Weikel Elementary School

Located at 6565 LINDSTROM STREET, in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Weikel Elementary School is a heavily attended elementary campus that works with 814 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Weikel Elementary School sits 115% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 13 schools in Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an (7,955 students total), Weikel Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Weikel Elementary School reports that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 8% Black, 4% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Weikel Elementary School has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, El Paso County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Weikel Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Colorado public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 47.1%; Weikel Elementary School posts 33.4%, -13.8 points below that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (El Paso County) shows that median household income runs about $90,363, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across El Paso County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), Weikel Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Carson Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Weikel Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.7%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 4%: 779 students in 2018 compared to 814 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 18% to 32% over that span.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.