Orton Academy

Set in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Orton Academy is a very small 6-8 campus, one of the schools within Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E. It caters to 114 students across grades 2 through 8. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 462 students each, so Orton Academy sits 75% leaner than that benchmark.

Orton Academy is one of 60 schools operated by Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E, a district that works with 22,293 students overall.

Demographically, Orton Academy reports that 63% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 18% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 3% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the area at large, 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 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. Orton Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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