Regular local school district · El Paso County
School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of, CO: schools, enrollment and spending
School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of runs 18 public schools with 9,290 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.1 students per teacher is about the same as the Colorado figure of 16.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 18
- Students
- 9,290
- Teachers (FTE)
- 577
- Students per teacher
- 16.1
- CO: 16.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1820 Main Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80911
- Phone
- (719)391-3000
- County
- El Paso County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0806480
- State district ID
- CO-0990
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,290
- School counselors (FTE)
- 29.0About 320 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 35.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district16.1
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 (9,169), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $112.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $14.1 million
- State revenue
- $65.2 million
- Local revenue
- $32.7 million
- Total spending
- $111.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,205
- Salaries
- $62.2 million55.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $62.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 58.2%
- Local: 29.2%
Colorado overall
- Federal: 11.9%
- State: 37.4%
- Local: 50.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,205
Colorado$15,467
United States$16,826
Schools in School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of
By level: 3 high, 3 middle, 10 elementary, 1 other, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Discovery High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 83 | 13.8 |
| French Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 491 | 18.2 |
| Grand Mountain SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 1,044 | 19.3 |
| James Madison Charter Academy SchoolCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 72 | 10.3 |
| Janitell Junior High SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 658 | 15.7 |
| Martin Luther King Jr Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 498 | 16.6 |
| Mesa Ridge High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,304 | 18.9 |
| Pinello Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 301 | 13.7 |
| Sproul Junior High SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 504 | 14.4 |
| Sunrise Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 506 | 16.9 |
| Talbott STEAM Innovation SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 324 | 14.1 |
| The Haven SchoolCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 240 | 17.1 |
| Venetucci Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 272 | 13.0 |
| Watson Junior High SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 470 | 13.4 |
| Webster Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 582 | 18.2 |
| Widefield District 3 Preschool | Prekindergarten | PK | 379 | 21.1 |
| Widefield Elementary School of the ArtsCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 369 | 14.2 |
| Widefield High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,193 | 17.0 |
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
- Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an 7,955 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.