Collegiate Academy of Colorado

Collegiate Academy of Colorado operates as a compact K-12 campus in LITTLETON, Colorado, part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1. Current enrollment sits at 245 students spanning grades pre-K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 523 students per school, that is 53% leaner than typical.

Jefferson County School District No. R-1 comprises 148 schools with combined enrollment of 74,935 students; Collegiate Academy of Colorado is among them.

On demographics, Collegiate Academy of Colorado records that White students make up the majority at 67%; the rest reads as 20% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.3:1 average. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Collegiate Academy of Colorado sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.7%; actual is 31.7%, a gap of -17.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) shows that median household income runs about $110,656, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Jefferson County's 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students), Collegiate Academy of Colorado is one campus in the mix.

Shaffer Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Collegiate Academy of Colorado at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 53.0%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting. As a public charter, Collegiate Academy of Colorado runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Collegiate Academy of Colorado's enrollment has declined 40% since 2018, when it stood at 405 (now 245). The White share of enrollment fell from 74% to 67% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 in 2025.

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