Nikola Tesla Education Opportunity Center

Nikola Tesla Education Opportunity Center is a modestly sized high school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, overseen by Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E. The school instructs 291 students in grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 627 students each, so Nikola Tesla Education Opportunity Center sits 54% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E, which oversees 60 schools and 22,293 students, Nikola Tesla Education Opportunity Center is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Nikola Tesla Education Opportunity Center reports that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 31% White, 13% multiracial, 8% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Nikola Tesla Education Opportunity Center has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above El Paso County's rate of about 42%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for El Paso County put the typical household earns roughly $90,363 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, El Paso County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), of which Nikola Tesla Education Opportunity Center is one.

Nearest neighbor: Colorado Springs Charter Academy, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Nikola Tesla Education Opportunity Center has edged up 33%, going from 218 students in 2018 to 291 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 43% to 31% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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