Widefield 3 (0990)
1820 MAIN STREET
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80911
9,347
Total Students Served
17
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Superintendent:
Aaron Hoffman
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About Widefield 3 (0990)
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Widefield 3
2025-2026
Widefield School District is located in southeast Colorado Springs, bordering the Fort Carson Army post. The district consists of two high schools, one alternative high school, three junior high schools, 8 elementary schools, one K-8 school, one K-8 charter school, and a district preschool program. The online program in WSD3 was designated a school beginning the 2022-2023 school year and added multi-district status, as approved by the state school board, in spring 2023. Four of our elementary sc…
hools are designated innovation schools: a STEAM innovation school, a computer science school, a school of the arts, and a project-based learning school. WSD3 has 9,374 total students. The ethnic percentages in WSD3 include 40% White, 34.5% Hispanic, 1.3% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 10.3% Black, 1.6% Asian, 0.5% American Indian, and Two or More Races is 11.1%. In WSD3, 39% of students qualify for free and reduced lunch. WSD3 is comprised of 2.7% English Language Learners, and 3.4% of our student population was identified as Gifted/Talented. 15.6% of our student population qualify for special education services. WSD3 has 6 elementary schools with Title I Schoolwide Programs and 2 elementary schools with Title I Targeted Assistance Programs. The WSD3 Preschool also has a Targeted Assistance Program, and our K-8 school is not a Title 1 school. According to 2025 SPF results, 7 of our 8 elementary schools received a Performance rating, and 1 elementary school received an Improvement rating, 2 of our 3 junior high schools received a Performance rating, and 1 junior high school received an Improvement rating. Our K-8 school (elementary and junior high) received a Performance rating. Both (2) of our high schools received Performance ratings. Based on federal accountability, our alternative high school received a Performance rating. The charter school in our district received an Improvement rating, and our online/hybrid school received an Improvement rating. Overall, the district received an Accredited Performance Plan rating in 2025. Our district has been engaging in ongoing district and school improvement since 2010, when the district started its work with the Teaching & Learning Cycle. We have focused on creating, implementing, monitoring, and revising a plan, our TLC, which is a living document that outlines research-based instructional practices in our district. The TLC was developed by a group of teachers and administrators and continues to be revised and enhanced with ''best practices." Ongoing professional development on these best practices is delivered to all district instructional staff to ensure deep implementation of the TLC. This implementation benefits the growth and achievement status of all WSD3 students, including a particular focus on ELL, minority, economically disadvantaged, and Special Education students. Multiple district staff including; our district instructional team, as well as building administrators, parents, and community members, review our data annually to determine priority performance challenges and root causes keeping us from reaching the levels of achievement we seek. The district implemented the 3rd edition of the TLC during the 2023-2024 school year. In 2016, WSD3 received an Accredited rating on our DPF. We received this rating again on our 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2025 DPF. As a result, we developed a Performance Plan for our district. Whereas we had begun to see the effect of our efforts, especially in the area of academic growth in both ELA and math, prior to the pandemic, the growth which had been previously seen during 2017-2019 was negatively impacted by the pandemic, including being accredited with an Improvement rating in 2023 and 2024. This has led to our renewed emphasis on returning to the established and proven practices of the TLC, including the 3rd edition revisions and implementation, as well as a focused 2024-2025 initiative across all schools for intentional collaborative planning in all content areas. During the 2024-2025 school year, the district joined a collaborative partnership with the educational consulting company, Solution Tree. Throughout the school year, administrators and teachers identified essential standards, learning targets, and proficiency scales in all grade levels for ELA and Math. Teachers plan collaboratively every week to ensure planning and learning is consistent with district wide expectations for essential standards and skills. During the 2025-2026 school year, the district will identify essential standards and skills, proficiency scales, and learning targets for all secondary (grades 6-12) science and social studies contents. All grade levels will develop common formative assessments for ELA and Math through collaborative planning. Our UIP is developed with input from building administrators, district instructional team, and our District Advisory Accountability Committee, which is comprised of parents, students, community members, building administrators, a Board of Education member, and a district administrator, with our Board of Education having final approval of our plan.
Final 2025 Performance Rating
Average SAT & PSAT Scores
SAT Grade 11:
922PSAT Grade 10:
880PSAT Grade 9:
840School Year: 2024-2025
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