Ascend College Prep

Ascend College Prep is one of the micro-enrollment secondary schools in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, overseen by EDUCATION REENVISIONED BOCES, with 109 students on its rolls from grades 10 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 627 students per school, that is 83% below typical.

EDUCATION REENVISIONED BOCES comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 5,198 students; Ascend College Prep is among them.

On demographics, Ascend College Prep shows that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Ascend College Prep has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.9:1, putting Ascend College Prep higher than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (El Paso County) reports that median household income runs about $90,363, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, El Paso County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), of which Ascend College Prep is one.

The closest other public school is Village High School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Inside the community feed, members of the Ascend College Prep community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.