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If you could change one rule at Rocky Mountain Classical Academy, what would it be?
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Enrollment
1,162
Elementary
DISTRICT 498 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL PASO COUNTY COLORADO SCHOOL DISTRICT 49·NCES 080387002000
Rocky Mountain Classical Academy
4620 ANTELOPE RIDGE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80922 · (719) 622-8000 · El Paso County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL1,162 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
18.7:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
240 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 140 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 129 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 127 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 136 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 131 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 139 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 135 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 116 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 109 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (140) is 28% larger than its 8th grade class (109).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
44.4%
CO avg 44.9% . -5.9pp since 2023
Math
29.2%
CO avg 36.1% . -2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.4% | 29.2% |
| 2023-24 | 50.3% | 31.6% |
% 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
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.2%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 54% 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 Rocky Mountain Classical Academy
Rocky Mountain Classical Academy's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain Classical Academy this school | 1,162 | 20.7% | 38.8% |
| Bear Creek Elementary School MONUMENT | 869 | 20.4% | 58.4% |
| Mead Elementary School MEAD | 879 | 27.1% | 59.3% |
| World Compass Academy CASTLE ROCK | 791 | 15.5% | 55.9% |
| Riverview PK-8 JOHNSTOWN | 757 | 26.2% | 36.1% |
| New Vision Charter School LOVELAND | 1,005 | 21.5% | 49.7% |
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 Rocky Mountain Classical Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #451 of 931 | #66 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #554 of 940 ▼ 48 | #79 of 126 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #444 of 946 ▼ 85 | #62 of 127 ▼ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,162 | #6 of 1,056 | #2 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #817 of 896 | #111 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #226 of 896 | #76 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.7% | #818 of 983 | #115 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.0% | #145 of 664 | #34 of 100 |
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
1,162
+100 (+9%) vs 2020
+26% since 2010-11, when it was 924
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 1,162 | 62.2 | 18.7:1 | 21% (240) |
| 2023-24 | 1,127 | 62.5 | 18.1:1 | 32% (358) |
| 2022-23 | 1,132 | 62.2 | 18.2:1 | 22% (248) |
| 2020-21 | 1,062 | 60 | 17.7:1 | 19% (207) |
| 2017-18 | 1,613 | 74.7 | 21.6:1 | 16% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 1,467 | 66 | 22.2:1 | 24% (350) |
| 2010-11 | 924 | 64 | 14.4:1 | 0% (4) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rocky Mountain Classical Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (1,613 to 1,162); teachers down 17% (74.7 to 62.2).
About Rocky Mountain Classical Academy
Rocky Mountain Classical Academy is a large elementary school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, administered by El Paso County Colorado School District 49. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 8, with 1,162 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students, which makes this school 207% larger than average.
Federal data list 31 schools in El Paso County Colorado School District 49, with 25,689 students enrolled.
The share of White students at Rocky Mountain Classical Academy is 57%, a majority. Smaller groups are 26% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 4% Black. For comparison, the population of El Paso County is roughly 70% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.
Rocky Mountain Classical Academy reported 62.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 18.7:1. The gap from the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado is 2.1 students per teacher. Roughly 21% of students at Rocky Mountain Classical Academy can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 42% average for public schools in El Paso County is 21 points.
Rocky Mountain Classical 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 28% of Colorado public elementary schools.
A school in Colorado with Rocky Mountain Classical Academy's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 54.2%. Rocky Mountain Classical Academy scores 38.8%.
The county, El Paso County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $90,363, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 245, with about 114,356 students.
Rocky Mountain Classical Academy's nearest public school is Springs Ranch Elementary School (about 0.5 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Rocky Mountain Classical Academy is 6th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Rocky Mountain Classical Academy operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 9%, from 1,062 to 1,162.
The discussion board for Rocky Mountain Classical Academy is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 El Paso County Colorado School District 49
- GOAL AcademyHigh · 6,693 students
- Banning Lewis Ranch AcademyCombined · 1,697 students
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,473 students
- Sand Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,426 students
- Falcon High SchoolHigh · 1,172 students
- Falcon Middle SchoolMiddle · 866 students
Other schools in COLORADO SPRINGS
- The Classical Academy CharterElementary · 1,909 students
- Pine Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Doherty High SchoolHigh · 1,715 students
- Banning Lewis Ranch AcademyCombined · 1,697 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,526 students
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,473 students
Nearby schools
- Springs Ranch Elementary School0.5 mi · 548
- Stetson Elementary School0.8 mi · 531
- Sand Creek High School1.0 mi · 1,426
- ALLIES1.4 mi · 124
- Odyssey Elementary School1.4 mi · 378
- Remington Elementary School1.5 mi · 534
Frequently asked questions
About Rocky Mountain Classical AcademyHow large is Rocky Mountain Classical Academy?
Rocky Mountain Classical Academy enrolls approximately 1,162 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Rocky Mountain Classical Academy serve?
Rocky Mountain Classical Academy serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rocky Mountain Classical Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rocky Mountain Classical Academy is approximately 18.7:1 (62 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Rocky Mountain Classical Academy?
Rocky Mountain Classical Academy reports a student body of 57% White, 26% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Rocky Mountain Classical Academy public or private?
Rocky Mountain Classical Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by El Paso County Colorado School District 49.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.