Liberty Tree Academy
FALCON · CO · El Paso County Colorado School District 49 · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Falcon High School → Patriot High School → Banning Lewis Ranch Academy → Vista Ridge High School → Peyton Senior High School → Sand Creek High School → Liberty High School → Springs Studio for Academic Excellence →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Liberty Tree Academy compares for families
What families should know about Liberty Tree Academy.
- ▸ LocallyCO students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Falcon High School, Patriot High School, Banning Lewis Ranch Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: 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.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. 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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -2.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 602 students:
≈ 68 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $12,171 per student in district revenue, the 68 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $827,628/year in funding at risk.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falcon High School PEYTON |
Public | 1.5 | 1,172 | -8.4% |
| Patriot High School FALCON |
Public | 2.1 | 115 | +47.4% |
| Banning Lewis Ranch Academy COLORADO SPRINGS |
Public · charter | 5.1 | 485 | +18.0% |
| Vista Ridge High School COLORADO SPRINGS |
Public | 6.6 | 1,473 | -10.4% |
| Peyton Senior High School PEYTON |
Public | 7.1 | 197 | -4.4% |
| Sand Creek High School COLORADO SPRINGS |
Public | 7.9 | 1,426 | +24.4% |
| Liberty High School COLORADO SPRINGS |
Public | 8.0 | 1,526 | -8.3% |
| Springs Studio for Academic Excellence COLORADO SPRINGS |
Public | 9.3 | 299 | +12.4% |