Ascent Classical Academy of Grand Junction

Ascent Classical Academy of Grand Junction is an all-grades campus of mid-tier scale in GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado, part of State Charter School Institute, works with 457 students in grades K through 9.

Ascent Classical Academy of Grand Junction is one of 49 schools operated by State Charter School Institute, a district that works with 21,411 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ascent Classical Academy of Grand Junction reports that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Mesa County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Ascent Classical Academy of Grand Junction has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. The state averages around 14.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Ascent Classical Academy of Grand Junction sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 29.0%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Mesa County put the typical household earns roughly $73,658 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Ascent Classical Academy of Grand Junction is one of 57 public schools in Mesa County (combined enrollment of about 22,232 students).

Nearest neighbor: Central High School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ascent Classical Academy of Grand Junction ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 25.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area. Ascent Classical Academy of Grand Junction is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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