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Widefield School District 3
District details
School board members: 5
Next election: November 4, 2025
Students: 9,377 (2023-2024)
Schools: 18 (2023-2024)
Website: Link

Widefield School District 3 is a school district in Colorado (El Paso County). During the 2024 school year, 9,377 students attended one of the district's 18 schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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Elections

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• 2025
• 2023
• 2021
• 2019
• 2017

Widefield School District 3 school board At-large

General election

The general election will occur on November 4, 2025.

General election for Widefield School District 3 school board At-large (3 seats)

William Dolphin, Michelle Hubbard, Pamela Jones, Robin Jones, and Luis Ybarra Jr. are running in the general election for Widefield School District 3 school board At-large on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate
		William Dolphin (Nonpartisan)
		Michelle Hubbard (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Pamela Jones (Nonpartisan)
		Robin Jones (Nonpartisan)
		Luis Ybarra Jr. (Nonpartisan)

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Widefield School District 3 school board At-large

General election

General election for Widefield School District 3 school board At-large (2 seats)

Tina West and Kelly Cutcher defeated Mark Walker, Alvin Sexton, and David Boyd in the general election for Widefield School District 3 school board At-large on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Tina West (Nonpartisan)	22.4	3,507
✔	Submit photo	Kelly Cutcher (Nonpartisan)	22.4	3,500
	Submit photo	Mark Walker (Nonpartisan)	21.4	3,344
		Alvin Sexton (Nonpartisan)	17.9	2,802
	Submit photo	David Boyd (Nonpartisan)	15.9	2,485

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 15,638
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Widefield School District 3 school board At-large

General election

General election for Widefield School District 3 school board At-large (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Widefield School District 3 school board At-large on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Donna Walsh (Nonpartisan)	20.4	3,277
✔		David Dock (Nonpartisan)	19.3	3,104
✔	Submit photo	Gregory Fisher (Nonpartisan)	17.8	2,865
	Submit photo	Susan Waller (Nonpartisan)	16.7	2,686
	Submit photo	Dolly Handel (Nonpartisan)	14.6	2,354
	Submit photo	Marie Dale Peterson-Henderson (Nonpartisan)	11.1	1,786
	Submit photo	Yevgeniya Tsyganok (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Submit photo	Brenda Miller (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	0.0	0

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,072
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Widefield School District 3 school board At-large

General election

General election for Widefield School District 3 school board At-large (2 seats)

Carlos Gonzalez and incumbent Neil Nelson defeated Victoria Latrell and Edward Mouchette in the general election for Widefield School District 3 school board At-large on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carlos Gonzalez (Nonpartisan)	36.9	4,383
✔		Neil Nelson (Nonpartisan)	31.7	3,758
	Submit photo	Victoria Latrell (Nonpartisan)	29.8	3,540
		Edward Mouchette (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	1.6	185

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Widefield School District 3 school board At-large

General election

General election for Widefield School District 3 school board At-large

Incumbent Susan Graham, incumbent Neil Nelson, incumbent Charron Schoenberger, and incumbent Theresa Watson won election in the general election for Widefield School District 3 school board At-large on November 7, 2017.

		Candidate
✔		Susan Graham (Nonpartisan)
✔		Neil Nelson (Nonpartisan)
✔		Charron Schoenberger (Nonpartisan)
✔		Theresa Watson (Nonpartisan)

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Election rules

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Election dates and frequency

See also: Rules governing school board election dates and timing

School board general elections in Colorado are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November every two years in odd-numbered years.

See law: C.R.S. 22-31-104

Recent or upcoming election dates for all public school districts in the state

Below are the recent/upcoming dates for all public school districts in the state. There may be exceptions to these dates for specific districts because of local charters and district-specific exceptions and carve-outs.

• Filing deadline date: August 29, 2025
• General election date: November 4, 2025

Election system

School board members in Colorado are elected through nonpartisan general elections without primaries.

See law: C.R.S 22-30-104

Party labels on the ballot

See also: Rules governing party labels in school board elections

School board elections in Colorado are nonpartisan, which means party labels do not appear on the ballot for school board candidates. Colorado Statute Section 1-4-803(4) states, "A candidate for the office of school director shall not run as a candidate of any political party for that school directorship."

