Students in Douglas County schools were truant 1.4% of the time in the 2023-24 school year, the Colorado Department of Education reported. This rate was lower than in the previous school year.
Overall, there were 64,423 students enrolled in Douglas County in the 2023-24 school year, of whom 927 were marked truant.
Statewide, Denver County schools suffered the most truancy issues (6.3%) in the 2023-24 school year. Meanwhile, Dolores County schools successfully recorded the lowest truancy rate in the region (0%).
Students are generally considered chronically truant if they miss 5% or more of the total number of school days in a year without acceptable excuses.
Colorado’s teacher workforce faces persistent shortages and pay challenges. In the 2023–24 school year, nearly 7,000 teaching positions were vacant statewide at some point. Districts managed to fill only about 75% of those openings with fully qualified hires, leaving many to be filled by short-term substitutes, retirees, or emergency credentials for the rest, while 9% remained unfilled for the entire school year.
Colorado’s K–12 enrollment has gradually declined each year since the pandemic, with about 3–4% fewer students in 2024 than the state’s peak enrollment in 2019.
The declines are concentrated in the early grades and certain rural areas, while some metro districts are holding steady or growing. Lower birth rates and pandemic disruptions are driving the trend. Colorado’s public schools are now serving the smallest number of students in a decade, a shift that has implications for funding and planning even as per-pupil resources increase to compensate.
| Schools | No. of Students Enrolled | Chronic Truancy Rates | Attendance Daily Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Valley Elementary School | 36 | 0.1% | 93% |
| Global Village Academy – Douglas County | 394 | 0.1% | 93.6% |
| Ascent Classical Academy Douglas County | 1,017 | 0.2% | 94.7% |
| Ben Franklin Academy | 879 | 0.2% | 94.8% |
| American Academy | 2,579 | 0.3% | 94.8% |
| Renaissance Expedition Learn Outward Bound School | 360 | 0.3% | 94.2% |
| Rocky Heights Middle School | 1,170 | 0.3% | 94.7% |
| Northeast Elementary School | 325 | 0.4% | 94.2% |
| Prairie Crossing Elementary School | 610 | 0.5% | 95.6% |
| Ranch View Middle School | 810 | 0.5% | 94.1% |
| Rock Canyon High School | 2,328 | 0.5% | 94.1% |
| Roxborough Intermediate | 421 | 0.5% | 94.7% |
| Stone Mountain Elementary | 491 | 0.5% | 95.5% |
| Cimarron Middle | 1,089 | 0.6% | 94.3% |
| Cougar Run Elementary School | 360 | 0.6% | 94.5% |
| Coyote Creek Elementary School | 502 | 0.6% | 94.7% |
| Larkspur Elementary School | 176 | 0.6% | 93.5% |
| Leman Classical Academy | 1,114 | 0.6% | 94.2% |
| Mountain Ridge Middle School | 842 | 0.6% | 93.4% |
| Redstone Elementary School | 404 | 0.6% | 94.6% |
| Timber Trail Elementary School | 374 | 0.6% | 94.7% |
| Aspen View Academy | 973 | 0.7% | 94.3% |
| Gold Rush Elementary | 675 | 0.7% | 94.8% |
| Heritage Elementary School | 378 | 0.7% | 94.7% |
| Parker Core Knowledge Charter School | 705 | 0.7% | 96.3% |
| Renaissance Secondary School | 406 | 0.7% | 92.5% |
| Skyview Academy | 1,283 | 0.7% | 94.9% |
| Summit View Elementary School | 370 | 0.7% | 94.6% |
| Lone Tree Elementary | 385 | 0.8% | 95.1% |
| Northridge Elementary School | 565 | 0.8% | 94.2% |
