Summary:
ZIP code 80921 in Colorado Springs is served by four elementary schools—The Classical Academy Charter, Discovery Canyon Campus Elementary School, The Da Vinci Academy School, and Antelope Trails Elementary School—all part of the highly rated Academy School District No. 20. Together, these schools enroll roughly 3,214 students across grades PK-6, and every one of them outperforms Colorado state averages in English Language Arts, Math, and Science, with each school ranking in the top 26% of elementary schools statewide.
The Classical Academy Charter is the academic leader of the group, ranking 115th in Colorado (88th percentile) and posting the highest math proficiency rate at 66.9% along with the lowest chronic absenteeism rate at 9.9%. Antelope Trails Elementary leads in English Language Arts with a 71.0% all-grades proficiency rate, well above the district's 61.8% average, though its 5th-grade science proficiency dropped sharply from 55.6% to 38.0% in one year. Discovery Canyon Campus Elementary excels in science, with 52.7% of 5th graders proficient, and achieves strong results despite having the largest class sizes in the area at a 19.1 student-teacher ratio. The Da Vinci Academy School is the most improved school, jumping from a 401st state rank to 241st in a single year; while it remains the lowest-performing school in the ZIP code, it is rapidly approaching district averages.
A notable area of concern is a consistent drop in 5th-grade math proficiency across all four schools, with Antelope Trails experiencing the sharpest decline at 21.4 percentage points between 4th and 5th grade. Chronic absenteeism is low across the board, averaging about 15.3% compared to the state rate of 28.4%, which appears to support strong academic outcomes. Overall, this is a very strong cluster of schools—two of them beat the district average in every subject, and families in 80921 can expect high-quality educational options throughout the area.
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