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Colorado Springs, CO public schools

Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E — federal education data, not a star rating.

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Quick answer

Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E is the primary public district for Colorado Springs, CO. It enrolls 22,725 students in 57 schools with 1,438 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $13,862 per pupil, 20% below the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.

Students enrolled
22,725NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
Schools in the district
57Operating school count
Students per teacher
15.8Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
Spending per pupil
$13,862Total current expenditure, FY2020

Who pays for schools in Colorado Springs

Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.

Local revenue
48.5%
$189,403,000
State revenue
39%
$152,097,000
Federal revenue
12.5%
$48,992,000

Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the Colorado Springs property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 48 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.

Reading the Colorado Springs numbers

What the 2021-22 NCES and FY2020 Census finance numbers say about this district.

$13,862 per pupil is 20% below the $17,320 metro median; only 24% of tracked districts spend less. Only 48 cents of each dollar ($6,639 per student) is classified as instruction, so a large share goes to support services, facilities and transport — common in districts with long bus routes or older buildings.

Funding is split roughly evenly — 48.5% local, 39% state — so both the local tax base and the CO aid formula matter to what this district can spend. Federal aid contributes 12.5%, near the typical share for a large urban district.

22,725 students across 57 schools averages 399 students per building, and the district is smaller than the typical district covered here (44,998 students). That is a small-building district; neighbourhood elementary schools dominate the count. The 15.8:1 student-to-teacher ratio is ordinary for this set of districts (median 15.2:1). It counts all FTE teachers district-wide, so actual class sizes run higher.

What this data covers

Read this before comparing districts.

Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E is a county-scale district, so its catchment reaches well past the Colorado Springs city limits and these figures describe that wider area. Independently authorised charter schools, private schools and regional vocational programs are counted separately by NCES and are not in these totals. Enrollment is the 2021-22 NCES collection; dollars are the FY2020 Census F-33 survey, the latest complete national release. The two years differ, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a live budget line.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data + Census F-33, via Urban Institute Education Data · rates as published for 2021-22 / FY2020

NCES LEAID 0803060. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.