Aspire Online Academy

Aspire Online Academy is a tiny all-grades campus in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, run under Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an. The school serves 98 students in grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 523 students per school, that is 81% leaner than typical.

Within Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an, which oversees 28 schools and 11,938 students, Aspire Online Academy is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Aspire Online Academy lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 29% White, 14% Black, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.3:1 average.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (El Paso County) reports that median household income runs about $90,363, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across El Paso County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), Aspire Online Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Career Readiness Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a residential setting. Instruction is delivered virtually rather than at a physical campus, and enrollment crosses district lines.

On the community side, members of the Aspire Online Academy community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.