Academy School District 20, Colorado

Academy School District 20
Colorado Springs, Colorado
District details
Superintendent: Jinger Haberer
# of school board members: 5
Website: Link

Academy School District 20 is a school district in Colorado.

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• Superintendent
• School board
• Elections
• Budget
• Teacher salaries
• Academic performance
• Students
• Staff
• Schools
• Contact information

Superintendent

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Jinger Haberer is the superintendent of Academy School District 20. Haberer was nominated on March 23, 2023, and began to serve as superintendent on July 1, 2023. Haberer's previous experience includes serving as assistant superintendent at Poudre School District, various administrative roles in the Aurora Public School District, and taught at multiple secondary schools before her time as an administrator.

Past superintendents

• Mark Hatchell was the superintendent of Academy School District 20 from 2007 to 2019. Hatchell's previous career experience included working as the superintendent of Widefield School District in Colorado.
• J. Thomas Gregory was the superintendent of Academy School District 20 from May 23, 2019 to July 1, 2023. Gregory's previous career experience includes working in the district as its deputy superintendent, chief financial officer, and executive director for business services.

School board

The Academy School District 20 Board of Education consists of five voting members elected to four-year terms and one non-voting liaison to the U.S. Air Force Academy. The Board of Education is elected at large.

Office	Name	Date assumed office
Academy School District 20 school board, At-large	Nicole Konz	November 19, 2021
Academy School District 20 school board, At-large	Susan Payne	June 2, 2025
Academy School District 20 school board, At-large	Amy Shandy	November 30, 2023
Academy School District 20 school board, At-large	Derrick Wilburn	November 30, 2023
Academy School District 20 school board, At-large	Lauren Yanez	December 19, 2023

Elections

See also: Academy School District 20, Colorado, elections

Elections are held on a staggered basis in November of odd-numbered years.

Three seats on the board are up for general election on November 4, 2025. The filing deadline for this election was August 29, 2025.

Ballotpedia covered school board elections in 367 school districts in 29 states in 2024. Those school districts had a total student enrollment of 12,203,404 students. Click here to read an analysis of those elections.

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Public participation in board meetings

The Academy School District 20 school board maintains the following policy on public testimony during board meetings:

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4. The Board of Education welcomes and encourages public comment and will reserve time for this purpose during its regular meetings. The Board will reserve two public comment sections during the meeting. The first section will be for speakers who are speaking on specific agenda items and for Academy District 20 (ASD20) students. The second section will be for those who wish to speak on a general topic not on the agenda. a. Those wishing to speak must sign up electronically between 7 AM and 1 PM the day of the meeting on the district website. b. Comments from the audience are limited to two minutes per speaker with no immediate response from the Board, except when deemed necessary by the Board president. c. In deference to ASD20 students, students will be allowed to speak first during the first public comment section. Following any students, speakers who wish to comment on an agenda item will be called in order of their sign up. There will be no time limit to the first public comment section unless ten or more speakers who are on one side of an issue intend to speak in favor or against an issue. In that instance, each side will be limited to twenty (20) minutes of comments. d. Speakers who are speaking on non-agenda topics (general public comment) will be called to speak in order of their sign up during the second public comment section. If a speaker does not indicate the topic on which they intend to speak, then they will follow, in order of their sign-up time, those speakers who have indicated a specific general topic on which they will be commenting. The second public comment section will be limited to sixty (60) minutes. e. The community may submit written comments to the Board, which will be included as part of the public record in the minutes for the meeting. To be included as public record, community members will need to submit the written comment form between 7 AM and 1 PM the day of the meeting. f. Comments will be curtailed if remarks or behavior becomes inappropriate.

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School board meetings

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District map

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Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Revenue
• Expenditures

Revenue, 2020-2021

SOURCE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Federal:	$26,058,000	$1,013	8%
Local:	$136,807,000	$5,321	44%
State:	$149,810,000	$5,827	48%
Total:	$312,675,000	$12,161

Expenditures, 2020-2021

TYPE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Total Expenditures:	$325,529,000	$12,661
Total Current Expenditures:	$259,876,000	$10,107
Instructional Expenditures:	$153,405,000	$5,966	47%
Student and Staff Support:	$26,800,000	$1,042	8%
Administration:	$44,113,000	$1,715	14%
Operations, Food Service, Other:	$35,558,000	$1,382	11%
Total Capital Outlay:	$46,791,000	$1,819
Construction:	$38,959,000	$1,515
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other:	$122,000	$4
Interest on Debt:	$15,598,000	$606

Teacher salaries

The following salary information was pulled from the district's teacher salary schedule. A salary schedule is a list of expected compensations based on variables such as position, years employed, and education level. It may not reflect actual teacher salaries in the district.

Year	Minimum	Maximum
2024	$51,250	$68,093
2023	$48,800	$64,838
2022	$45,000	$59,715
2021	$42,025	$55,160
2020	$41,000
2019	$41,000
2018	$40,000

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements.

