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TCA College Pathways
Virtual schools are not graded, because they enroll students from across the state rather than a local area. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 120 | 24% |
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsWhat this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.7% | 61.1% |
| 2023-24 | 77.5% | 52.9% |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 502 | 21.7 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 20.7 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 465 | 21.7 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 512 | 20 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 501 | 21.2 | 23.7:1 | 2% (10) |
| 2015-16 | 505 | 19 | 26.6:1 | 3% (16) |
| 2010-11 | 306 | 14 | 21.9:1 | 1% (3) |
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (501 to 502); teachers up 3% (21.2 to 21.7).
About TCA College Pathways
TCA College Pathways is a small high school in Colorado, with an address in COLORADO SPRINGS. There are 502 students enrolled, covering grades 7 through 12.
Academy District 20 serves 25,607 students across 39 schools.
More than half of the students at TCA College Pathways are White (77%). Beyond that, enrollment is 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, TCA College Pathways scores 39%.
There are 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 23.1:1. Compared with the 16.9:1 average for high schools in Colorado, this school's ratio is higher.
In El Paso County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $90,363 a year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting TCA College Pathways, El Paso County has 245 public schools.
TCA College Pathways's closest public school neighbor is Challenger Middle School, about 1.3 miles away. The five-mile area around TCA College Pathways holds at least 8 other public schools.
TCA College Pathways falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers. NCES lists TCA College Pathways as a virtual school.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 502, starting from 512. The ratio of students to teachers went from 25.6:1 to 23.1:1 over the same years.
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