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Douglas County High School

Castle Rock, CO
  • Public
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  • Grades 9-12
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  • Enrollment: 1859

Overview

Douglas County High School
2842 Front Street
Castle Rock, CO 80104
(303) 387-1000
Douglas County High School is located in Castle Rock, CO and serves grades 9-12.It received a GreatSchool rating of 7 out of 10
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Student Diversity

Race

Percentage

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0%
Native American
0%
Black
1%
Asian
3%
Two or more races
4%
Hispanic
16%
White
76%

Reviews13 Reviews

3.0
parent
Very positive overall experience. I have students that have excelled and gone on to university with full scholarships. They could do better with the sports program—we have talent and have been sadly handicapped by a poor football coach and thus limiting great opportunities for those players. Academically, I’ve been very pleased. Socially, you’ll get all types of students there, but that is true everywhere. I believe you getboit if it what you put into it and there is opportunity to do very well here. If I had to go back and decide between DCHS and CVHS (the other high school in town) I still firmly believe my students have received a better education than they would have there.
parent
School District handbook states they have a no bullying policy. This is not accurate. Teachers ignore bullying. My son was a constant target of bullies, and when he finally reacted he was suspended for 2 days, but the bullies only had to write an apology letter. This district lacks the support to for diversity and educating the teacher's about how to handle bullying
parent
I have some history with Douglas County (DC) Schools, in fact I garudated from Douglas County HS in 1983 (yes I'm an older parent...). First, the county is very affluent and fairly entitled. If you look at the news the school administrator and Board are primarily interested in getting a voucher system and privatize schools their highest agenda. Teachers are leaving in droves and many of the ones staying just don't care. Forward to the school. Sports are not well funded and the football program is abominable. At the beginning of the season you hear the usual 'we are here for the kids and making them into young men' drivel. But as you watch them, they don't care anymore about being successful. On the freshman team, all but one hang around an BS on the sideline, barely watching the game. At the last home game, DC parents were loudly mocking the coaches and rooting for the opposing team who thrashed us. Academically? At the beginning of the semester that had far more students show up than they planned for and moved kids. My son got moved into another Spanish class without being asked and missed a test that had been given before he was even there. It shows up as an F and neither the teacher nor administration even cares. Multiple attempts at asking are ignored. DC is simply a model of business people trying to move away from public schools and while doing so have no concern about the students currently in the system. Check out the news and this information will be validated by some research.
student
I have been a student in this school nearly my entire high school experience and I can full heartedly say that this is the worst school I have ever attended. The teaching at this school is a joke and none of the teachers actually care about you academically or emotionally. Needless to say, I am extremely excited to be moving soon and starting at a new school my senior year.
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