Rocky Mountain Classical Academy

Rocky Mountain Classical Academy, a well-populated elementary campus in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, run under El Paso County Colorado School District 49, instructs 1,162 students, covering grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 207% above the state mean of about 379.

Across the 31 schools in El Paso County Colorado School District 49 (25,689 students total), Rocky Mountain Classical Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Rocky Mountain Classical Academy records that White students make up the majority at 57%. Beyond that, the school lists 26% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Rocky Mountain Classical Academy lists 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.7:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of El Paso County's rate of about 42%.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Rocky Mountain Classical Academy sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 54.2%; actual is 38.8%, a gap of -15.4 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,363 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, El Paso County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), of which Rocky Mountain Classical Academy is one.

Springs Ranch Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rocky Mountain Classical Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rocky Mountain Classical Academy at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.9%.

Rocky Mountain Classical Academy operates from an outer-ring location. Rocky Mountain Classical Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rocky Mountain Classical Academy has decreased 28%, going from 1,613 students in 2018 to 1,162 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 69% to 57% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

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