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James Irwin Charter 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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
5525 Astrozon Blvd.
Colorado Springs, CO 80916
Phone
(719) 576-8055
District
HARRISON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2 IN THE COUNTY OF EL PASO AN
County
EL PASO COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
Yes
Students Enrolled
416
Classroom Teachers
26

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Colorado

9

(10 is best)

Better than 89.1% of all CO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

James Irwin Charter High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 9

100 80 60 40 20 0
76%
52%
90%
64%
61%
40%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
71%
52%
86%
66%
55%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
59%
45%
75%
56%
43%
34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
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 9 127 30.5%
Grade 10 103 24.8%
Grade 11 98 23.6%
Grade 12 88 21.2%
Total 416 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 34.2% 28.4% 54.4%
Black 7.0% 12.4% 4.9%
Hispanic 52.5% 55.4% 36.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 4.4% 2.5% 3.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.8% 1.4% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 32.9% 59.5% 35.6%
Free lunch eligible 26.7% 50.5% 29.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 6.3% 9.0% 6.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 77,336 5,839,926
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 4,311.2 55
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 8.5% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.6% 18.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 45.5% 36.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 16.7% 24.4%
65 OR OLDER 8.8% 14.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 28,216 2,278,044
Single Parent Households With Children 12.9% 6.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 87.4% 92.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 18.6% 43.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 5.9% 24.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 10.9% 19.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.3% 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.7% 15.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 23.2% 12.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.4% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 11.6% 6.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,038 $69,696,634 39.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $734 $8,472,562 4.8%
Staff $704 $8,126,272 4.6%
General Administration $206 $2,377,858 1.3%
School Administration $1,068 $12,327,924 6.9%
Operation $1,005 $11,600,715 6.5%
Transportation $303 $3,497,529 2.0%
Other $773 $8,922,739 5.0%
Total Support $4,792 $55,314,056 31.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,581 $52,878,483 29.7%
Total Expenditures $15,411 $177,889,173 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,511 $5,733,964,028 43.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $787 $692,995,232 5.2%
Staff $723 $636,248,216 4.8%
General Administration $216 $190,074,883 1.4%
School Administration $912 $803,497,511 6.1%
Operation $1,111 $978,393,612 7.4%
Transportation $351 $308,740,393 2.3%
Other $904 $795,691,712 6.0%
Total Support $5,003 $4,405,468,345 33.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,500 $3,082,398,597 23.3%
Total Expenditures $15,015 $13,221,799,540 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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