Enrollment
72
Elementary
DISTRICT 440 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WIDEFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT 3·NCES 080648001885
James Madison Charter Academy School
660 SYRACUSE STREET, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80911 · (719) 391-3977 · El Paso County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL72 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of Colorado public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
42 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 3 | 4% |
| Grade 1 | 9 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 10 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 7 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 10 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 9 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 8 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 7 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 9 | 13% |
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
41.2%
CO avg 44.9% . +19.5pp since 2023
Math
15.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.2% | 15.7% |
| 2023-24 | 21.7% | 10.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like James Madison Charter Academy School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Madison Charter Academy School this school | 72 | 58.3% | 22.1% |
| Responsive Arts & STEAM Academy FNE DENVER | 161 | 72.0% | N/A |
| Jamaica Child Development Center AURORA | 106 | 82.1% | N/A |
| James Irwin Elementary School - Howard COLORADO SPRINGS | 213 | 54.9% | 37.6% |
| Turman Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 185 | 72.4% | 29.7% |
| Hagen Early Education Center STERLING | 117 | 53.8% | N/A |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where James Madison Charter Academy School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 72 | #1,018 of 1,056 | #135 of 137 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
72
-22 (-23%) vs 2020
-41% since 2010-11, when it was 122
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 72 | 7.7 | 9.4:1 | 58% (42) |
| 2023-24 | 104 | 10.3 | 10.1:1 | 50% (52) |
| 2022-23 | 103 | 8.6 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 94 | 9 | 10.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 145 | 12.2 | 11.9:1 | 6% (8) |
| 2015-16 | 159 | 13 | 12.2:1 | 5% (8) |
| 2010-11 | 122 | 8 | 15.3:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James Madison Charter Academy School.
Since 2017-18: students down 50% (145 to 72); teachers down 37% (12.2 to 7.7).
About James Madison Charter Academy School
James Madison Charter Academy School is a very small elementary school in Colorado, with an address in COLORADO SPRINGS. It had 72 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 8. Elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students, which makes this school 81% below average.
Widefield School District 3 oversees James Madison Charter Academy School and 17 other schools, with 9,290 students in total.
Of every 100 students at James Madison Charter Academy School, about 35 are White, the largest group. The remaining students are 22% Black, 21% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census figures show El Paso County is about 70% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 76, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 9.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at James Madison Charter Academy School, which has 7.7. The school's 9.4:1 compares with an average of 16.6:1 for elementary schools in Colorado. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 58%. The rate at public schools in El Paso County averages 42%, lower than here.
On the allk12 Grade, James Madison Charter Academy School lands at C-, ahead of 15% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, James Madison Charter Academy School would be expected to post about 31.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 22.1%.
Looking at the county, El Paso County, the median household earns about $90,363 a year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting James Madison Charter Academy School, El Paso County has 245 public schools.
James Madison Charter Academy School is about 0.1 miles from Webster Elementary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 22.1% is below the 34.6% average for nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. James Madison Charter Academy School is a publicly funded charter school.
From 94 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 72 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 10.4:1 to 9.4:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Widefield School District 3
- Mesa Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,304 students
- Widefield High SchoolHigh · 1,193 students
- Grand Mountain SchoolElementary · 1,044 students
- Janitell Junior High SchoolMiddle · 658 students
- Webster Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- Sunrise Elementary SchoolElementary · 506 students
Other schools in COLORADO SPRINGS
- The Classical Academy CharterElementary · 1,909 students
- Pine Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Doherty High SchoolHigh · 1,715 students
- Banning Lewis Ranch AcademyCombined · 1,697 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,526 students
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,473 students
Nearby schools
- Webster Elementary School0.1 mi · 582
- Mesa Ridge High School0.3 mi · 1,304
- Talbott STEAM Innovation School0.8 mi · 324
- Janitell Junior High School1.0 mi · 658
- Watson Junior High School1.0 mi · 470
- Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School1.1 mi · 498
Frequently asked questions
About James Madison Charter Academy SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at James Madison Charter Academy School?
James Madison Charter Academy School enrolls approximately 72 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does James Madison Charter Academy School serve?
James Madison Charter Academy School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at James Madison Charter Academy School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at James Madison Charter Academy School is approximately 9.4:1 (8 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at James Madison Charter Academy School?
Student demographics at James Madison Charter Academy School are roughly 35% White, 21% Hispanic, 22% Black, 3% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees James Madison Charter Academy School?
James Madison Charter Academy School is overseen by Widefield School District 3 in El Paso County.
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