Elementary · Colorado

Spark Online Academy

Fully virtual

Spark Online Academy, a public elementary school in Colorado Springs, Colorado: grades k–8, 140 students, 7.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary 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
140
Teachers (FTE)
19.3
Students per teacher
7.3
Grades
K–8
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 99% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 15.1 · 1,025 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 98% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 92% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 370 · 1,025 schools compared

Smaller than 93% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 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%

26%proficient

−12.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 76% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 43% · 971 elementary schools compared

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

Math

Colorado: 36%

8.1%proficient

−4.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 96% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 35% · 964 elementary schools compared

62 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
Elementary · Grades K–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Fully virtual
Area
Large city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E.

Location

Address
2015 Wickes Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80919
Phone
(719)328-4300
City or town
Colorado Springs

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Pre-K–521113.136%33%
Pre-K–539513.875%76%
Foothills Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
K–540015.472%62%
Pre-K–538113.669%65%
K–539016.558%57%
Jackson Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–531214.627%21%

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

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.

NCES 080306006840