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Ascend College Prep School

Serves grades 11 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
1650 Telstar Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80920
Phone
(877) 449-4199
District
EDUCATION REENVISIONED BOCES
County
EL PASO COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
71
Classroom Teachers
4

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Colorado

9

(10 is best)

Better than 84.2% of all CO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Ascend College Prep School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
58%
39%
69%
47%
46%
32%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
17
20
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 11 45 63.4%
Grade 12 26 36.6%
Total 71 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 81.4% 55.7% 53.6%
Black 1.4% 7.8% 4.9%
Hispanic 15.7% 34.1% 37.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 1.5% 3.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.4% 1.0% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported 38.7%
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported 31.8%
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported 6.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION Unreported 5,839,926
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) Unreported 55
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW Unreported 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD Unreported 18.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD Unreported 36.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD Unreported 24.4%
65 OR OLDER Unreported 14.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households Unreported 2,278,044
Single Parent Households With Children Unreported 6.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma Unreported 92.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree Unreported 43.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more Unreported 24.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 Unreported 19.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 Unreported 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 Unreported 15.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 Unreported 12.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 Unreported 8.3%
$15,000 or less Unreported 6.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,187 $36,170,000 94.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $211 $829,000 2.2%
Staff $44 $174,000 0.5%
General Administration $158 $624,000 1.6%
School Administration $0 $0 0.0%
Operation $9 $37,000 0.1%
Transportation $0 $0 0.0%
Other $20 $80,000 0.2%
Total Support $443 $1,744,000 4.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $134 $529,000 1.4%
Total Expenditures $9,765 $38,443,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,644 $5,785,874,000 42.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $874 $761,220,000 5.6%
Staff $718 $624,884,000 4.6%
General Administration $235 $204,477,000 1.5%
School Administration $930 $810,034,000 5.9%
Operation $1,222 $1,064,273,000 7.8%
Transportation $313 $272,720,000 2.0%
Other $989 $861,569,000 6.3%
Total Support $5,281 $4,599,177,000 33.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,809 $3,316,801,000 24.2%
Total Expenditures $15,734 $13,701,852,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%