Woodland Park School District RE-2

Woodland Park School District RE-2 was established in 1959 and it is located in the northern half of Teller County in the upper Ute Pass area. It currently has three elementary schools, one middle school and one high school.

History of Woodland Park Re-2

Woodland Park, Colorado is located approximately 20 miles west of Colorado Springs, on highway U.S. 24 at the upper end of Ute Pass.  The original school was a two-story, white frame building with two teachers. The school house was built in 1890 at the height of the timber-cutting boom and at the beginning of the Cripple Creek Gold Rush. The town was named Manitou Park and had “probably 1,500 to 2,000 people”, according to the November 18, 1887 issue of the Weekly Gazette. The settlement was always bustling and busy because there was a lot of business from the lumber mills and mining camps.

Woodland Park District schools

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  Columbine Elementary School

  (719) 686-2300

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  Gateway Elementary School

  (719) 686-2051

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  Summit Elementary School

  (719) 686-2401

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  Woodland Park Middle School

  (719) 686-2200

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  Woodland Park High School

  (719) 686-2067