See law: C.R.S 22-30-104 and 1-4-803

Winning an election

The school board candidate that receives the largest number of votes in the general election is elected to office.

See law: C.R.S. 1-4-104

Term length and staggering

School board members have four-year terms unless a school board passes a resolution to extend the terms to six years.

Any school district coterminous with a city and county (Denver Public Schools) have four-year board member terms. As of 2022, Denver Public Schools was the only school district coterminous with a city and county.

See law: C.R.S. 22-31-105

Colorado school districts have staggered elections with as close to half of their board members as possible elected every two years to four-year terms. The board of education can extend or reduce for two years the terms of one or more board members as necessary to achieve staggered elections with as close to the same number of seats up for election as possible every two years.

See law: C.R.S. 22-31-105

Representation: at large vs. by sub-district

Except for districts coterminous with a city and county (Denver as of 2022), school board members are elected at large by default. They can be elected from residence area restriction sub-districts or through a combination of at-large and residence area restriction sub-districts if the school district passes a resolution to change district representation. Regardless of whether the district elects some or all board members from certain residence areas (sub-districts), all voters vote in each school board race up for election. As of 2022, 73% of the school districts in the state elected their school board members at large, while 21% elected their members from sub-districts, and the remaining 6% elected their members through a combination of both.

School districts coterminous with a city and county must have a seven-member board of education with one member elected from each of five director districts and two members elected from the district at large. As of 2022, Denver Public Schools was the only district coterminous with a city and county.

See law: C.R.S. 22-31-109 and C.R.S. 22-31-131

Filing deadlines and swearing-in dates

The school board candidate filing deadline is sixty-seven days before the election date.

See law: C.R.S. 22-31-107

School board candidates can circulate their nomination petitions starting when the filling window opens ninety days before the election, which is 23 days before the filing deadline.

See law: C.R.S. 22-31-107

Newly elected school board members are sworn into office no later than ten days after election results are certified.

See law: C.R.S. 22-31-125

 

About the district

School board

The Widefield School District 3 consists of five members serving four-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members

Name	Seat	Year assumed office	Year term ends
Kelly Cutcher	At Large	2023	2027
Tina West	At Large	2023	2027
David Dock	At Large	2021	2025
Gregory Fisher	At Large	2021	2025
Donna Walsh	At Large	2021	2025

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Overlapping state house districts

Widefield School District 3

Office Name	Current Officeholder	Party	% School District Covered	% Other District Covered
Colorado House of Representatives District 21	Mary Bradfield	Republican Party	42%	12%
Colorado House of Representatives District 15	Scott Bottoms	Republican Party	34%	23%
Colorado House of Representatives District 17	Regina English	Democratic Party	21%	35%
Colorado House of Representatives District 56	Chris Richardson	Republican Party	4%	< 1%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Revenue
• Expenditures

Revenue, 2021-2022

SOURCE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Federal:	$15,198,000	$1,622	12%
Local:	$37,788,000	$4,033	31%
State:	$69,909,000	$7,462	57%
Total:	$122,895,000	$13,117

Expenditures, 2021-2022

TYPE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Total Expenditures:	$126,303,000	$13,480
Total Current Expenditures:	$106,757,000	$11,394
Instructional Expenditures:	$58,554,000	$6,249	46%
Student and Staff Support:	$13,233,000	$1,412	10%
Administration:	$15,702,000	$1,675	12%
Operations, Food Service, Other:	$19,268,000	$2,056	15%
Total Capital Outlay:	$14,472,000	$1,544
Construction:	$10,804,000	$1,153
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other:	$1,705,000	$181
Interest on Debt:	$2,567,000	$273

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."