| Sage Canyon Elementary | 556 | 0.8% | 93.8% |
| Bear Canyon Elementary School | 362 | 0.9% | 95.1% |
| Franktown Elementary School | 364 | 0.9% | 94.3% |
| Frontier Valley Elementary School | 378 | 0.9% | 94% |
| Meadow View Elementary School | 497 | 0.9% | 94.1% |
| Parker Performing Arts | 619 | 0.9% | 92.6% |
| Pine Grove Elementary School | 498 | 0.9% | 94.8% |
| Saddle Ranch Elementary School | 368 | 0.9% | 94.7% |
| Soaring Hawk Elementary School | 440 | 0.9% | 94.4% |
| Wildcat Mountain Elementary School | 416 | 0.9% | 95.1% |
| Buffalo Ridge Elementary School | 510 | 1% | 94.5% |
| Sagewood Middle School | 833 | 1% | 93% |
| World Compass Academy | 740 | 1% | 93% |
| Copper Mesa Elementary School | 322 | 1.1% | 94.7% |
| Eldorado Elementary School | 404 | 1.1% | 94.6% |
| Mountain Vista High School | 2,217 | 1.1% | 93.7% |
| Platte River Charter Academy | 643 | 1.1% | 94.4% |
| Cloverleaf Home Education | 220 | 1.2% | 91.2% |
| Flagstone Elementary School | 486 | 1.2% | 93.2% |
| Legend High School | 2,206 | 1.2% | 93.5% |
| Ponderosa High School | 1,424 | 1.2% | 93.7% |
| Roxborough Elementary School | 374 | 1.2% | 94.2% |
| STEM School Highlands Ranch | 1,399 | 1.2% | 93.6% |
| Colorado Early Colleges Douglas County | 1,502 | 1.3% | 94.6% |
| Fox Creek Elementary School | 450 | 1.3% | 94.4% |
| Mesa Middle School | 850 | 1.3% | 92.4% |
| North Star Academy | 678 | 1.3% | 95.4% |
| Sierra Middle School | 784 | 1.3% | 92% |
| Thunderridge High School | 1,841 | 1.3% | 94.4% |
| Castle Rock Elementary School | 451 | 1.4% | 93.1% |
| Castle Rock Middle School | 701 | 1.4% | 93.3% |
| Chaparral High School | 2,045 | 1.4% | 93.1% |
| Clear Sky Elementary | 683 | 1.4% | 94.2% |
| Pine Lane Elementary | 774 | 1.4% | 93% |
| Eagle Ridge Elementary School | 587 | 1.5% | 93% |
| South Ridge Elementary An IB World School | 393 | 1.5% | 92.8% |
| eDCSD | 67 | 1.6% | 97.4% |
| Mammoth Heights Elementary | 606 | 1.6% | 92.9% |
| Mountain View Elementary School | 346 | 1.6% | 93.2% |
| Academy Charter School | 748 | 1.9% | 94.6% |
| Castle View High School | 1,863 | 1.9% | 92.5% |
| Cherokee Trail Elementary School | 599 | 1.9% | 92.8% |
| Rock Ridge Elementary School | 466 | 1.9% | 93.2% |
| Trailblazer Elementary School | 314 | 1.9% | 93.6% |
| Early Childhood Center | 107 | 13.3% | 86.7% |
| HOPE Online Learning Academy High School | 1,061 | 14.4% | 82.1% |
| Challenge to Excellence Charter School | 548 | 2% | 94.7% |
| Cresthill Middle School | 618 | 2% | 92.8% |
| Iron Horse Elementary School | 449 | 2.2% | 93.3% |
| Sand Creek Elementary School | 336 | 2.2% | 93.7% |
| Arrowwood Elementary School | 398 | 2.4% | 93.3% |
| Highlands Ranch High School | 1,390 | 2.6% | 92.4% |
| Legacy Point Elementary School | 515 | 2.6% | 92.1% |
| Sedalia Elementary School | 217 | 2.7% | 92% |
| DC Montessori Charter School | 546 | 2.8% | 92.7% |
| Acres Green Elementary School | 382 | 2.9% | 92.6% |
| Douglas County High School | 1,771 | 2.9% | 92.1% |
| Pioneer Elementary School | 464 | 2.9% | 92% |
| Daniel C. Oakes High School–Castle Rock | 141 | 3.4% | 93.5% |
| Eagle Academy | 128 | 5.1% | 91.6% |
| HOPE Online Learning Academy Middle School | 307 | 5.2% | 92.6% |
| County | 64,423 | 1.4% | 93.6% |
| State | 866,824 | 3.4% | 91.5% |
Information in this story was obtained from the Colorado Department of Education. The source data can be found here.
