Summary:
Zip code 80925 in Colorado Springs is home to just one public school, Grand Mountain School, a large PK–8 campus serving 1,044 students with no standalone middle or high schools in the area. This means families have no direct public school alternative within the zip code, though the PK–8 model offers continuity by keeping students at the same campus from preschool through 8th grade. The school is part of School District No. 3, a district that ranks in the 60th percentile statewide with a 3-star rating.
Grand Mountain's biggest academic challenge is math, where only 21.1% of students are proficient compared to 29.5% for the district and 37.3% for the state. The gap widens dramatically after 3rd grade: 4th grade math proficiency is just 17.5% versus 39.0% statewide, and middle school math hovers in the mid-to-high teens. English Language Arts is much stronger, with the school outperforming both district and state averages in 4th, 5th, and 8th grades. In 5th grade, 55.8% of students are proficient in ELA, beating the state's 49.9%. However, 7th grade ELA lags at 38.8% compared to 47.8% for the district. Science proficiency is also a concern, particularly in 8th grade, where proficiency dropped from 41.4% to 24.8% in a single year.
On the positive side, Grand Mountain's reported dropout rate is low at 1.1%, and its chronic absenteeism rate of 27.0% is better than both the district (29.1%) and state (28.4%), though it still means more than one in four students misses school chronically. With a student–teacher ratio of 19.1 and a free/reduced lunch rate of 32.38%, the school serves a population with economic diversity typical for the area. Grand Mountain currently holds a 2-star rating and ranks in the 39th percentile statewide (576th out of 943 schools), placing it below its district's overall standing. For parents in 80925, Grand Mountain is the only school option, and its primary area of focus should be math intervention, while ELA and attendance are relative bright spots.
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