Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas County

Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas County runs as a large combined-grade school in LONE TREE, Colorado. The school had 852 students in kindergarten through 12 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (combined schools in Colorado) has about 523 students.

A total of 49 schools make up State Charter School Institute, with 21,411 students enrolled.

Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas County's enrollment is 78% White. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 80% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas County belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 38%.

Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas County employs 55.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.3:1. The average ratio among combined schools in Colorado is 14.3:1, lower than at this school.

Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas County is located in Douglas County, where median household income is about $149,594, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 62%, and about 3% of people live in poverty. Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas County is one of 92 public schools in Douglas County, which together enroll about 63,841 students.

The nearest other public school, Eagle Academy, is about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.

Under the NCES locale system, Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas County is Suburb: Large. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.

Federal counts put enrollment at 649 in 2020-21 and 852 in 2024-25, a 31% gain. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.3:1) than in 2020-21 (17.5:1).

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