Orton Academy

Orton Academy is one of the very small middle schools in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, operated by EDUCATION REENVISIONED BOCES, with 115 students on its rolls from grades 2 through 8. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 462 students each, so Orton Academy sits 75% smaller than that benchmark.

Within EDUCATION REENVISIONED BOCES, which oversees 10 schools and 5,198 students, Orton Academy is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Orton Academy reports that 59% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (El Paso County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $90,363 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across El Paso County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), Orton Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Orton Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Orton Academy typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.