Fountain-Fort Carson High School
Public · Grades 9–12 · 1,974 students
Welte Education Center
330 Lyckman Dr, Fountain, CO 80817
Grades
9–12
High
Students
84
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
7.6 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an
El Paso County
Not graded
Alternative schools serve students whose needs a regular school could not meet, and states hold them to separate accountability rules, so we don't rank them against regular schools. How we grade
About Welte Education Center
Welte Education Center is an alternative high school in Fountain, Colorado, serving grades 9–12. It is part of Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an. The school is located in a large suburb in El Paso County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 84 students were enrolled, with about 7.6 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical Colorado high school (15.6 students per teacher).
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 9–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Alternative School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 9–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 84 students
- Students per teacher
- 7.6 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Suburb — Large
- School district
- Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an
- County
- El Paso County
- NCES school ID
- 080408000096
Schools near Welte Education Center
All 10 schools in Fountain →
Mesa Ridge High School
Public · Grades 9–12 · 1,304 students
Fountain Valley School of Colorado
Private · Grades 9–12 · 233 students
Widefield High School
Public · Grades 9–12 · 1,193 students
Discovery High School
Alternative · Grades 9–12 · 83 students
James Irwin Charter High School
Charter · Grades 9–12 · 425 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.