Monument Charter Academy

Monument Charter Academy is a well-populated elementary campus in MONUMENT, Colorado, operated by Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38 in the co. The school serves 612 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 61% above the state mean of about 379.

Across the 10 schools in Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38 in the co (6,332 students total), Monument Charter Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Monument Charter Academy shows that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Monument Charter Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 10% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, El Paso County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Monument Charter Academy is in the bottom 10% of Colorado public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 60.7%; Monument Charter Academy posts 45.5%, -15.2 points below that line.

Around the school, El Paso County reports that median household income runs about $90,363, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Monument Charter Academy is one of 245 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lewis-Palmer Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Monument Charter Academy at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 57.7%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting. Monument Charter Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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