School district · Colorado
Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an
Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an in Colorado: 39 public schools with 25,607 students and 16.3 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $12,717 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 39
- 5 charter
- Students
- 25,607
- Students per teacher
- 16.3
- CO 16.2 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $12,717
- CO $15.8K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,570
- Counselors (FTE)
- 93.9
- Students per counselor
- 273
- CO 246 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 12.7
- Librarians (FTE): 17.5
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Colorado's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Colorado: 45%61%proficient
Unchanged from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 91% of school districts in Colorado
Median 36% · 169 school districts compared
9,978 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
Colorado: 36%52%proficient
+1.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 93% of school districts in Colorado
Median 28% · 165 school districts compared
10,012 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 5.2% · $20.3M
- State
- 51% · $199M
- Local
- 44% · $173.3M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $7,357
- Support services
- $5,037
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $20M
- Long-term debt
- $230M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K–5 | 347 | 13.6 | 51% | 51% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 368 | 15.0 | 62% | 53% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 311 | 14.7 | 65% | 54% | |
| K–5 | 632 | 18.7 | 70% | 63% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 547 | 19.2 | 62% | 63% | |
Douglass Valley Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 306 | 13.7 | 52% | 50% |
| Pre-K–5 | 372 | 17.8 | 56% | 56% | |
Encompass Heights Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 583 | 19.1 | 57% | 59% |
Explorer Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 470 | 16.0 | 64% | 59% |
Foothills Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 400 | 15.4 | 72% | 62% |
Frontier Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 262 | 10.9 | 49% | 31% |
High Plains Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 248 | 10.1 | 33% | 30% |
Legacy Peak Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 652 | 18.8 | 43% | 36% |
| K–5 | 567 | 17.7 | 54% | 51% | |
New Summit Charter AcademyCharterFree meals for all | K–8 | 628 | 17.2 | 44% | 31% |
Pioneer Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 382 | 15.3 | 58% | 44% |
Prairie Hills Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 348 | 14.2 | 53% | 40% |
Ranch Creek ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 578 | 19.0 | 69% | 59% |
Rockrimmon Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 390 | 16.5 | 58% | 57% |
| K–6 | 1,909 | 15.1 | 71% | 66% | |
The Da Vinci Academy SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 447 | 14.9 | 48% | 43% |
Woodmen-Roberts Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 381 | 13.6 | 69% | 65% |
Challenger Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 696 | 17.1 | 69% | 60% |
| 6–8 | 1,075 | 18.5 | 61% | 45% | |
| 6–8 | 821 | 16.6 | 69% | 63% | |
| 6–8 | 905 | 16.9 | 65% | 53% | |
Mountain Ridge Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 690 | 15.8 | 55% | 39% |
| 7–8 | 445 | 14.5 | 70% | 55% | |
Timberview Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 837 | 16.5 | 55% | 39% |
Village Middle SchoolMostly virtual | 6–8 | 163 | 26.3 | 70% | 38% |
| 9–12 | 1,380 | 17.7 | — | — | |
Aspen Valley High SchoolAlternative | 9–12 | 90 | 7.6 | — | — |
| 9–12 | 1,021 | 18.2 | — | — | |
| 9–12 | 1,526 | 17.4 | — | — | |
| 9–12 | 1,875 | 18.8 | — | — | |
Rampart High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,305 | 16.8 | — | — |
TCA College PathwaysCharterMostly virtual | 7–12 | 502 | 23.1 | 78% | 61% |
| 9–12 | 616 | 11.8 | — | — | |
Village High SchoolMostly virtual | 9–12 | 532 | 17.6 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 1110 Chapel Hills Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80920
- Phone
- (719)234-1200
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.