Enrollment
368
Elementary
DISTRICT 506 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACADEMY DISTRICT 20·NCES 080192001644
Academy International Elementary School
8550 CHARITY DRIVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80920 · (719) 234-4000 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL368 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of Colorado public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
57 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 26 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 44% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
61.6%
CO avg 44.9% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
52.6%
CO avg 36.1% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.6% | 52.6% |
| 2023-24 | 60.3% | 49.4% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Academy International Elementary School
Academy International Elementary School's state test result (54.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy International Elementary School this school | 368 | 15.5% | 54.6% |
| Polaris Elementary School DENVER | 350 | 17.4% | 93.5% |
| Black Forest Hills Elementary School AURORA | 500 | 18.0% | 60.5% |
| Willow Creek Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 462 | 14.7% | 65.8% |
| Indian Ridge Elementary School AURORA | 410 | 20.7% | 58.4% |
| Wildcat Mountain Elementary School LITTLETON | 423 | 15.6% | 66.5% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Academy International Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #223 of 931 | #22 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #234 of 940 ▲ 22 | #27 of 126 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #186 of 946 ▲ 18 | #16 of 127 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 368 | #515 of 1,056 | #60 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #385 of 896 | #66 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.3% | #124 of 896 | #50 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.5% | #889 of 983 | #127 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.6% | #41 of 664 | #9 of 100 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
368
-82 (-18%) vs 2020
-38% since 2000-01, when it was 598
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 17.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 368 | 24.5 | 15.0:1 | 15% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 398 | 27.3 | 14.6:1 | 20% (79) |
| 2022-23 | 394 | 25.6 | 15.4:1 | 10% (39) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 26 | 17.3:1 | 13% (57) |
| 2017-18 | 590 | 34.5 | 17.1:1 | 6% (37) |
| 2015-16 | 591 | 35 | 16.9:1 | 11% (64) |
| 2010-11 | 740 | 40 | 18.5:1 | 8% (57) |
| 2000-01 | 598 | 35 | 17.1:1 | 1% (7) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Academy International Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (590 to 368); teachers down 29% (34.5 to 24.5).
About Academy International Elementary School
Academy International Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. It reported 368 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Academy District 20 is the local district for Academy International Elementary School. It runs 39 schools with 25,607 students.
About 55% of the student body at Academy International Elementary School is White. Other students are 16% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, 9% Asian, and 5% Black. By comparison, El Paso County residents are about 70% White. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at Academy International Elementary School are from different groups.
On staff are 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 15% of students at Academy International Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in El Paso County average 42%.
Academy International Elementary School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 60% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Compared with Colorado schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Academy International Elementary School's results are 2.7 points below predicted: 54.6% against 57.3%.
The school is in El Paso County, where the median household earns about $90,363 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Academy International Elementary School shares El Paso County with 244 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Academy International Elementary School is closest to Mountain Ridge Middle School, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Academy International Elementary School ranks 3rd of 9 nearby schools, at 54.6% versus a 49.4% average.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 450 (2020-21) to 368 (2024-25). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 15.0:1, from 17.3:1.
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El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,999
Census ACS
Median income
$90,363
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
114,356 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Academy District 20
- The Classical Academy CharterElementary · 1,909 students
- Pine Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,526 students
- Air Academy High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Rampart High SchoolHigh · 1,305 students
- Chinook Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,075 students
Other schools in COLORADO SPRINGS
- The Classical Academy CharterElementary · 1,909 students
- Pine Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Doherty High SchoolHigh · 1,715 students
- Banning Lewis Ranch AcademyCombined · 1,697 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,526 students
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,473 students
Nearby schools
- Mountain Ridge Middle School0.6 mi · 690
- Academy Endeavour Elementary School0.8 mi · 347
- Explorer Elementary School0.9 mi · 470
- Rampart High School1.0 mi · 1,305
- New Summit Charter Academy1.1 mi · 628
- Mountain View Elementary School1.2 mi · 567
Frequently asked questions
About Academy International Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Academy International Elementary School?
Academy International Elementary School enrolls approximately 368 students in grades PK-05.
Is Academy International Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Academy International Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Academy International Elementary School have?
Academy International Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
How diverse is Academy International Elementary School?
Academy International Elementary School reports a student body of 55% White, 15% Hispanic, 5% Black, 9% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Is Academy International Elementary School public or private?
Academy International Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Academy District 20.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.