Thomas MacLaren State Charter School

As a roomy multi-level school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Thomas MacLaren State Charter School teaches 965 students from grades K through 12, operated by State Charter School Institute. That puts it 85% larger than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 523 students.

Thomas MacLaren State Charter School is one of 49 schools operated by State Charter School Institute, a district that teaches 21,411 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Thomas MacLaren State Charter School logs that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 9% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Thomas MacLaren State Charter School has 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.3:1 average. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Thomas MacLaren State Charter School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.5%, the actual is 51.4%, a residual of +6.8 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for El Paso County put the typical household earns roughly $90,363 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Thomas MacLaren State Charter School is one of 245 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students).

Nearest neighbor: Thomas MacLaren State Charter School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Thomas MacLaren State Charter School. On composite proficiency, Thomas MacLaren State Charter School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 22.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. As a public charter, Thomas MacLaren State Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Thomas MacLaren State Charter School's enrollment has grew 101% since 2018, when it stood at 481 (now 965). White enrollment moved from 70% to 63% across the same window.

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