The Classical Academy (TCA) is the largest K—12th grade charter public school in Colorado. Launched in 1997 with 400 students, TCA currently enrolls 3500+ students on three campuses in seven schools with one vision.  TCA alone is larger than 75% of the public school districts in Colorado. In 2023, the Colorado Department of Education awarded the following TCA schools (elementary, junior high, high school and College Pathways) the John Irwin Award for Academic Excellence. The John Irwin awards are given to schools that demonstrate exceptional academic achievement over time. These schools received an Exceeds Expectations rating on the Academic indicator of the School Performance Frameworks, reflecting exceptional performance in Math, English Language Arts, and Science. Additionally, CDE published a spreadsheet with the School Framework % points earned for each school in the state.  TCA Elementary ranked #188 of 884 schools, TCA Junior High ranked #132 of 455 schools, TCA College Pathways ranked #32 of 529 schools, and TCA High School ranked #2 of 529 schools. Also, U.S. News and World Report (2023), TCA High School was ranked #19 of all Colorado public high schools and ranked #611 nationally out of 25,000 high schools. 

These awards underscore the strength of TCA’s K-12th grade program—a program that provides a consistently excellent foundation for life-long learning. While student academic performance results are indicators of excellence, TCA’s core values provide additional measures that emphasize the growth of the whole person—mind, body, and spirit.

Parents look to TCA as a skilled and passionate partner in the educational journey of their school-age children--a journey toward becoming thoughtful, virtuous, and wise individuals, today and tomorrow. Within this values-centered learning community, TCA's dedicated faculty cultivates and unleashes the natural curiosity of learners through a stimulating, classically inspired curriculum.  We are a relational learning community committed to the following endeavors:

• Growing the whole person developing habits of mind, body, and spirit
• Passionately pursuing the highest ideals: wisdom, virtue, and compassion
• Valuing the K-12^th grade experience; providing opportunity for students to experience the “seasons” of education together
• Engaging with rich academic content and the world of ideas in a way that invites relationship and encourages student voice—thus, valuing small class size
• Guiding students’ learning experience to engage their minds through thoughtful questioning

TCA is a vibrant educational community where parents and faculty partner together to nurture “exemplary citizens.” Parents are invited to share their resources—time, talent, and treasure—to strengthen and sustain this extraordinary school. Typically parents volunteer over 35,000 hours annually. 
Click here to watch a video about The Classical Academy’s educational philosophy. Add your student to the TCA wait list here.

“TCA is the reason my family has chosen to make our home in Colorado Springs.” Shari Bouldin, TCA Elementary School Parent