📍 5506 Harr Avenue, Fort Carson, El Paso County, 80902
Mountainside Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Fort Carson, El Paso County. The school has 419 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
Mountainside Elementary School enrolls 419 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 28 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% White, 26% Hispanic or Latino and 14% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 193 | 46% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 111 | 26% |
| Black or African American | 60 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 42 | 10% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 7 | 1.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
213 of the school's 419 students (51%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Mountainside Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Mountainside Elementary School is one of 13 schools in Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an, based in FOUNTAIN, Colorado. The district serves 7,955 students district-wide and employs 509 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 419 students, Mountainside Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 612 students per school.
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