TCA College Pathways
COLORADO SPRINGS · CO · Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an · Public charter · K-12 combined
📄 Shareable scorecard →Similar nearby schools
Most similar nearby schools
Pine Creek High School → The Classical Academy High School → Ascend College Prep → Discovery Canyon Campus High School → Village High School → Aspen Valley High School → Rampart High School → Air Academy High School →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 47% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 72th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 92% (60th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How TCA College Pathways compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyCO students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Pine Creek High School, The Classical Academy High School, Ascend College Prep and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
For Parents
Follow TCA College Pathways
Get an email when TCA College Pathways's numbers change — new admissions results, enrollment shifts, test scores. A few updates a year, no spam.
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2172th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
60th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +2.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 502 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $12,161 per student in district revenue, the 77 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $936,397/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Creek High School COLORADO SPRINGS |
Public | 1.6 | 1,875 | +3.7% |
| The Classical Academy High School COLORADO SPRINGS |
Public · charter | 2.1 | 616 | +11.6% |
| Ascend College Prep COLORADO SPRINGS |
Public | 2.2 | 109 | — |
| Discovery Canyon Campus High School COLORADO SPRINGS |
Public | 2.6 | 1,021 | -9.1% |
| Village High School COLORADO SPRINGS |
Public | 2.7 | 532 | +30.4% |
| Aspen Valley High School COLORADO SPRINGS |
Public | 2.9 | 90 | -4.3% |
| Rampart High School COLORADO SPRINGS |
Public | 3.2 | 1,305 | -10.3% |
| Air Academy High School USAF ACADEMY |
Public | 3.4 | 1,380 | +2.1% |