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Enrollment
1,051
Middle
DISTRICT 854 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOUNTAIN-FORT CARSON SCHOOL DISTRICT 8·NCES 080408000563
Fountain Middle School
515 N. SANTE FE, FOUNTAIN, CO 80817 · (719) 382-1580 · El Paso County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,051 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of Colorado public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
570 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 335 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 346 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 370 | 35% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
38.2%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
19.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.2% | 19.7% |
| 2023-24 | 38.3% | 17.3% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Fountain Middle School
Fountain Middle School's state test result (28.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fountain Middle School this school | 1,051 | 54.2% | 28.0% |
| Janitell Junior High School FOUNTAIN | 658 | 46.0% | 32.0% |
| Horizon Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 773 | 54.1% | 33.6% |
| North Middle School COLORADO SPRINGS | 636 | 62.7% | 42.4% |
| Watson Junior High School COLORADO SPRINGS | 470 | 51.7% | 27.1% |
| Creighton Middle School LAKEWOOD | 741 | 54.3% | 32.1% |
Matched among Colorado middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Fountain Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #147 of 241 | #22 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #161 of 244 ▲ 2 | #24 of 33 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #145 of 246 ▼ 6 | #22 of 33 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,051 | #9 of 278 | #2 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #135 of 227 | #21 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #11 of 227 | #3 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.2% | #108 of 246 | #12 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.9% | #33 of 55 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,051
-33 (-3%) vs 2020
+160% since 1990-91, when it was 405
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 15.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,051 | 63.8 | 16.5:1 | 54% (570) |
| 2023-24 | 1,022 | 64.9 | 15.7:1 | 56% (568) |
| 2022-23 | 1,046 | 67 | 15.6:1 | 43% (448) |
| 2020-21 | 1,084 | 70 | 15.5:1 | 49% (529) |
| 2017-18 | 974 | 60.9 | 16.0:1 | 52% (504) |
| 2015-16 | 921 | 59 | 15.6:1 | 52% (481) |
| 2010-11 | 923 | 55 | 16.8:1 | 39% (362) |
| 2000-01 | 671 | 39 | 17.2:1 | 28% (187) |
| 1990-91 | 405 | 24 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fountain Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (974 to 1,051); teachers up 5% (60.9 to 63.8).
About Fountain Middle School
Students in FOUNTAIN, Colorado, attend Fountain Middle School, a large middle school. The school counted 1,051 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 127% larger than the 462-student average for middle schools in Colorado.
Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8 oversees Fountain Middle School and 12 other schools, with 7,955 students in total.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Fountain Middle School is White, with 43% of students. The remaining shares are 32% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 9% Black. El Paso County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school's share is lower. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 69%.
For every teacher at Fountain Middle School, there are about 16.5 students; the school has 63.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado. There are 570 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 54% of enrollment. Compared with the 42% average for public schools in El Paso County, the school's rate is higher.
Fountain Middle School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 29% of Colorado public middle schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Fountain Middle School would be expected to post about 33.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 28.0%.
In El Paso County, home to about 742,999 people, the median household earns about $90,363 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Public schools in El Paso County number 245, with about 114,356 students.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Aragon Elementary School, is the closest to Fountain Middle School. Fountain Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 34.4% proficiency; Fountain Middle School posts 28.0%.
Fountain Middle School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
In 2020-21, Fountain Middle School enrolled 1,084 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 1,051.
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El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,999
Census ACS
Median income
$90,363
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
114,356 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8
- Fountain-Fort Carson High SchoolHigh · 1,974 students
- Weikel Elementary SchoolElementary · 814 students
- Mesa Elementary SchoolElementary · 668 students
- Carson Middle SchoolMiddle · 657 students
- Jordahl Elementary SchoolElementary · 524 students
- Patriot Elementary SchoolElementary · 523 students
Other schools in FOUNTAIN
- Fountain-Fort Carson High SchoolHigh · 1,974 students
- Mesa Elementary SchoolElementary · 668 students
- Janitell Junior High SchoolMiddle · 658 students
- Jordahl Elementary SchoolElementary · 524 students
- Aragon Elementary SchoolElementary · 358 students
- Eagleside Elementary SchoolElementary · 332 students
Nearby schools
- Aragon Elementary School0.4 mi · 358
- Welte Education Center0.5 mi · 84
- Conrad Early Learning Center1.2 mi · 228
- Mesa Elementary School1.3 mi · 668
- Eagleside Elementary School1.5 mi · 332
- Fountain-Fort Carson High School1.5 mi · 1,974
Frequently asked questions
About Fountain Middle SchoolHow large is Fountain Middle School?
Fountain Middle School enrolls approximately 1,051 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Fountain Middle School serve?
Fountain Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fountain Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fountain Middle School is approximately 16.5:1 (64 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fountain Middle School?
At Fountain Middle School, the student body is approximately 43% White, 32% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Fountain Middle School in?
Fountain Middle School is part of Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.