• Mathematics
• Reading/language arts
• Graduation rates

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	17	15-19	10-14	14	<50	15-19	20
2018-2019	31	30-34	21	27	20-29	28	36
2017-2018	31	35-39	19	28	20-29	30	36
2016-2017	30	30-34	19	26	30-39	28	34
2015-2016	30	25-29	22	26	20-29	28	34
2014-2015	24	25-29	15	20	20-29	25	28
2013-2014	52	55-59	39	47	40-49	52	58
2012-2013	52	55-59	38	48	45-49	51	58
2011-2012	53	55-59	42	50	50-59	52	57
2010-2011	84	85-89	80	82	70-79		85

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	41	40-49	30-34	36	<50	40-44	46
2018-2019	48	60-64	43	43	40-49	49	52
2017-2018	44	50-54	37	41	30-39	42	47
2016-2017	41	40-44	33	38	30-39	41	44
2015-2016	35	45-49	28	30	11-19	36	39
2014-2015	35	40-44	29	28	20-29	35	39
2013-2014	66	65-69	60	61	50-59	67	70
2012-2013	66	70-74	62	60	60-64	64	69
2011-2012	65	60-64	62	61	60-69	62	69
2010-2011	90	90-94	89	89	80-89		91

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2019-2020	80	>=80	80-84	75-79	PS	70-79	80-84
2018-2019	81	>=80	80-84	80-84	PS	70-74	81
2017-2018	81	>=50	85-89	75-79	PS	80-89	81
2016-2017	82	>=80	80-84	80-84	>=50	80-89	82
2015-2016	80	>=80	85-89	75-79	>=50	70-79	79
2014-2015	78	>=80	80-84	75-79	>=50	80-89	77
2013-2014	81	>=80	80-84	85-89	>=50	70-79	78
2012-2013	81	>=50	75-79	80-84	>=50	70-79	83
2011-2012	79	>=50	80-84	75-79	<50	70-79	79
2010-2011	82	60-79	75-79	85-89	>=50		83

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Enrollment
• Demographics

Year	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2023-2024	9,377	-2.5
2022-2023	9,612	2.5
2021-2022	9,369	2.1
2020-2021	9,169	-5.5
2019-2020	9,669	0.8
2018-2019	9,592	-1.1
2017-2018	9,695	0.6
2016-2017	9,634	2.1
2015-2016	9,435	1.6
2014-2015	9,283	-0.9
2013-2014	9,364	0.7
2012-2013	9,297	1.2
2011-2012	9,184	2.4
2010-2011	8,963	1.2
2009-2010	8,851	3.9
2008-2009	8,504	0.3
2007-2008	8,481	-0.6
2006-2007	8,533	-0.2
2005-2006	8,551	0.5
2004-2005	8,508	0.4
2003-2004	8,475	-1.5
2002-2003	8,606	-0.8
2001-2002	8,671	0.4
2000-2001	8,639	2.0
1999-2000	8,468	0.0

Racial Demographics, 2023-2024

RACE	Widefield School District 3 (%)	Colorado K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.5	0.6
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	1.4	3.3
Black	9.4	4.6
Hispanic	34.1	35.9
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	1.3	0.3
Two or More Races	11.1	5.3
White	42.3	49.9

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Teachers
• Administrators
• Other staff

As of the 2023-2024 school year, Widefield School District 3 had 601.44 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 15.59.

Teachers, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten:	19.86
Kindergarten:	47.94
Elementary:	273.99
Secondary:	259.65
Total:	601.44

Widefield School District 3 employed 15.92 district administrators and 34.10 school administrators as of the 2023-2024 school year.

Administrators, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators:	15.92
District Administrative Support:	56.20
School Administrators:	34.10
School Administrative Support:	45.82

Other staff, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides:	158.11
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors:	28.08
Total Guidance Counselors:	29.14
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	7.97
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	19.17
Librarians/Media Specialists:	7.11
Library/Media Support:	19.86
Student Support Services:	97.61
Other Support Services:	204.44

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

The Widefield School District 3 operates 18 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

List of schools

SCHOOL NAME	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	GRADES
Discovery High School	62	9-12
French Elementary School	514	KG-5
Grand Mountain School	1,041	PK-8
James Madison Charter Academy School	104	KG-8
Janitell Junior High School	648	6-8
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School	516	KG-5
Mesa Ridge High School	1,255	9-12
Pinello Elementary School	299	KG-5
Sproul Junior High School	510	6-8
Sunrise Elementary School	537	KG-5
Talbott Steam Innovation School	327	KG-5
The Haven School	238	KG-12
Venetucci Elementary School	279	KG-5
Watson Junior High School	505	6-8
Webster Elementary School	568	KG-5
Widefield District 3 Preschool	383	PK-PK
Widefield Elementary School Of The Arts	352	KG-5
Widefield High School	1,239	9-12

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