Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an vs School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated September 2026

How do these districts compare?

Metric	Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an	School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of
Location	Fountain, Colorado	Colorado Springs, Colorado
Total Enrollment	8,201	9,612
Number of Schools	13	18
Student:Teacher Ratio	16:1	15.7:1

Metric	Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an	School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of
Per-Pupil Expenditure	$14,254	$12,730
Federal Revenue	37.4%	12.4%
State Revenue	56.6%	56.9%
Local Revenue	5.9%	30.7%

Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an

Federal State Local

School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of

Federal State Local

Average across all schools in each district. Source: CCD Membership 2024-25.

Group	Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an	School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of
White	43.3%	42.3%
African American	10.1%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	31.0%	33.7%
Asian	1.5%	1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native	0.8%	0.5%
Pacific Islander	2.2%	1.3%
Multiracial	11.1%	11.5%
Free/Reduced Lunch	38.3%	37.0%

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22

Resource	Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an	School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of
AP Courses Offered	15	14
Schools with AP	1	2
Avg Gifted Enrollment	N/A	N/A
Avg Counselor Ratio	427.3:1	377.3:1
Chronic Absenteeism	33.4%	36.7%

Regular Schools 0

Charter Schools 0

Magnet Schools 0

Title I Schools 6

Regular Schools 0

Charter Schools 1

Magnet Schools 0

Title I Schools 8

Source: U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data + F-33 finance + Civil Rights Data Collection Compiled and formatted by PlainSchools.