Power Technical

Set in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Power Technical is a small 9-12 campus, one of the schools within El Paso County Colorado School District 49. It instructs 405 students across grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 35% leaner than the state mean of about 627.

Power Technical is one of 31 schools operated by El Paso County Colorado School District 49, a district that works with 25,689 students overall.

Demographically, Power Technical shows that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 27% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Power Technical tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.9%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (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. Across El Paso County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), Power Technical is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Springs Studio for Academic Excellence, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Power Technical ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 39.0%.

Power Technical operates from an outer-ring location. Power Technical is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 69%: 240 students in 2018 compared to 405 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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