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Enrollment
445
Middle
DISTRICT 704 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACADEMY DISTRICT 20·NCES 080192001931
The Classical Academy Middle School
975 STOUT ROAD, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80921 · (719) 484-0091 · El Paso County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Colorado public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
63 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 229 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 216 | 49% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Academy District 20. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
69.8%
CO avg 44.9% . +2.3pp since 2023
Math
54.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.8% | 54.7% |
| 2023-24 | 67.5% | 53.9% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
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 The Classical Academy Middle School
The Classical Academy Middle School's state test result (60.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Classical Academy Middle School this school | 445 | 14.2% | 60.1% |
| Deer Creek Middle School LITTLETON | 541 | 19.6% | 52.1% |
| Mountain Ridge Middle School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 752 | 14.6% | 61.0% |
| Louisville Middle School LOUISVILLE | 626 | 18.5% | 62.9% |
| Manning Options School LAKEWOOD | 685 | 12.3% | 66.4% |
| Falcon Bluffs Middle School LITTLETON | 567 | 18.9% | 50.7% |
Matched among Colorado middle 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 The Classical Academy Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #22 of 241 | #4 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #27 of 244 ▼ 1 | #4 of 33 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #19 of 246 ▲ 5 | #1 of 33 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #146 of 278 | #23 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #70 of 227 | #12 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.8% | #205 of 227 | #30 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.2% | #238 of 246 | #33 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #55 of 55 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
445
+24 (+6%) vs 2020
+5% since 2010-11, when it was 423
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 445 | 30.6 | 14.6:1 | 14% (63) |
| 2023-24 | 441 | 31.7 | 13.9:1 | 12% (52) |
| 2022-23 | 420 | 31.4 | 13.4:1 | 5% (22) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | 30 | 14.0:1 | 6% (27) |
| 2017-18 | 444 | 32.2 | 13.8:1 | 6% (26) |
| 2015-16 | 469 | 33 | 14.2:1 | 5% (24) |
| 2010-11 | 423 | 32 | 13.2:1 | 6% (25) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for The Classical Academy Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (444 to 445); teachers down 5% (32.2 to 30.6).
About The Classical Academy Middle School
The Classical Academy Middle School is a public middle-grades school run by Academy District 20 in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. It reported 445 students in grades 7 through 8 in 2024-25.
Federal data list 39 schools in Academy District 20, with 25,607 students enrolled.
White students account for 81% of the school's enrollment. Other reported shares: 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 4% Asian. El Paso County's residents are about 70% White, 11 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 33, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. Statewide, middle schools in Colorado average 15.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 14% of the student body. For comparison, public schools in El Paso County average 42%.
Among Colorado public middle schools, The Classical Academy Middle School outscored 83%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
The Classical Academy Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 60.1% and a predicted 58.1%.
In the wider El Paso County area, the median household earns about $90,363 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The Classical Academy Middle School shares El Paso County with 244 other public schools.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates The Classical Academy Middle School from the closest public school, The Classical Academy High School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. The Classical Academy Middle School's average proficiency of 60.1% compares with 57.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, The Classical Academy Middle School is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Charter status: The Classical Academy Middle School is a public charter school.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 24 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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 Academy District 20
- The Classical Academy CharterElementary · 1,909 students
- Pine Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,526 students
- Air Academy High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Rampart High SchoolHigh · 1,305 students
- Chinook Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,075 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
- The Classical Academy High School0.0 mi · 616
- The Classical Academy Charter0.0 mi · 1,909
- The Da Vinci Academy School0.8 mi · 447
- Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School1.4 mi · 821
- Discovery Canyon Campus High School1.4 mi · 1,021
- Discovery Canyon Campus Elementary School1.4 mi · 547
Frequently asked questions
About The Classical Academy Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at The Classical Academy Middle School?
The Classical Academy Middle School enrolls approximately 445 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does The Classical Academy Middle School serve?
The Classical Academy Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at The Classical Academy Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at The Classical Academy Middle School is approximately 14.6:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at The Classical Academy Middle School?
At The Classical Academy Middle School, the student body is approximately 81% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is The Classical Academy Middle School in?
The Classical Academy Middle School is part of Academy District 20.
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