School report card · CMAS 2024–2026

Mountainside Elementary SchoolDraft

Fountain 8 · Fort Carson · elementary (grades 3–5)
−8.4
scale-score points vs.
expected (Eng + math avg.)

Compared with Colorado schools serving similar students, Mountainside Elementary School scored 8.2 points below expected in English and 8.6 points below expected in math (CMAS scale-score points, 2024–2026). In English that puts it in the 14th percentile statewide after adjusting for demographics (raw: 30th), and #7 of 8 neighborhood elementary schools in Fountain 8.

English vs. expected
−8.2
±4.5 pts · 14th pct. adjusted
English growth
35
median growth percentile · 8th among look-alikes
Math vs. expected
−8.6
±3.8 pts · 13th pct. adjusted
Math growth
39
median growth percentile · 16th among look-alikes
Met or exceeded expectations, by year
10%20%30%40%202420252026English 26%Math 23%
By year
202420252026
English vs. expected (pts)−5.0−6.9−14.4
English growth (MGP)403430
Math vs. expected (pts)−7.2−6.0−13.6
Math growth (MGP)443834
Among the 25 most similar schools statewide — English vs. expected (pts)
Most similar on neighborhood income and education, free/reduced lunch, English learners and special education. Blue: above expected; red: below; gray: within normal swings.
Limon+20.8Simla+10.9Mesa View+7.8Welchester+6.2Oak Creek+5.5Lincoln Orchard Mesa+4.4Jordahl+1.9Carrie Martin+1.9Desert Sage+1.1Aragon+0.7Fruitvale−0.1Prairie Winds−0.3Independence−0.6Otero−2.0Patriot−2.1Meadow Point−2.2Summit−2.7Thunder Mountain−3.6Madison−4.5Johnson−4.6Genoa-Hugo School−7.1Cimarron−7.6Mountainside−8.2Sunrise−8.7Abrams−9.6Edith Teter−9.8

Who it serves

The measures behind the comparison
Bars: this school (the area around it for education). Black tick: average of Colorado elementary schools.
Adults 25–44 with a bachelor’s+35%Free/reduced-price lunch56%English learners8%Students with IEPs22%

Neighborhood family income (families with children near the school, NCES): 3.0× the poverty line. Enrollment (K–12): 341. Education is for adults aged 25–44 — the ages most likely to be parents — because the Census doesn’t publish parents’ education below the district level.

How to read this

Each school’s CMAS scores are compared with what Colorado schools serving similar students score, using a model fit across all neighborhood schools. “Vs. expected” is in CMAS scale-score points; growth is CDE’s median growth percentile (50 is typical). Full method and caveats.