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Enrollment
814
Elementary
DISTRICT 465 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOUNTAIN-FORT CARSON SCHOOL DISTRICT 8·NCES 080408006481
Weikel Elementary School
6565 LINDSTROM STREET, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80902 · (719) 358-4320 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL814 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Colorado public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
263 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 223 | 27% |
| Kindergarten | 104 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
70%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
38.4%
CO avg 44.9% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
30.9%
CO avg 36.1% . +4.2pp 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 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.4% | 30.9% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 26.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 47% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Weikel Elementary School
Weikel Elementary School's state test result (33.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weikel Elementary School this school | 814 | 32.3% | 33.4% |
| Reunion Elementary School COMMERCE CITY | 742 | 32.1% | 46.9% |
| Pioneer Technology and Arts Academy COLORADO SPRINGS | 538 | 28.8% | 40.4% |
| Grand Peak Academy COLORADO SPRINGS | 608 | 33.1% | 35.2% |
| Springs Ranch Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 548 | 38.5% | 50.1% |
| Parker Performing Arts ENGLEWOOD | 638 | 27.0% | 43.2% |
Matched among Colorado elementary 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 Weikel Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #529 of 931 | #82 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #529 of 940 ▲ 37 | #75 of 126 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #525 of 946 ▲ 24 | #77 of 127 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 814 | #35 of 1,056 | #6 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #838 of 896 | #116 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.0% | #49 of 896 | #8 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.3% | #677 of 983 | #97 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.5% | #150 of 200 | #8 of 11 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
814
+4 (+0%) vs 2020
+34% since 2010-11, when it was 606
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 814 | 42.6 | 19.1:1 | 32% (263) |
| 2023-24 | 758 | 40 | 18.9:1 | 35% (263) |
| 2022-23 | 754 | 41 | 18.4:1 | 30% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 810 | 44 | 18.4:1 | 32% (260) |
| 2017-18 | 779 | 41 | 19.0:1 | 39% (303) |
| 2015-16 | 767 | 46 | 16.7:1 | 36% (276) |
| 2010-11 | 606 | 32 | 18.9:1 | 27% (164) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Weikel Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (779 to 814); teachers up 4% (41 to 42.6).
About Weikel Elementary School
Weikel Elementary School is an elementary school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, and it is part of Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8. The school counts 814 students across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Colorado is about 379 students.
Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8 (13 schools, 7,955 students) runs Weikel Elementary School.
The most common group at Weikel Elementary School is White students, at 42%. The school is also 32% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 8% Black, and 4% Pacific Islander. The White share of the county population is higher, at 70%. Weikel Elementary School's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 19.1:1, with 42.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 2.5 students per teacher above the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 32%. The 42% average for public schools in El Paso County is 10 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for Weikel Elementary School is C-. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 22% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Weikel Elementary School is a bottom-10% school in Colorado on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.4% against a predicted 47.1%.
In El Paso County (population about 742,999), the median household income is $90,363, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Weikel Elementary School is one of 245 public schools in the county.
Carson Middle School is the public school closest to Weikel Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Weikel Elementary School ranks 3rd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 33.4% against a local average of 36.7%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 814, close to the 810 recorded in 2020-21.
Community posts for Weikel Elementary School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Fountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,051 students
- Mesa Elementary SchoolElementary · 668 students
- Carson Middle SchoolMiddle · 657 students
- Jordahl Elementary SchoolElementary · 524 students
- Patriot Elementary SchoolElementary · 523 students
Other schools in COLORADO SPRINGS
- The Classical Academy CharterElementary · 1,909 students
- Pine Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Doherty High SchoolHigh · 1,715 students
- Banning Lewis Ranch AcademyCombined · 1,697 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,526 students
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,473 students
Nearby schools
- Carson Middle School0.3 mi · 657
- Patriot Elementary School0.4 mi · 523
- Mountainside Elementary School0.9 mi · 346
- Abrams Elementary School1.1 mi · 396
- Pinon Valley Elementary School1.6 mi · 315
- Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School2.0 mi · 324
Frequently asked questions
About Weikel Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Weikel Elementary School?
Weikel Elementary School enrolls approximately 814 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Weikel Elementary School serve?
Weikel Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Weikel Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Weikel Elementary School is approximately 19.1:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Weikel Elementary School?
At Weikel Elementary School, the student body is approximately 42% White, 32% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Weikel Elementary School public or private?
Weikel Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.