DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL CENSUS
The State of Colorado
required school districts to submit a census of the school age children to the
state each year. This census listed all of the school age children in the
district, not only the children in school. The requirements for the census
changed as the state dictated, but usually required everyone from age 6 to 21.
The school districts were numbered in the order they were established, with the
first district being Sedalia, with a school established prior to 1865. The
schools were consolidated into one district in 1958.
The school census is a
historical record of who was living in the district for a given year, the
district boundaries changed as the school age population changed. Some schools
ceased operation or were physically moved to follow the students.
These records are from the
Colorado State Archives and were transcribed by Jan Herman. The records are
transcribed in the format they were in, so the formats are not always the same.
As more records are transcribed
they will be added.
District #2 Franktown
District #3 Spring Valley
1886 1887
1889 1890 1891
1893 1895 1897 1898 1899 1900
1901 1902 1906
District #14 Goldale
1897 1903
District #20 Cherry-Pratt
1886 1887
1888 1889 1890
1891 1893 1894
1895 1897 1898
1899 1900
1901 1906
District #22 East Cherry
1886 1887
1888 1889 1890
1891 1893 1894
1895 1896 1898
1899 1900
1901 1906
District #24 Case – Rock
Ridge – Irving
1886 1887
1888 1894 1896
1897 1906
District #33 Cedar Grove
1897 1906