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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado · NCES district 0803060

Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E

District spending, enrollment and school closures

FY 2024 Census per-pupil spending
$17,160
Fall 2024 NCES membership
22,227
Closed school entries in available years
1

NCES fall membership changed -14.6% from 26,040 in 2019 to 22,227 in 2024.

The median reported per-pupil spending among 178 Colorado elementary and secondary districts with FY 2024 data here was $16,685. Each district counts once.

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Spending, enrollment and closures by school year

Each row pairs fall membership and school statuses with the Census fiscal year that uses that fall for its enrollment count. The newest school-status release, 2025–26, is preliminary.

District timeline
School yearCensus fiscal yearCurrent spendingCensus per-pupil spendingFall enrollment in Census financeFall membership in NCESOperating schoolsClosedNewReopened
2018–192019$311,964,000$11,72426,395UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2019–202020$303,370,000$11,56926,04026,04056000
2020–212021$300,052,000$12,49023,88523,88556000
2021–222022$337,034,000$14,34223,35923,35957010
2022–232023$362,179,000$15,83522,72522,72557000
2023–242024$392,762,000$17,16022,74022,74058000
2024–25UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable22,22759100
2025–26UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable61010

Why did spending per enrolled student change?

The calculation divides district current spending in 2024 dollars by the enrollment in the same Census finance row. It averages the spending and enrollment effects in both calculation orders so they sum to the change before rounding.

FY 2019 to FY 2024 · 2024 dollars per enrolled student

+$2,770 · +19.1% change in the calculated ratio

Change in real spending+$409
Change in enrollment+$2,361

Real current spending +2.6% · Census fall enrollment -13.8%

Which schools changed status?

1 school entry has a Closed status in the available directory years. The table includes openings, temporary closures, reopenings and agency changes when they appear in the same records.

District directory coverage · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26. The 2025–26 entries are preliminary.

School status changes reported to NCES
SchoolReporting yearStatusCharter classificationNCES school ID
Colorado Springs School of Technology2025–26NewNoncharter080306006899
Colorado Military Academy2025–26Changed agencyCharter080306006708
Globe Charter School2024–25ClosedCharter080306001318
Orton Academy2024–25Changed agencyCharter080306006804
Thomas MacLaren State Charter School2024–25Changed agencyCharter080306006437
James Irwin Elementary School - Howard2023–24Changed agencyCharter080306006595
Spark Online Academy2021–22NewNoncharter080306006840

Where the district’s money came from and went

Figures are in the dollars reported for each year. Census revenue and expenditure totals describe different transactions in the survey.

Census finance by fiscal year
Fiscal yearTotal revenueFederal revenueState revenueLocal revenueInstructionSupport servicesCapital outlayTotal expendituresCensus fall enrollment flag
FY 2019$383,241,000$26,177,000$165,130,000$191,934,000$173,409,000$127,126,000$20,296,000$338,658,000Alternative source
FY 2020$386,743,000$26,185,000$170,930,000$189,628,000$162,034,000$130,687,000$28,995,000$338,402,000Alternative source
FY 2021$390,492,000$48,992,000$152,097,000$189,403,000$159,380,000$131,052,000$24,382,000$331,103,000Alternative source
FY 2022$404,075,000$48,267,000$162,824,000$192,984,000$185,873,000$138,353,000$21,914,000$363,876,000Alternative source
FY 2023$423,136,000$61,749,000$171,849,000$189,538,000$190,247,000$159,503,000$33,141,000$398,773,000Alternative source
FY 2024$444,063,000$61,860,000$173,413,000$208,790,000$201,225,000$176,153,000$35,883,000$431,758,000Alternative source

Sources and methodology

America.co analysis of public federal data, compiled 2026-11-13.

Census finance tables · NCES enrollment and directory files · 2025–26 preliminary directory · BLS inflation data