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Grand Mountain School

Q: Is Grand Mountain School a good school?

Grand Mountain School ranks 576 th of 946 Colorado elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Q: How many students attend Grand Mountain School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,044 students attended Grand Mountain School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Grand Mountain School?

Students at Grand Mountain School are 35% Hispanic, 33% White, 15% African American, 13% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Public Grades PK, KG-8

576^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 946 Colorado Elementary Schools

Better than 39% of Colorado elementary schools

Summary

Grand Mountain School is a large PK-8 school in Colorado Springs' School District No. 3, serving 1,044 students and ranking as the largest campus among nearby schools. Despite its size and a student body that is less economically disadvantaged than many neighboring schools, the school's overall ranking sits in the 39th percentile statewide with a 2-star rating—an improvement from recent years but still in the lower half of Colorado elementary schools. Grand Mountain serves a wider grade span than most nearby elementary schools, including middle-level grades through 8th grade, and is notably larger than nearby Mesa Elementary School (668 students).

Math is Grand Mountain's most urgent concern. Only 21.1% of students are proficient in math, compared with 29.5% districtwide and 37.3% statewide—a gap that shows up at every grade level, from 3rd grade (32% vs. 41.5% statewide) through 8th grade (19.2% vs. 37.8%). Nearby schools in the same district tell a different story: Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School posts 52.2% math proficiency, and Talbott STEAM Innovation School reaches 40.9%. English language arts is a brighter spot, with 43.5% proficiency—essentially even with the district (44.0%) and state (44.7%)—and 4th and 5th grade ELA scores actually exceed state averages.

The school's relatively advantaged profile makes these results especially worth investigating. Only 32.4% of students receive free/reduced lunch, well below nearby schools like Aragon Elementary School (74.9%) and Venetucci Elementary School (67.7%), and chronic absenteeism at 27.0% is better than both district and state averages. However, Grand Mountain's student-teacher ratio of 19.1 is the highest among all comparable nearby schools, which may limit opportunities for small-group math support. There are building blocks to work from: 8th-grade science was a consistent strength in prior years before a sharp drop in the latest data, and the school's ELA results in upper elementary grades show pockets of instructional success that could potentially be applied to math.

1,044

Students ?

19.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,923

Per pupil spending ?

32.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

11060 Fontaine Blvd
Colorado Springs, CO 80925-9644

(719) 391-3470

District: School District No. 3

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

35.2%

White:

33.3%

African American:

15.2%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 21st percentile in 2021 → 39th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 18 percentile points since 2021

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Colorado average (31% vs 40% meeting standards)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Math scores 16 pts below the Colorado average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school31%

District avg36%

Colorado avg40%

Elementary school

576^th of 946

Colorado public elementary schools ?

Bottom 39%▲ up 18 pts since 2021

From bottom 21% (2021) to bottom 39% (2026)

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★★★★★

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Middle school

294^th of 476

Colorado public middle schools ?

Bottom 38%▲ up 10 pts since 2021

From bottom 28% (2021) to bottom 38% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

8^th of 9Elementary Schools in the School District No. 3

46^th of 114School District No. 3 among Colorado districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	34.7	576 of 946	39.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	35.7	564 of 950	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	28.3	633 of 943	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.4	559 of 933	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	24.3	671 of 921	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.2	558 of 710	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	45.0	9 of 21	57.1%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	34.4	434 of 695	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2025	30.6	466 of 694	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	22.8	531 of 684	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.2	446 of 642	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	18.6	493 of 595	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.5	322 of 351	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	54.4	87 of 251	65.3%	★★★☆☆
2025	63.3	69 of 247	72.1%	★★★★☆
2024	43.9	128 of 242	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	48.2	98 of 197	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	47.1	70 of 153	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	63.3	12 of 30	60.0%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	39.0	201 of 322	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2025	48.7	158 of 337	53.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	35.1	243 of 365	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.2	183 of 265	30.9%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	25.1	507 of 697	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	24.7	503 of 700	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.9	571 of 683	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.9	470 of 649	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.9	499 of 594	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.9	317 of 352	9.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	11.9	8 of 8	0.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.7	6 of 6	0.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	11.1	7 of 7	0.0%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	20.4	462 of 547	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	9.4	526 of 551	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.3	517 of 539	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	23.0	438 of 525	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	5.8	449 of 454	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	4.3	288 of 288	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	32.4	294 of 476	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2025	41.4	233 of 469	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	52.5	193 of 485	60.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	54.0	188 of 480	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	45.0	226 of 448	49.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	29.5	265 of 369	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	33.9	24 of 35	31.4%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	38.8	201 of 368	45.4%	★★☆☆☆
2025	41.2	185 of 347	46.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	49.3	159 of 350	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	49.4	165 of 363	54.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	33.5	205 of 326	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	36.9	154 of 254	39.4%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	61.4	60 of 208	71.2%	★★★★☆
2025	68.9	40 of 218	81.7%	★★★★☆
2024	81.8	19 of 199	90.5%	★★★★★
2023	68.8	38 of 198	80.8%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	36.1	147 of 231	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2025	67.7	48 of 241	80.1%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	21.3	289 of 372	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	48.1	158 of 352	55.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	38.8	188 of 357	47.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	55.7	133 of 356	62.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	36.4	188 of 328	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	18.5	224 of 249	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	18.5	235 of 278	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	31.4	188 of 275	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.7	167 of 273	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	42.1	158 of 286	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	15.7	186 of 203	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Hispanic (2026)65th percentile+26 vs school

