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Enrollment
612
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEWIS-PALMER SCHOOL DISTRICT 38·NCES 080582006807
Monument Charter Academy
1150 VILLAGE RIDGE PT, MONUMENT, CO 80132 · (719) 481-1950 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL612 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of Colorado public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
15.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
61 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 58 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Monument Charter Academy→Monument Charter Academy Secondary School
Based on grade levels within Lewis-Palmer School District 38. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
50.9%
CO avg 44.9% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.9% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.9% | 43.1% |
% 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
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% 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 →
Schools most like Monument Charter Academy
Monument Charter Academy's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monument Charter Academy this school | 612 | 10.0% | 45.5% |
| Ford Elementary CENTENNIAL | 653 | 13.0% | 60.3% |
| Fairmount Elementary School GOLDEN | 601 | 7.8% | 67.4% |
| Lois Lenski Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 509 | 11.2% | 67.9% |
| Sandburg Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 495 | 14.1% | 58.7% |
| Sierra Elementary School ARVADA | 493 | 12.6% | 65.4% |
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 Monument Charter Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #362 of 931 | #49 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #369 of 940 ▼ 26 | #48 of 126 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #356 of 946 ▼ 53 | #43 of 127 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 612 | #103 of 1,056 | #15 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #499 of 896 | #83 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.8% | #752 of 896 | #120 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.0% | #954 of 983 | #134 of 134 |
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
612
-24 (-4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 612 | 38.8 | 15.8:1 | 10% (61) |
| 2023-24 | 649 | 42.7 | 15.2:1 | 10% (63) |
| 2022-23 | 704 | 34.9 | 20.2:1 | 4% (31) |
| 2020-21 | 636 | 35 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monument Charter Academy.
About Monument Charter Academy
Monument Charter Academy is a large elementary school in MONUMENT, Colorado, one of the schools in Lewis-Palmer School District 38. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 612 students. It has 61% more students than the average for elementary schools in Colorado (about 379).
Monument Charter Academy is one of 10 schools in Lewis-Palmer School District 38, which enrolls 6,332 students in total.
About 80% of the student body at Monument Charter Academy is White. Other groups make up 11% Hispanic and 9% multiracial. County-wide, 70% of El Paso County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 35%.
With 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.8:1. Elementary schools in Colorado have an average ratio of 16.6:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Monument Charter Academy, 10% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 42% average for public schools in El Paso County.
Monument Charter Academy earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 35% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Schools in Colorado with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 60.7%. Monument Charter Academy posts 45.5%, 15.2 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
For El Paso County, Census Bureau data show 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. Public schools in El Paso County number 245, with about 114,356 students.
Of the public schools around it, Monument Charter Academy is closest to Lewis-Palmer Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Monument Charter Academy has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 57.7% on proficiency, and Monument Charter Academy is below that at 45.5%.
NCES describes the area around Monument Charter Academy as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list Monument Charter Academy as a charter school.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 4%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.2:1 in 2020-21, and 15.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Lewis-Palmer School District 38
- Lewis-Palmer High SchoolHigh · 1,144 students
- Palmer Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,066 students
- Bear Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 869 students
- Lewis-Palmer Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Monument Charter Academy Secondary SchoolHigh · 541 students
- Lewis-Palmer Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
Other schools in MONUMENT
- Lewis-Palmer High SchoolHigh · 1,144 students
- Palmer Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,066 students
- Bear Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 869 students
- Lewis-Palmer Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Lewis-Palmer Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Prairie Winds Elementary SchoolElementary · 374 students
Nearby schools
- Lewis-Palmer Elementary School0.4 mi · 409
- Lewis-Palmer Middle School1.0 mi · 731
- Lewis-Palmer High School1.0 mi · 1,144
- Education reEnvisioned School1.1 mi · 59
- Palmer Ridge High School1.5 mi · 1,066
- Bear Creek Elementary School1.9 mi · 869
Frequently asked questions
About Monument Charter AcademyHow large is Monument Charter Academy?
Monument Charter Academy enrolls approximately 612 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Monument Charter Academy serve?
Monument Charter Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Monument Charter Academy?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Monument Charter Academy.
How diverse is Monument Charter Academy?
Monument Charter Academy reports a student body of 80% White, 11% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Monument Charter Academy in?
Monument Charter Academy is part of Lewis-Palmer School District 38.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.