Colorado International Language Academy

Located at 303 AUSTIN BLUFFS PARKWAY, in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Colorado International Language Academy is a close-knit primary school that caters to 321 students (grades K through 5), operated by State Charter School Institute.

Across the 49 schools in State Charter School Institute (21,411 students total), Colorado International Language Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Colorado International Language Academy logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 35% White, 16% multiracial, 9% Black. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Colorado International Language Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for El Paso County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,363 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, El Paso County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), of which Colorado International Language Academy is one.

The closest other public school is CIVA Charter Academy, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Colorado International Language Academy. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Colorado International Language Academy ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 27.2%.

Colorado International Language Academy operates from an urban location. Colorado International Language Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Colorado International Language Academy's enrollment has ticked down 29% since 2018, when it stood at 453 (now 321). Over the same period, the White share declined from 41% to 35%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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