)SchoolDigger.com ranked Douglas County School District No.1 in the Denver metropolitan area and No.12 in Colorado based on 2009 test scores. School district rankings were determined by averaging the rankings of individual schools within each of the 122 districts evaluated. The Douglas County School District is a central feature of the documentary Education Inc., which includes information on the pro-charter school and pro-voucher school board majority was elected in 2009. As a consequence, teacher exodus increased from 10.2 percent to 16.7 percent in the 2014-15 school year. In the 2013-14 school year, it had been as high as 17.3 percent. The new school board also launched a voucher program that diverted funds from public schools to private schools, including religious ones. The school board's free-market philosophy also launched protests by parents and students.
In 2015, the Colorado Supreme Court struck down Douglas County's school voucher program as violating the state constitution.
