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Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an, CO: schools, enrollment and spending
Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an runs 13 public schools with 7,955 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.4 students per teacher is about the same as the Colorado figure of 16.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 13
- Students
- 7,955
- Teachers (FTE)
- 484
- Students per teacher
- 16.4
- CO: 16.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 10665 Jimmy Camp Road, Fountain, CO 80817
- Phone
- (719)382-1300
- County
- El Paso County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0804080
- State district ID
- CO-1000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,091
- School counselors (FTE)
- 20.0About 398 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 37.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.4
Colorado16.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (8,227), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $117.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $47.1 million
- State revenue
- $64.8 million
- Local revenue
- $5.9 million
- Total spending
- $121.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,808
- Salaries
- $56.8 million46.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $10.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 40.0%
- State: 55.0%
- Local: 5.0%
Colorado overall
- Federal: 11.9%
- State: 37.4%
- Local: 50.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,808
Colorado$15,467
United States$16,826
Schools in Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 8 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Abrams Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 396 | 16.5 |
| Aragon Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 358 | 15.6 |
| Carson Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 657 | 16.0 |
| Conrad Early Learning Center | Prekindergarten | PK | 228 | 20.7 |
| Eagleside Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 332 | 14.4 |
| Fountain Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,051 | 16.7 |
| Fountain-Fort Carson High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,974 | 17.3 |
| Jordahl Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 524 | 16.9 |
| Mesa Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 668 | 17.6 |
| Mountainside Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 346 | 14.4 |
| Patriot Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 523 | 15.8 |
| Weikel Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 814 | 19.4 |
| Welte Education CenterCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 84 | 7.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in El Paso County
- El Paso County Colorado School District 49 25,689 students
- Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an 25,607 students
- Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E 22,227 students
- Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an 11,938 students
- School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of 9,290 students
- Lewis-Palmer Consolidated School District No. 38 in the co 6,332 students
- Education Reenvisioned BOCES 5,083 students
- Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 in the county of E 3,745 students
- Manitou Springs School District No. 14 in the county of Elementary 1,147 students
- Ellicott School District No. 22 in the county of El Paso a 1,009 students
- Peyton School District No. 23 in the county of El Paso and 596 students
- Calhan District No. RJ1 414 students
- Miami-Yoder Joint District No. 60 of the counties of El Pas 398 students
- Hanover School District No. 28 in the county of El Paso an 264 students
- Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind 167 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.