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Ascent Classical Academy of Grand Junction

Charter

Ascent Classical Academy of Grand Junction, a public other school in Grand Junction, Colorado: grades k–9, 457 students, 17.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of State Charter School Institute.

Size and class size

Compared with schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 457
Teachers (FTE): 26.2
Students per teacher: 17.4
Grades: K–9; Other

More students per teacher than 73% of schools in Colorado

Median 14.9 · 90 schools compared

More students per teacher than 72% of schools in the US

Median 12.7 · 3,627 schools compared

Larger than 64% of schools in Colorado

Median 271 · 91 schools compared

Larger than 70% of schools in the US

Median 207 · 3,982 schools compared

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%

34%proficient

−1.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 60% of schools in Colorado

Median 37% · 73 schools compared

221 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5

Math

Colorado: 36%

22%proficient

+0.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 59% of schools in Colorado

Median 27% · 69 schools compared

220 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.

What it offers

Grades: Other · Grades K–9
Type: Charter school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Area: Midsize suburb
Run by: State Charter School Institute

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with State Charter School Institute.

Location

Address: 545 31 Road, Grand Junction, CO 81504
Phone: (720)541-9809
City or town: Fruitvale
County: Mesa County

Quality of life in Fruitvale Schools in Fruitvale

Nearby schools

The closest public schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Grand River AcademyMostly virtual	K–12	461	15.0	24%	—	3.8 mi
Caprock AcademyCharter	K–12	871	13.9	52%	27%	6.6 mi
De Beque PK-12 School District 49JTFree meals for all	Pre-K–12	179	13.2	15%	17%	22.6 mi

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.

Sources

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).
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.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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