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Colorado Military Academy

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Colorado Military Academy ranks 680 th of 950 Colorado alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public, Charter, Alternative Grades PK, KG-12

680^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 950 Colorado Alternative Schools

Better than 28% of Colorado alternative schools

Summary

Colorado Military Academy is a public charter school located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, serving grades PK-12 with a total enrollment of 569 students. The school is part of the State Charter School Institute district, which is ranked 50 out of 115 districts in Colorado and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While Colorado Military Academy has had graduation rates ranging from 76.5% to 84.2% in recent years, this is lower than the state average of around 80%. The school's dropout rates have also been slightly higher than the state average, ranging from 0.6% to 2.1%. Additionally, Colorado Military Academy has had significantly higher chronic absenteeism rates, between 25.9% and 37.3%, compared to the state average. The school's performance on CMAS (Colorado Measures of Academic Success) tests is generally lower than the state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas, with projected proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Math around 25-30% and 17%, respectively, compared to state averages of around 45% and 36%.

Interestingly, the closest comparable school, Thomas MacLaren State Charter School, which is also part of the State Charter School Institute district, has significantly higher test scores, graduation rates, and lower chronic absenteeism compared to Colorado Military Academy. Additionally, Colorado Military Academy has a relatively high percentage of students (around 39%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, which could be a contributing factor to the school's lower academic performance. The school also has a higher student-teacher ratio, ranging from 15.9 to 19.4, compared to some nearby schools like Zebulon Pike (4.1) and the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind (4.5).

618

Students ?

17.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,191

Per pupil spending ?

48.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

360 Command View
Colorado Springs, CO 80915-9719

(719) 576-9838

District: State Charter School Institute

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

41.4%

White:

33.2%

African American:

10.5%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 16th percentile in 2022 → 25th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 9 percentile points since 2022

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Colorado average (26% vs 44% meeting standards)

!Graduation rate below the Colorado average (73% vs 86%)

!Mathematics scores 19 pts below the Colorado average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school26%

District avg39%

Colorado avg44%

Elementary school

680^th of 950

Colorado public elementary schools ?

Bottom 28%▲ up 9 pts since 2019

From bottom 20% (2019) to bottom 28% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

408^th of 469

Colorado public middle schools ?

Bottom 13%▼ down 14 pts since 2019

From bottom 27% (2019) to bottom 13% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

High school

247^th of 328

Colorado public high schools ?

Bottom 25%▼ down 27 pts since 2019

From top 48% (2019) to bottom 25% (2025)

See the entire ranking list of Colorado High Schools →

★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

7^th of 8Alternative Schools in the State Charter School Institute

50^th of 115State 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
2025	24.0	680 of 950	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.8	755 of 943	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.2	624 of 933	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	20.2	717 of 921	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.3	614 of 710	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.1	774 of 965	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	34.0	446 of 694	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	19.2	554 of 684	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	38.4	394 of 642	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	13.4	535 of 595	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.6	493 of 758	35.0%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2024	35.7	149 of 242	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	71.6	38 of 197	80.7%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	32.5	241 of 337	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	35.5	241 of 365	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.2	152 of 203	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	39.8	202 of 332	39.2%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	20.7	536 of 700	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.2	623 of 683	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	24.2	487 of 649	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.6	436 of 594	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.0	647 of 764	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	24.6	445 of 551	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.9	440 of 525	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	7.3	440 of 454	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.6	565 of 596	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	15.0	408 of 469	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.2	443 of 485	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.8	374 of 480	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.2	378 of 448	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.2	334 of 369	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	24.2	334 of 458	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	26.8	244 of 347	29.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.3	225 of 363	38.0%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	30.9	154 of 218	29.4%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2022	27.7	146 of 197	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	42.5	130 of 240	45.8%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2023	18.6	288 of 356	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2022	4.9	262 of 265	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	24.7	247 of 328	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.2	279 of 349	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.2	232 of 349	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	47.9	198 of 411	51.8%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	48.0	96 of 194	50.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	51.9	91 of 203	55.2%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2022	24.0	175 of 228	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆

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

Hispanic (2024)38th percentile+18 vs school

Female (2025)36th percentile+7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)28th percentile~ school

Male (2025)23rd percentile-5 vs school

White (2025)19th percentile-9 vs school

Middle school

Female (2025)30th percentile+17 vs school

Hispanic (2025)29th percentile+16 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2022)26th percentile+10 vs school

Male (2023)19th percentile-3 vs school

White (2022)1st percentile-14 vs school

High school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)51st percentile+26 vs school

White (2022)23rd percentile

By subject vs Colorado (2024-2025) ?

