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Teachers and Staff
Students Per Counselor
221:1
Student Diversity
Male
52.3%
Female
47.7%
White
69.3%
Hispanic
18.8%
Two or more races
6.1%
Asian or Pacific Islander
3%
Black
1.9%
Native American
<1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
<1%
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Specialty School Programs
AP Programs Offered
IB Programs Offered
Free/Reduced Lunch Offered
Athletics Program
Colleges Students are Considering
Students are most interested in or go on to attend these colleges.
Colorado State University419 Students
University of Colorado Boulder335 Students
University of Colorado - Colorado Springs185 Students
University of Colorado Denver179 Students
University of Northern Colorado164 Students
Metropolitan State University of Denver162 Students
University of Denver157 Students
Colorado Mesa University141 Students
Colorado School of Mines137 Students
Arizona State University109 Students
What Students Want to Study
Niche users from this school are most interested in the following majors.
Business165 Students
Psychology123 Students
Biology106 Students
Nursing82 Students
Pre-Medicine Studies63 Students
Computer Science42 Students
Criminology41 Students
Marketing40 Students
Kinesiology and Exercise Science39 Students
Political Science and Government38 Students
This School’s Reviews
Niche Reviews
3.6448 Reviews
3.0Senior
2/15/2024
I've overall had an average experience at this high school, it's not super great but not super bad either. I enjoyed my classes in science and some of my electives.
3.0Junior
1/4/2024
It's a great school but the students need to learn more respect. I have seen many students disrespect teachers or eahcother.
5.0Senior
8/21/2023
I am in the IB program and have loved the experience at DC. Although it has been a very stressful 4 years with this program, I feel like it has prepared me to be very successful in college. The teachers have been amazing for the most part. I would love to see more assistance from the counseling department as far as preparing for college and scholarships etc.
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. Academi...
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 fo...
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 syst...
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