Colorado Military Academy

Colorado Military Academy is an unified-grade school of moderately sized scale in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, operated by State Charter School Institute, educateing 618 students in grades pre-K through 12.

State Charter School Institute runs 49 schools in total, collectively educating 21,411 students. Colorado Military Academy is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Colorado Military Academy reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 33% White, 11% Black, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

On the resource side, Colorado Military Academy lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.3:1 average. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Colorado Military Academy is in the bottom 10% of Colorado public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 37.6%; Colorado Military Academy posts 21.4%, -16.2 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,363 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Colorado Military Academy is one of 245 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students).

Nearest neighbor: McAuliffe Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Colorado Military Academy at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 32.0%.

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

Five-year trend. Colorado Military Academy's enrollment has edged up 10% since 2018, when it stood at 564 (now 618). White enrollment moved from 49% to 33% across the same window.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.