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What do you wish you knew before starting at Academy of Charter Schools?
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Enrollment
1,887
Combined
DISTRICT 990 · STATE 523
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STATE CHARTER SCHOOL INSTITUTE·NCES 080002000727
Academy of Charter Schools
11800 LOWELL BLVD, WESTMINSTER, CO 80031 · (303) 289-8088 · Adams County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL1,887 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Colorado public K-12 schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
100 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
640 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 131 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 139 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 128 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 147 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 143 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 149 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 146 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 148 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 146 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 146 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 139 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 142 | 8% |
| Grade 12 | 143 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (131) is 10% smaller than its 8th grade class (146).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
50.8%
CO avg 44.9% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
37.8%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.8% | 37.8% |
| 2023-24 | 50.3% | 38.5% |
% 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
42.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.2%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,887
-12 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 1,887 | 100.3 | 18.8:1 | 34% (640) |
| 2023-24 | 1,874 | 98.7 | 19.0:1 | 35% (648) |
| 2022-23 | 1,890 | 92.4 | 20.4:1 | 26% (493) |
| 2020-21 | 1,899 | 93 | 20.4:1 | 25% (469) |
| 2017-18 | 1,887 | 89.7 | 21.0:1 | 21% (404) |
| 2015-16 | 1,819 | 94 | 19.4:1 | 18% (326) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Academy of Charter Schools.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (1,887 to 1,887); teachers up 12% (89.7 to 100.3).
About Academy of Charter Schools
Academy of Charter Schools is a large combined-grade school in WESTMINSTER, Colorado, administered by State Charter School Institute. A total of 1,887 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 12. The average for combined schools in Colorado is about 523 students, so this school is 261% bigger than average.
State Charter School Institute is made up of 49 schools with 21,411 students in all.
At Academy of Charter Schools, White students make up 55% of the student body. The remaining shares are 32% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, about 55% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 59% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 100.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Academy of Charter Schools in 2024-25, for a ratio of 18.8:1. That is higher than the 14.3:1 average for combined schools in Colorado. The lunch program counts 34% of students at Academy of Charter Schools as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Adams County is 62%.
allk12 grades Academy of Charter Schools a B+. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public K-12 schools, because each state gives its own test.
Academy of Charter Schools posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 42.9%, compared with a predicted 46.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Colorado schools on BeatsExpectations.
Across Adams County, the median household income is $94,571, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Adams County is home to 171 public schools and about 87,938 public school students.
Mountain View Elementary School is the public school closest to Academy of Charter Schools, about 0.9 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 42.0%; Academy of Charter Schools's is 42.9%, ranking 6th of 8.
NCES describes the area around Academy of Charter Schools as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list Academy of Charter Schools as a charter school.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 1,899 to 1,887, a small change. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 20.4:1 to 18.8:1.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
530,225
Census ACS
Median income
$94,571
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
171
87,938 students
Quick facts
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- Standley Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,123 students
- Colorado Preparatory Academy Elementary SchoolElementary · 933 students
- Colorado Preparatory Academy High SchoolHigh · 823 students
- Colorado Preparatory Academy Middle SchoolMiddle · 681 students
Nearby schools
- Mountain View Elementary School0.9 mi · 517
- Cotton Creek Elementary School1.1 mi · 455
- Five Star Online Academy1.3 mi · 506
- Ryan Elementary School1.5 mi · 511
- Centennial Elementary School1.7 mi · 293
- Birch Elementary School1.9 mi · 299
Frequently asked questions
About Academy of Charter SchoolsWhat is the total enrollment at Academy of Charter Schools?
Academy of Charter Schools enrolls approximately 1,887 students in grades PK-12.
What age range does Academy of Charter Schools serve?
Academy of Charter Schools serves students from grade PK through grade 12.
How many teachers does Academy of Charter Schools have?
Academy of Charter Schools employs 100 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Academy of Charter Schools?
Student demographics at Academy of Charter Schools are roughly 55% White, 32% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Academy of Charter Schools public or private?
Academy of Charter Schools is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by State Charter School Institute.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.