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Colorado Springs Charter Academy

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Colorado Springs Charter Academy ranks 686 th of 946 Colorado elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades K-8

686^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 946 Colorado Elementary Schools

Better than 27% of Colorado elementary schools

Summary

Colorado Springs Charter Academy is a K–8 charter school in Colorado Springs, CO, serving 295 students and overseen by the State Charter School Institute. The school currently ranks in the bottom quarter of Colorado schools — 685th of 943, with a 1-star rating — continuing a decade-long slide from a 3-star rating in 2016-17. On the most recent CMAS tests, 29.6% of students scored proficient in English and 19.1% in math, well below state averages of 44.7% and 37.3%.

The school's biggest academic challenge is math: only 13.2% of 4th graders and 12.1% of 6th graders are proficient, far below state averages. Performance varies widely by grade, however. Fifth grade is a genuine bright spot, with ELA proficiency at 48.3% (close to the state average) and science above the district average. Middle school is the weak link, especially 6th grade. Nearby schools with higher poverty rates post stronger results: Audubon Elementary School and Grant Elementary School both outperform the school in ELA and math, and Coperni 3 — a fellow charter — does better in math and 8th grade science. Stratton Elementary School, with a nearly identical poverty rate, scores dramatically higher at 65.4% ELA and 58.5% math.

On the positive side, chronic absenteeism is 25.8% — better than the state average and lower than most nearby elementary schools, suggesting families are engaged. The school's poverty rate has risen sharply, from 34.3% to 50.2% in just two years, and may help explain recent declines. But the school still underperforms what its demographics would predict. Subgroup results also raise equity concerns, with some student groups ranking in the lowest percentiles statewide. Overall, this is a school in need of a strategic reset, especially in middle school math and ELA, 8th grade science, and year-to-year consistency. Parents considering Colorado Springs Charter Academy should weigh its strong 5th grade and attendance record against the long-term decline and significant subject-area gaps.

295

Students ?

15.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,145

Per pupil spending ?

50.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2577 N Chelton Road
Colorado Springs, CO 80909-1345

(719) 636-2722

District: State Charter School Institute

Racial breakdown:

White:

44.7%

Hispanic:

36.3%

Two or more races:

11.2%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 56th percentile in 2016 → 27th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Colorado average (25% vs 40% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 29 percentile points since 2016

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school25%

District avg31%

Colorado avg40%

Elementary school

686^th of 946

Colorado public elementary schools ?

Bottom 27%▼ down 29 pts since 2016

From top 44% (2016) to bottom 27% (2026)

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★★★★★

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Middle school

395^th of 476

Colorado public middle schools ?

Bottom 17%▼ down 60 pts since 2016

From top 23% (2016) to bottom 17% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

10^th of 17Elementary Schools in the State Charter School Institute

51^st of 114State Charter School Institute among Colorado districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	24.0	686 of 946	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	20.5	735 of 950	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.0	587 of 943	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.5	648 of 933	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.6	584 of 921	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	27.5	543 of 710	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.3	623 of 965	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	38.7	533 of 917	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2017	63.9	297 of 929	68.0%	★★★☆☆
2016	51.7	402 of 914	56.0%	★★★☆☆
2015	55.6	380 of 938	59.5%	★★★☆☆
2014	73.8	241 of 962	74.9%	★★★★☆
2013	80.0	167 of 954	82.5%	★★★★☆
2012	72.8	245 of 935	73.8%	★★★★☆
2011	74.1	236 of 935	74.8%	★★★★☆
2010	76.4	198 of 925	78.6%	★★★★☆
2009	72.7	234 of 872	73.2%	★★★★☆
2008	64.5	318 of 849	62.5%	★★★☆☆
2007	74.1	208 of 852	75.6%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	13.7	597 of 694	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.4	540 of 642	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	35.6	380 of 595	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	33.8	482 of 758	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	32.5	454 of 690	34.2%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2019	41.3	194 of 332	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	50.0	151 of 308	51.0%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	29.1	469 of 700	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	21.4	510 of 649	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.0	433 of 594	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.5	489 of 764	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.9	417 of 693	39.8%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	5.8	540 of 551	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.8	512 of 525	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	20.1	399 of 454	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.9	497 of 596	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.9	298 of 337	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	17.5	395 of 476	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	18.9	380 of 469	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	48.2	222 of 485	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	32.9	301 of 480	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	45.4	222 of 448	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	33.0	247 of 369	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	68.0	120 of 458	73.8%	★★★★☆
2018	52.5	176 of 418	57.9%	★★★☆☆
2017	70.1	99 of 424	76.7%	★★★★☆
2016	67.9	93 of 400	76.8%	★★★★☆
2015	62.0	134 of 436	69.3%	★★★☆☆
2014	72.5	114 of 461	75.3%	★★★★☆
2013	84.0	55 of 454	87.9%	★★★★☆
2012	87.5	34 of 425	92.0%	★★★★★
2011	86.9	36 of 422	91.5%	★★★★★
2010	67.0	130 of 409	68.2%	★★★☆☆
2009	83.0	52 of 377	86.2%	★★★★☆
2008	83.2	49 of 362	86.5%	★★★★☆
2007	85.9	37 of 360	89.7%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2022	43.1	168 of 326	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	59.0	124 of 352	64.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	50.9	139 of 315	55.9%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2022	52.3	128 of 328	61.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	55.9	126 of 343	63.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	50.7	134 of 317	57.7%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2022	32.7	181 of 265	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	44.3	152 of 283	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	28.8	139 of 199	30.2%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Low Socio Economic Status (2019)42nd percentile+6 vs school

