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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Colorado Military Academy administration to hear?
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Enrollment
618
Combined
DISTRICT 990 · STATE 523
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STATE CHARTER SCHOOL INSTITUTE·NCES 080002006708
Colorado Military Academy
360 COMMAND VIEW, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80915 · (719) 576-9838 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL618 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of Colorado public K-12 schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
297 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 54 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 51 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 43 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 19 | 3% |
| Grade 12 | 14 | 2% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 18% smaller than its 8th grade class (62).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
25.9%
CO avg 44.9% . +6.2pp since 2023
Math
17.4%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.9% | 17.4% |
| 2023-24 | 19.7% | 17.8% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 38% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
618
-59 (-9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 20.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 618 | 35.8 | 17.2:1 | 48% (297) |
| 2023-24 | 569 | 31.4 | 18.1:1 | 39% (223) |
| 2022-23 | 603 | 31.1 | 19.4:1 | 39% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 677 | 33 | 20.5:1 | 46% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 564 | 34.6 | 16.3:1 | 46% (261) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Colorado Military Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (564 to 618); teachers up 4% (34.6 to 35.8).
About Colorado Military Academy
As a medium-sized combined-grade school, Colorado Military Academy serves students in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. Grades offered run from pre-K through 12, with 618 students enrolled.
In State Charter School Institute, 49 schools enroll a combined 21,411 students.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Colorado Military Academy, at 41%. The rest of enrollment is 33% White, 11% Black, 9% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of El Paso County, the Hispanic share is about 19%. Colorado Military Academy's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 35.8 full-time positions, a ratio of 17.2:1. That is higher than the 14.3:1 average for combined schools in Colorado. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 48%.
Colorado Military Academy is graded F by allk12, scoring above 0% of Colorado public K-12 schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Colorado Military Academy is in the bottom 10% of Colorado schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 37.6%. The school's actual rate is 21.4%, 16.2 points lower.
Census Bureau estimates for El Paso County show that the median household income is $90,363, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. There are 245 public schools in El Paso County, enrolling about 114,356 students in all.
The closest other public school is McAuliffe Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Colorado Military Academy is behind the 32.0% nearby average, ranking 6th of 6.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large). Colorado Military Academy operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
2024-25 enrollment was 618, a 9% decrease from 677 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 17.2 students per teacher, compared with 20.5 in 2020-21.
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El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,999
Census ACS
Median income
$90,363
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
114,356 students
Quick facts
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- McAuliffe Elementary0.7 mi · 448
- Evans Elementary School1.3 mi · 487
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- Henry Elementary School2.1 mi · 306
- James Irwin Elementary School - Canada Drive2.2 mi · 132
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Frequently asked questions
About Colorado Military AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Colorado Military Academy?
Colorado Military Academy enrolls approximately 618 students in grades PK-12.
What grades does Colorado Military Academy serve?
Colorado Military Academy serves grades PK-12.
How many students per teacher at Colorado Military Academy?
Approximately 17.2:1 students per teacher at Colorado Military Academy.
How diverse is Colorado Military Academy?
Colorado Military Academy reports a student body of 33% White, 41% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Colorado Military Academy?
Colorado Military Academy is overseen by State Charter School Institute in El Paso County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.