Fountain Middle School

Fountain Middle School is one of the large junior highs in FOUNTAIN, Colorado, one of the schools within Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an, with 1,051 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 127% bigger than the state mean of about 462.

Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 7,955 students; Fountain Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Fountain Middle School shows that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 32% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 9% Black. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Fountain Middle School reports 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. The state averages about 15.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of El Paso County's rate of about 42%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Fountain Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.0%.

Across the wider county, census data for El Paso County shows median household income runs about $90,363, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fountain Middle School is one of 245 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students).

The closest other public school is Aragon Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fountain Middle School. On composite proficiency, Fountain Middle School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.4%.

Fountain Middle School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fountain Middle School has climbed 8%, going from 974 students in 2018 to 1,051 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 51% to 43% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.