Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas County, a sizable unified-grade school in LONE TREE, Colorado, run under State Charter School Institute, teaches 852 students, covering grades K through 12. That puts it 63% bigger than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 523 students.
State Charter School Institute runs 49 schools in total, collectively educating 21,411 students. Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas County is one of those campuses.
Demographically, Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas County records that 78% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 10% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Douglas County as a whole.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas County logs 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. The state averages around 14.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Douglas County put the typical household earns roughly $149,594 per year, 62% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Douglas County's 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,841 students), Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas County is one campus in the mix.
Eagle Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site. As a public charter, Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas County runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