African American (2025)57th percentile+17 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)38th percentile~ school

Female (2026)38th percentile~ school

Male (2026)27th percentile-12 vs school

White (2026)16th percentile-24 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)<1st percentile-41 vs school

Middle school

Hispanic (2026)71st percentile+33 vs school

Female (2026)45th percentile+7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)36th percentile~ school

African American (2026)31st percentile-7 vs school

Male (2026)22nd percentile-16 vs school

White (2026)15th percentile-23 vs school

By subject vs Colorado (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts44%~ state avg

Science25%-11 vs state

Math21%-16 vs state

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by a parent
Tuesday, August 31, 2021

We only went there 1 year. My son was in 3rd grade with Mrs. Garcia and it was a complete nightmare. She was condescending and spoke down to the kids. When they were distance learning she would talk about kids grades in front of the entire class including calling out a kids who had failed his math test with a 34. For 3 months I spoke to her about my son struggling and she nothing. I finally contacted the VP and the guidance counselor and both of them were useless as well. Neither one one anything to help my son. My son spent an entire year wishing he was dead and hating school.

I gave the school 2 starts because my daughter's kindergarten teacher was amazing!! Mrs. Mendiola was absolutely fabulously and encouraging and a great example for her students.

We ended up leaving GM because of the lack of professionalism from both teachers and staff. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CMAS English Language Arts (2026)							CMAS Math (2026)							CMAS Science (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CMAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts All Grades	CMAS Math 3rd Grade	CMAS Math 4th Grade	CMAS Math 5th Grade	CMAS Math 6th Grade	CMAS Math 7th Grade	CMAS Math 8th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 5th Grade	CMAS Science 8th Grade	Total
Grand Mountain School	Public	PK, KG-8	11060 Fontaine Blvd	Colorado Springs	80925	El Paso County	School District No. 3	No	No	No	No	(719) 391-3470	1,044	55	19.1	32.4%	348 (33.3%)	159 (15.2%)	367 (35.2%)	24 (2.3%)	6 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	138 (13.2%)	34.7	576^th of 946 public elementary schools	39.1%		35.7	564^th of 950 public elementary schools	40.6%	12	35.4	48.3	55.8	39.8	38.8	44.3	43.5	32.0	17.5	23.8	15.5	18.8	19.2	21.1	25.7	24.8	$13,923
Sunrise Elementary School	Public	K-5	7070 Grand Valley Drive	Colorado Springs	80911	El Paso County	School District No. 3	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 391-3415	506	30	16.8	49.6%	199 (39.3%)	56 (11.1%)	168 (33.2%)	8 (1.6%)	3 (0.6%)	5 (1.0%)	67 (13.2%)	27.9	647^th of 946 public elementary schools	31.6%		29.2	618^th of 950 public elementary schools	34.9%	29	24.1	38.1	55.4				38.2	19.0	20.2	26.2				21.5	27.7		$14,233
Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School	Public	K-5	6910 Defoe Avenue	Colorado Springs	80911	El Paso County	School District No. 3	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 391-3455	498	30	16.4	46.0%	237 (47.6%)	40 (8.0%)	150 (30.1%)	7 (1.4%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	60 (12.0%)	71.6	250^th of 946 public elementary schools	73.6%		67.4	295^th of 950 public elementary schools	68.9%	45	48.9	53.3	63.3				55.3	50.0	46.7	58.9				52.2	53.3		$14,133
