Public schools in Fountain, CO

Fountain has 10 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 2 high, 2 middle, 5 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 6,007 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8 runs 8 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Fountain's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in FountainDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Fountain-Fort Carson School District 888,201$14,254
School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of19,612$12,730
Hanover School District 281287$17,484

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

2 high schools in Fountain, 2,058 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Fountain-Fort Carson High School1,97417.336.3%Fountain-Fort Carson
Welte Education Center847.664.3%Fountain-Fort Carson

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 middle schools in Fountain, 1,709 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Fountain Middle School1,05116.547.2%Fountain-Fort Carson
Janitell Junior High School65815.538.3%School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

5 elementary schools in Fountain, 2,012 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Mesa Elementary School66817.647.5%Fountain-Fort Carson
Jordahl Elementary School52416.939.3%Fountain-Fort Carson
Aragon Elementary School35815.070.7%Fountain-Fort Carson
Eagleside Elementary School33214.430.4%Fountain-Fort Carson
Prairie Heights Elementary School13015.668.5%Hanover

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Fountain, 228 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Conrad Early Learning Center22820.736.0%Fountain-Fort Carson

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Fountain's public schools compare with Colorado's

The median Fountain school has 16.1 students per full-time teacher, more than the Colorado median of 15.4. 30% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 33% across the state. Its median school enrolls 441 students (state 368).

Fountain against Colorado, schools open in 2024-25 with students
FountainColorado
Median students per teacher16.115.4
Median school size (students)441368
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)30%33%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)90%72%
Charter schools0%13%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 10 Fountain schools and the 1,861 Colorado schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Fountain

  1. Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8Runs 8 of Fountain's 10 public schools and spent $14,254 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$14,254
  2. Fountain-Fort Carson High School, the largest high school in Fountain1,974 students in 2024-25, 17.3 per teacher.1,974
  3. Compare Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8 with School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State ofFountain's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in ColoradoColorado's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Fountain addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Colorado

  1. Denver226 schools
  2. Colorado Springs179 schools
  3. Aurora100 schools
  4. Fort Collins47 schools
  5. Lakewood47 schools
  6. Pueblo45 schools
  7. Littleton42 schools
  8. Thornton39 schools

Questions about schools in Fountain

  1. How many public schools are in Fountain, CO?
    10 public schools with an address in Fountain were open in 2024-25: 2 high, 2 middle, 5 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 6,007 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Fountain?
    Fountain-Fort Carson High School, with 1,974 students in 2024-25 (Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8).
  3. Which districts run Fountain's schools?
    Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8 (8 schools), School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of (1 school), Hanover School District 28 (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .