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Air Academy High School

Serves grades 9 - 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 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
551 North Frontage Road West
Usaf Academy, CO 80840
Phone
(719) 234-2400
District
Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an
County
EL PASO COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1315
Classroom Teachers
79

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Colorado

8

(10 is best)

Better than 74.9% of all CO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Air Academy High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 9

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
54%
40%
63%
50%
45%
30%
54%
40%
63%
50%
45%
30%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
46%
38%
60%
51%
31%
24%
46%
38%
60%
51%
31%
24%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
47%
37%
61%
46%
33%
28%
47%
37%
61%
46%
33%
28%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
17
16
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 319 24.3%
Grade 10 348 26.5%
Grade 11 321 24.4%
Grade 12 327 24.9%
Total 1315 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 76.6% 73.1% 52.8%
Black 2.5% 3.4% 4.9%
Hispanic 17.5% 18.2% 37.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.0% 4.6% 3.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.7% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 17.6% 21.1% 44.2%
Free lunch eligible 14.8% 18.4% 38.4%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.9% 2.7% 5.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 122,992 5,877,610
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 960.6 56
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.4% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.0% 18.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.9% 36.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.7% 24.3%
65 OR OLDER 14.0% 15.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 45,000 2,325,576
Single Parent Households With Children 6.0% 6.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.6% 92.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 58.6% 44.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 36.6% 27.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 24.1% 19.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.6% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 12.1% 15.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 8.2% 11.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.9% 7.7%
$15,000 or less 2.5% 6.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,499 $166,846,000 51.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $620 $15,916,000 4.9%
Staff $463 $11,891,000 3.7%
General Administration $155 $3,967,000 1.2%
School Administration $997 $25,600,000 7.9%
Operation $1,049 $26,924,000 8.4%
Transportation $335 $8,593,000 2.7%
Other $716 $18,382,000 5.7%
Total Support $4,334 $111,273,000 34.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,720 $44,165,000 13.7%
Total Expenditures $12,553 $322,284,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,295 $6,314,971,000 43.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $982 $850,487,000 5.8%
Staff $763 $660,846,000 4.5%
General Administration $255 $220,670,000 1.5%
School Administration $1,021 $883,486,000 6.0%
Operation $1,308 $1,132,259,000 7.7%
Transportation $386 $334,413,000 2.3%
Other $1,045 $904,664,000 6.2%
Total Support $5,761 $4,986,825,000 34.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,829 $3,314,493,000 22.7%
Total Expenditures $16,885 $14,616,289,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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