The Classical Academy Charter

Located at 975 STOUT ROAD, in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, The Classical Academy Charter is a high-enrollment elementary-level community that teaches 1,909 students (grades K through 6), run under Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an. That puts it 404% above the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

The Classical Academy Charter is one of 39 schools operated by Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an, a district that caters to 25,607 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, The Classical Academy Charter reports that White students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder breaks down as 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian.

Looking at school resources, The Classical Academy Charter reports 126 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting The Classical Academy Charter tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 13% of students at The Classical Academy Charter qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, El Paso County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, The Classical Academy Charter performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.6%, the actual is 66.7%, a residual of +8.2 points.

Across the wider county, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across El Paso County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), The Classical Academy Charter is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is The Classical Academy High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts The Classical Academy Charter at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 56.7%.

The Classical Academy Charter operates from a metropolitan location. As a public charter, The Classical Academy Charter runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at The Classical Academy Charter has edged down 14%, going from 2,215 students in 2018 to 1,909 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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