Eagleside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	9750 Sentry Drive	Fountain	80817	El Paso County	Fountain School District No. 8	No	No	No	No	(719) 382-1520	332	23	14.4	38.6%	164 (49.4%)	19 (5.7%)	93 (28.0%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	48 (14.5%)	39.2	521^st of 946 public elementary schools	44.9%		51.4	436^th of 950 public elementary schools	54.1%	85	34.9	50.0	33.3				40.0	41.9	27.8	25.0				31.0	39.6		$19,931
Mesa Elementary School	Public	K-5	400 Camino Del Rey	Fountain	80817	El Paso County	Fountain School District No. 8	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 382-1370	668	38	17.5	51.5%	289 (43.3%)	64 (9.6%)	209 (31.3%)	3 (0.4%)	12 (1.8%)	11 (1.6%)	80 (12.0%)	33.7	585^th of 946 public elementary schools	38.2%		23.9	682^nd of 950 public elementary schools	28.2%	97	28.2	24.1	45.4				32.5	31.1	25.0	43.9				33.2	33.3		$13,770
Webster Elementary School	Public	K-5	445 Jersey Lane	Colorado Springs	80911	El Paso County	School District No. 3	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 391-3435	582	33	17.7	47.9%	227 (39.0%)	63 (10.8%)	190 (32.6%)	16 (2.7%)	2 (0.3%)	19 (3.3%)	65 (11.2%)	35.3	569^th of 946 public elementary schools	39.9%		44.2	497^th of 950 public elementary schools	47.7%	72	49.5	27.7	41.7				39.9	41.2	23.2	24.0				29.7	26.3		$12,686
James Madison Charter Academy School	Public, Charter	K-8	660 Syracuse Street	Colorado Springs	80911	El Paso County	School District No. 3	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 391-3977	72	8	9.3	58.3%	25 (34.7%)	16 (22.2%)	15 (20.8%)	2 (2.8%)	1 (1.4%)	2 (2.8%)	11 (15.3%)								(n/a)							28.9							20.0			$12,526
Talbott STEAM Innovation School	Public	K-5	401 Dean Drive	Colorado Springs	80911	El Paso County	School District No. 3	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 391-3475	324	23	13.9	59.6%	174 (53.7%)	18 (5.6%)	90 (27.8%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	36 (11.1%)	59.9	358^th of 946 public elementary schools	62.2%		62.6	339^th of 950 public elementary schools	64.3%	19	36.5	46.2	66.7				49.0	50.0	731.0	747.0				40.9	44.4		$15,705
Jordahl Elementary School	Public	K-5	800 Progress Drive	Fountain	80817	El Paso County	Fountain School District No. 8	No	No	No	No	(719) 382-1400	524	31	16.9	45.4%	276 (52.7%)	25 (4.8%)	141 (26.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	77 (14.7%)	64.7	309^th of 946 public elementary schools	67.3%		64.2	323^rd of 950 public elementary schools	66.0%	14	41.0	45.3	57.5				48.1	53.8	46.3	64.0				54.4	44.7		$15,306
Venetucci Elementary School	Public	K-5	405 Willis Drive	Colorado Springs	80911	El Paso County	School District No. 3	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 391-3355	272	22	12.5	67.6%	119 (43.8%)	15 (5.5%)	108 (39.7%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (1.8%)	23 (8.5%)	35.8	565^th of 946 public elementary schools	40.3%		33.5	583^rd of 950 public elementary schools	38.6%	18	712.0	741.0	34.0				33.1	714.0	44.7	721.0				25.5	25.5		$16,892

Frequently Asked Questions about Grand Mountain School

How many students attend Grand Mountain School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,044 students attended Grand Mountain School.

What is the racial makeup of Grand Mountain School?

Students at Grand Mountain School are 35% Hispanic, 33% White, 15% African American, 13% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Is Grand Mountain School a good school?

Grand Mountain School ranks 576^th of 946 Colorado elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What district is Grand Mountain School in?

School District No. 3

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2025–26 attendance dataNewOct 6, 2026

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