Colorado Summit Connections Academy

Colorado Summit Connections Academy is a virtual, open-enrollment alternative school in Englewood, Colorado, serving 1,245 students in grades K–12 through the Education Reenvisioned BOCES. Like other online schools, it offers a fully remote learning model, and its overall performance profile is genuinely mixed: there are real bright spots in high school reading and science, but math proficiency and attendance remain serious concerns.

The most encouraging news for parents is the school's graduation rate, which has jumped 12 points in three years — from 61.5% to 73.5% — though it still trails the state average of 85.6%. The school also shines in upper-grade literacy: 11th graders scored 70% proficient on SAT reading/writing, above the state's 60%, and 10th graders beat the state on PSAT10 reading as well. However, the math picture is difficult to ignore. CMAS math proficiency is just 13.5% versus 37.3% statewide, and SAT math for 11th graders was a very low 11%. Chronic absenteeism is another red flag: 45.6% of students missed enough school to be considered chronically absent, well above the state rate of 28.4% and rising by nearly 6 points in one year.

Nearby comparisons put these numbers in context. The school shares a building with Colorado Connections @ 27J, another virtual school with a much lower absenteeism rate (17.7%) and a higher graduation rate (79.9%), though Summit posts stronger SAT reading scores. Just a few miles away, schools in Douglas County like STEM School Highlands Ranch, Skyview Academy, and Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas County achieve math proficiency rates two to four times higher. Summit does outperform Aurora Central Campus in graduation rate, but the clearest path forward lies in improving attendance, building a stronger math intervention system, and keeping the graduation momentum going.