Male (2025)33rd percentile+10 vs school

Female (2025)14th percentile-9 vs school

White (2025)2nd percentile-21 vs school

Middle school

Male (2022)61st percentile+11 vs school

Female (2022)48th percentile~ school

White (2022)32nd percentile-19 vs school

By subject vs Colorado (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts30%-15 vs state

Science26%-10 vs state

Math19%-18 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CMAS English Language Arts (2026)							CMAS Math (2026)							CMAS Science (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CMAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts All Grades	CMAS Math 3rd Grade	CMAS Math 4th Grade	CMAS Math 5th Grade	CMAS Math 6th Grade	CMAS Math 7th Grade	CMAS Math 8th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 5th Grade	CMAS Science 8th Grade	Total
Colorado Springs Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	2577 N Chelton Road	Colorado Springs	80909	El Paso County	State Charter School Institute	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 636-2722	295	19	15.6	50.2%	132 (44.7%)	20 (6.8%)	107 (36.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (11.2%)	24	686^th of 946 public elementary schools	27.5%		20.5	735^th of 950 public elementary schools	22.6%	49	34.5	21.1	48.3	18.2	37.5	23.5	29.6	27.6	13.2	31.0	12.1	726.0	724.0	19.1	31.0	17.6	$13,145
Audubon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2400 East Van Buren Street	Colorado Springs	80909	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	No	(719) 328-2600	222	18	12.1	71.6%	103 (46.4%)	12 (5.4%)	80 (36.0%)	4 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (10.4%)	48.3	445^th of 946 public elementary schools	53.0%		45.5	485^th of 950 public elementary schools	48.9%	40	20.0	46.5	62.1				42.1	48.6	41.9	39.3				43.4	28.6		$24,355
James Irwin Elementary School - Howard	Public, Charter	K-5	1801 Howard Avenue	Colorado Springs	80909	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(719) 302-9100	213	16	13.0	54.9%	96 (45.1%)	23 (10.8%)	70 (32.9%)	3 (1.4%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	19 (8.9%)	18.5	768^th of 946 public elementary schools	18.8%		36.7	561^st of 950 public elementary schools	40.9%	207	27.6	16.7	33.3				26.0	717.0	715.0	716.0				6.4	717.0		$13,611
Twain Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3402 East San Miguel Street	Colorado Springs	80909	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 328-7700	291	22	12.9	81.4%	85 (29.2%)	33 (11.3%)	129 (44.3%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.7%)	38 (13.1%)	11.5	868^th of 946 public elementary schools	8.2%		14.2	819^th of 950 public elementary schools	13.8%	49	9.4	27.9	17.5				17.6	20.8	20.9	15.0				19.1	10.3		$22,416
Madison Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4120 Constitution Avenue	Colorado Springs	80909	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	No	(719) 328-7300	265	17	15.3	73.2%	122 (46.0%)	22 (8.3%)	88 (33.2%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (11.7%)	27.1	657^th of 946 public elementary schools	30.5%		21	723^rd of 950 public elementary schools	23.9%	66	24.4	35.3	33.3				30.5	37.8	27.3	25.6				30.8	23.1		$22,906
Penrose Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4285 South Nonchalant Circle	Colorado Springs	80917	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 328-7500	279	21	13.4	63.8%	131 (47.0%)	13 (4.7%)	99 (35.5%)	7 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	27 (9.7%)	18	773^rd of 946 public elementary schools	18.3%		16.5	788^th of 950 public elementary schools	17.1%	15	22.2	26.1	24.3				24.4	22.2	26.7	23.7				24.4	711.0		$20,613
Stratton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2460 Paseo Road	Colorado Springs	80907	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	No	(719) 328-3400	249	22	11.5	49.8%	150 (60.2%)	14 (5.6%)	60 (24.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	23 (9.2%)	77.8	196^th of 946 public elementary schools	79.3%		69.5	272^nd of 950 public elementary schools	71.4%	76	65.8	64.3	66.0				65.4	71.1	52.4	54.0				58.5	40.0		$23,121
Edison Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3125 North Hancock Avenue	Colorado Springs	80907	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 328-2800	214	20	10.4	77.6%	69 (32.2%)	12 (5.6%)	119 (55.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.6%)	19.6	744^th of 946 public elementary schools	21.4%		16.4	789^th of 950 public elementary schools	16.9%	45	23.3	37.5	20.0				27.2	30.0	25.0	10.3				22.0	708.0		$25,319
Wilson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1409 De Reamer Circle	Colorado Springs	80915	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 328-7800	295	28	10.6	73.9%	52 (17.6%)	15 (5.1%)	204 (69.2%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (7.1%)	13.9	831^st of 946 public elementary schools	12.2%		8.1	917^th of 950 public elementary schools	3.5%	86	22.2	8.9	20.6				16.9	22.2	22.7	22.9				22.6	14.3		$23,345
Grant Elementary School	Public	K-5	3215 Westwood Boulevard	Colorado Springs	80918	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 328-5700	350	24	14.3	65.7%	149 (42.6%)	25 (7.1%)	141 (40.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (9.4%)	31.6	605^th of 946 public elementary schools	36.0%		30.4	609^th of 950 public elementary schools	35.9%	4	33.3	36.7	50.9				40.1	31.1	37.5	22.6				30.2	9.4		$20,198

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Is Colorado Springs Charter Academy a good school?

Colorado Springs Charter Academy ranks 686^th of 946 Colorado elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Colorado Springs Charter Academy?

Students at Colorado Springs Charter Academy are 45% White, 36% Hispanic, 11% Two or more races, 7% African American, 1% American Indian.

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State Charter School Institute

How many students attend Colorado Springs Charter Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 295 students attended Colorado Springs Charter Academy.

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