Reading and Writing56%-9 vs state

Science30%-7 vs state

English Language Arts26%-19 vs state

Mathematics19%-19 vs state

Math17%-19 vs state

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My students loves coming to school here, and the teachers are wonderful! They always help my student with her education. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				PSAT10 Reading and Writing (2025)	PSAT10 Mathematics (2025)	PSAT9 Reading and Writing (2025)	PSAT9 Mathematics (2025)	SAT Reading and Writing (2025)	SAT Mathematics (2025)	CMAS English Language Arts (2025)							CMAS Math (2025)							CMAS Science (2025)			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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT10 Reading and Writing 10th Grade	PSAT10 Mathematics 10th Grade	PSAT9 Reading and Writing 9th Grade	PSAT9 Mathematics 9th Grade	SAT Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	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	CMAS Science 11th Grade	Total
Colorado Military Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	360 Command View	Colorado Springs	80915	El Paso County	State Charter School Institute	Yes	No	No	Yes	(719) 576-9838	618	36	17.2	48.1%	205 (33.2%)	65 (10.5%)	256 (41.4%)	21 (3.4%)	3 (0.5%)	11 (1.8%)	57 (9.2%)								(n/a)	53.0		56.0	19.0	35.0		26.3	32.6	30.6	10.6	27.3	28.3	25.9	15.8	37.2	24.5	8.5	6.8	12.2	17.4	36.7	24.5		$12,191
Thomas MacLaren State Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1702 N Murray Blvd	Colorado Springs	80915	El Paso County	Colorado Springs School District No. 11	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(719) 313-4488	975	76	12.7	41.5%	593 (60.8%)	26 (2.7%)	231 (23.7%)	22 (2.3%)	6 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	96 (9.8%)								(n/a)																								$13,792
The Haven School	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	930 Leta Dr	Colorado Springs	80911	El Paso County	School District No. 3	No	No	Yes	No	(719) 391-3080	240	15	16.4	45.0%	106 (44.2%)	16 (6.7%)	86 (35.8%)	3 (1.3%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	26 (10.8%)								(n/a)													34.4							13.0				$6,427
Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	33 N. Institute St.	Colorado Springs	80903	El Paso County	Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 578-2100	167	31	5.4	61.7%	69 (41.3%)	15 (9.0%)	61 (36.5%)	12 (7.2%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.8%)								(n/a)																								$00
Banning Lewis Ranch Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	7094 Cottonwood Tree Drive	Colorado Springs	80927	El Paso County	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 570-0075	1,697	116	14.6	15.5%	949 (55.9%)	85 (5.0%)	406 (23.9%)	61 (3.6%)	6 (0.4%)	7 (0.4%)	183 (10.8%)								(n/a)	70.0	30.0	67.0	38.0	66.0	25.0	42.3	39.7	50.0	39.7	53.9	50.4	46.0	38.2	34.4	33.1	27.0	31.3	28.9	32.1	36.9	38.8	25.0	$12,384
Aspire Online Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	200 Loomis Ave	Colorado Springs	80906	El Paso County	Harrison School District No. 2	No	No	Yes	No	(719) 579-3254	98	10	9.8		28 (28.6%)	14 (14.3%)	48 (49.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (8.2%)								(n/a)																								$21,880
Zebulon Pike Youth Services Center	Public, Alternative	4-12	1427 West Rio Grande	Colorado Springs	80905	El Paso County	Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12	No	No	No	No	(719) 390-2766	24	7	3.4	87.5%	7 (29.2%)	6 (25.0%)	11 (45.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																								$00
Liberty Tree Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	8579 Eastonville Road	Falcon	80831	El Paso County	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 338-6470	602	41	14.8	28.1%	402 (66.8%)	27 (4.5%)	116 (19.3%)	9 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (8.0%)								(n/a)	72.0	42.0	76.0		79.0		31.9	20.5	38.3	51.7	58.0	40.0	40.9	29.8	6.8	21.3	12.1	30.0	18.0	19.6	23.4	16.0		$11,931
Peyton Online Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	18320 Main Street	Peyton	80831	El Paso County	Peyton School District No. 23	No	No	Yes	No	(719) 749-2330	28	2	14.0		21 (75.0%)	1 (3.6%)	5 (17.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.6%)								(n/a)																								$11,913
Education reEnvisioned School	Public, Alternative	K-12	430 Beacon Lite Road Suite 150	Monument	80132	El Paso County	Education Reenvisioned BOCES	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(719) 963-9824	59	24	2.4		42 (71.2%)	1 (1.7%)	15 (25.4%)	1 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																								$5,740

Frequently Asked Questions about Colorado Military Academy

What district is Colorado Military Academy in?

State Charter School Institute

What is the racial makeup of Colorado Military Academy?

Students at Colorado Military Academy are 41% Hispanic, 33% White, 11% African American, 9% Two or more races, 3% Asian, 2% Pacific Islander.

Is Colorado Military Academy a good school?

Colorado Military Academy ranks 680^th of 950 Colorado alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Colorado Military Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 618 students attended Colorado Military Academy.

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