El Paso County · Colorado
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.
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.
What this data covers
Read this before comparing districts.
Figures describe Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E (LEAID 0803060) as a whole, not any individual school. Charter schools authorised outside the district, private schools and regional vocational schools are not included. Where a city is served by a county-wide district, the county district is used and its catchment is wider than the city limits. Enrollment is from the 2021-22 NCES collection; money is from the FY2020 Census school finance survey, which is the most recent complete national release — the two years do not line up exactly, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a current budget line.
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Other Colorado Springs data on this site.
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.