Community Prep Charter School

Located at 332 EAST WILLAMETTE AVENUE, in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Community Prep Charter School is an one-room-style 9-12 campus that enrolls 158 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 627 students each, so Community Prep Charter School sits 75% smaller than that benchmark.

Community Prep Charter School is one of 60 schools operated by Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E, a district that caters to 22,293 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Community Prep Charter School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 39% White, 12% multiracial, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Community Prep Charter School reports 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.9:1, putting Community Prep Charter School higher than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (El Paso County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,363 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), Community Prep Charter School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Palmer High School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Community Prep Charter School.

Community Prep Charter School operates from a metropolitan location. As a public charter, Community Prep Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Community Prep Charter School has declined 54%, going from 340 students in 2018 to 158 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 46% to 39% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 24.6:1 today.

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