Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado

This page covers Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado, a mid-sized school serving multiple grade levels in FORT COLLINS, Colorado. It reported 621 students in kindergarten through 12 in 2024-25.

State Charter School Institute runs Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado along with 48 other schools, enrolling 21,411 students in total.

White students account for 85% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 10% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among Larimer County residents, the White share is about 82%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 27, compared with 70 nationally.

Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado has 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1. The school's 17.2:1 compares with an average of 14.3:1 for combined schools in Colorado.

The county, Larimer County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $93,765 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Larimer County has 94 public schools with about 47,159 students, including Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Shepardson Elementary School, is about 0.7 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

NCES describes the area around Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. Charter status: Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado is a public charter school.

In 2020-21, federal data counted 271 students at Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado; in 2024-25, 621. The grades served may not have been the same in both years.

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