• Mathematics
• Reading/language arts
• Graduation rates

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	45	66	15-19	31	40-59	43	47
2018-2019	50	66	24	37	40-49	50	53
2017-2018	50	68	25	37	40-49	49	53
2016-2017	47	65	29	35	30-39	46	49
2015-2016	46	60	26	35	30-39	44	48
2014-2015	48	62	25	36	40-49	50	50
2013-2014	70	80	42	61	50-59	70	73
2012-2013	70	79	44	59	50-59	70	72
2011-2012	69	79	42	58	50-59	69	72
2010-2011	91	96	77	87	85-89		93

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	65	70-74	40-44	53	40-59	64	69
2018-2019	64	70	44	54	60-69	68	66
2017-2018	60	70	42	49	50-59	59	62
2016-2017	56	67	40	45	50-59	56	58
2015-2016	53	64	37	44	40-49	55	55
2014-2015	56	61	36	46	50-59	59	59
2013-2014	85	87	70	79	70-79	86	86
2012-2013	85	89	67	77	80-89	85	87
2011-2012	85	88	69	77	80-89	84	86
2010-2011	96	97	89	93	>=95		97

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2019-2020	93	90-94	85-89	90-94	>=50	90-94	94
2018-2019	93	>=95	80-89	85-89	>=50	90-94	95
2017-2018	93	90-94	90-94	85-89	>=50	90-94	94
2016-2017	90	90-94	85-89	85-89	>=50	85-89	91
2015-2016	90	90-94	85-89	90-94	>=50	85-89	90
2014-2015	90	90-94	80-84	85-89	>=50	>=95	91
2013-2014	90	90-94	70-79	85-89	>=50	85-89	90
2012-2013	91	>=95	80-89	85-89	>=50	90-94	92
2011-2012	89	90-94	80-89	85-89	>=50	85-89	90
2010-2011	89	90-94	>=90	85-89	>=50		90

Students

• Enrollment
• Demographics

Year	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2022-2023	25,719	-1.3
2021-2022	26,050	1.3
2020-2021	25,711	-3.5
2019-2020	26,603	1.6
2018-2019	26,178	1.3
2017-2018	25,831	0.9
2016-2017	25,591	2.1
2015-2016	25,063	1.9
2014-2015	24,578	0.4
2013-2014	24,481	2.1
2012-2013	23,973	1.3
2011-2012	23,657	2.3
2010-2011	23,119	2.2
2009-2010	22,620	3.1
2008-2009	21,917	2.3
2007-2008	21,423	1.0
2006-2007	21,204	3.2
2005-2006	20,517	3.4
2004-2005	19,825	3.7
2003-2004	19,083	2.0
2002-2003	18,698	3.0
2001-2002	18,137	2.8
2000-2001	17,628	4.8
1999-2000	16,775	0.0

Racial Demographics, 2022-2023

RACE	Academy School District 20 (%)	Colorado K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.3	0.6
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	4.2	3.3
Black	2.9	4.6
Hispanic	16.1	35.3
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	0.3	0.3
Two or More Races	8.1	5.1
White	68.1	50.8

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

• Teachers
• Administrators
• Other staff

As of the 2022-2023 school year, Academy School District 20 had 1,612.48 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 15.95.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten:	16.09
Kindergarten:	111.73
Elementary:	716.02
Secondary:	768.64
Total:	1,612.48

Academy School District 20 employed 37.36 district administrators and 118.66 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.

Administrators, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators:	37.36
District Administrative Support:	106.50
School Administrators:	118.66
School Administrative Support:	195.04

Other staff, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides:	483.92
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors:	69.08
Total Guidance Counselors:	86.52
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	22.53
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	59.99
Librarians/Media Specialists:	18.44
Library/Media Support:	13.64
Student Support Services:	175.99
Other Support Services:	337.04

Schools

The Academy School District 20 operates 40 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

List of schools

SCHOOL NAME	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	GRADES
Academy Endeavour Elementary School	349	KG-5
Academy International Elementary School	394	PK-5
Air Academy High School	1,329	9-12
Antelope Trails Elementary School	346	PK-5
Aspen Valley Campus	114	8-12
Briargate Preschool	110	PK-PK
Challenger Middle School	612	6-8
Chinook Trail Elementary School	631	KG-5
Chinook Trail Middle School	1,067	6-8
Discovery Canyon Campus Elementary School	526	PK-5
Discovery Canyon Campus High School	1,087	9-12
Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School	803	6-8
Douglass Valley Elementary School	296	KG-5
Eagleview Middle School	948	6-8
Edith Wolford Elementary School	362	PK-5
Encompass Heights Elementary School	549	PK-5
Explorer Elementary School	471	PK-5
Foothills Elementary School	424	KG-5
Frontier Elementary School	249	PK-5
High Plains Elementary School	258	PK-5
Journey K8	158	KG-8
Legacy Peak Elementary School	641	PK-5
Liberty High School	1,647	9-12
Mountain Ridge Middle School	705	6-8
Mountain View Elementary School	582	KG-5
New Summit Charter Academy	628	KG-8
Pine Creek High School	1,815	9-12
Pioneer Elementary School	348	KG-5
Prairie Hills Elementary School	361	KG-5
Rampart High School	1,454	9-12
Ranch Creek Elementary	602	PK-5
Rockrimmon Elementary School	383	KG-5
Tca College Pathways	465	7-12
The Classical Academy Charter	1,874	KG-6
The Classical Academy High School	547	9-12
The Classical Academy Middle School	420	7-8
The Da Vinci Academy School	437	PK-5
Timberview Middle School	839	6-8
Village High School	447	9-12
Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School	441	PK-5

Contact information

Academy School District 20
1110 Chapel Hills Dr.
Colorado Springs, CO 80920
Phone: 719-234-1200

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Colorado	School Board Elections	News and Analysis
List of school districts in Colorado School board elections in Colorado Public education in Colorado	School board elections, 2025 Colorado school board elections, 2025	School board election data analysis, 2024 United States school shootings, 1990-present

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