Platte River Charter Academy
4085 LARK SPARROW ST., Highlands Ranch, CO 80126
Public charter school (tuition-free)
Platte River Charter Academy is a public charter school in Highlands Ranch, CO for grades PK-8. It had 475 students in 2024-25, about 14.2 per teacher. As a public charter school it charges no tuition.
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School facts
- Grades
- PK-8
- Students
- 475 (2024-25)
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 33.5 (2024-25)
- Students per teacher
- 14.2
- Level
- Elementary
- School type
- Regular public school
- Tuition
- None (public charter school)
- County
- Douglas County
- NCES school ID
- 080345001584
From the U.S. Department of Education’s Common Core of Data: the public school directory 2025-26 (preliminary) for the address, phone, website, grades and authorizer; the 2024-25 membership and staff files for students and teachers. Figures move every year, so ask the school for today’s. NCES data files · Where our data comes from. Something wrong? Tell us.
What a charter school is
- Public and free. NCES describes a public charter school as a publicly funded school, usually run by a group or organization under a contract (the charter) with the state, the district or another body. The federal definition says a charter school does not charge tuition.
- Families choose it. Under the same definition, a charter school is one parents choose to send their children to, and it admits students by lottery when more apply than it has room for.
- No program badge. ChoiceFunded’s program badges and “schools that accept” lists cover private schools only. Charter schools are listed separately here, with no badge, and are never counted with private schools.
Sources: 20 U.S.C. 7221i (federal Charter Schools Program definitions); NCES, Condition of Education: Public Charter School Enrollment. Each state writes its own charter law, so ask the school how enrollment works there.
Other charter schools near Platte River Charter Academy
- Skyview Academy (PK-12, 1 mi)
- STEM School Highlands Ranch (K-12, 3 mi)
- Littleton Academy (K-8, 4 mi)
- Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas County (K-12, 4 mi)
- Ben Franklin Academy (PK-8, 4 mi)
- Colorado Early Colleges Douglas County (9-12, 5 mi)
- Cherry Creek Charter Academy (K-8, 5 mi)
- Littleton Prep Charter School (PK-8, 5 mi)