The Vanguard School was founded in the fall of 1995 as the Cheyenne Mountain Charter Academy.

The school also operates a boys' club volleyball team, created in 2013, eight years before CHSAA will officially introduce the sport.

[11] The Vanguard School has participated in Team America Rocketry Challenge since 2002.

[12] The team made it to the national final competition several times in its history, in 2006, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2018,2019,2022,and recently in 2024.with its best performance being its fifth-place in the 2008 contest.

It is the location of the building that serves grades K–3 and is the campus where the school originally operated at.

The Executive Director has raised concerns with City Council, and there are occasional incidents.