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Fountain 8 vs Sierra Grande R-30

This compares what homes cost in the Fountain 8 and Sierra Grande R-30 school districts. There are 38 homes for sale in Fountain 8 and 45 in Sierra Grande R-30 as this page loaded. Homes are more expensive in Fountain 8: a median asking price of $392,450 against $325,000, about 21% higher. By the foot it is $218 in Fountain 8 against $230 in Sierra Grande R-30 — so the cheaper home is the dearer space, which usually means the homes in Fountain 8 are simply bigger. A typical home for sale is 1,737 square feet in one and 1,400 in the other. These are figures about houses. Symbio publishes no school ratings, and a home counts towards a district because its listing named a school there.

Side by side

MeasureFountain 8Sierra Grande R-30
For sale today
Homes for sale3845
Median asking price$392,450$325,000
Cheapest home for sale$215,000$70,000
Dearest home for sale$1,975,000$1,700,000
Median price per sq ft$218$230
Median size (sq ft)1,7371,400
Median days on market84122
What sold, last 12 months
Homes sold9833
Median sold price$415,668$249,000
How big an area each covers
Towns with homes for sale23

The darker figure in each row is the lower price, the shorter wait or the bigger number. None of these rows is a judgement about the schools — they are about what it costs to buy a house in each district.

Fountain 8

38
Homes for sale
$392,450
Median asking price
$218
Median per sq ft
84
Median days on market

Sierra Grande R-30

45
Homes for sale
$325,000
Median asking price
$230
Median per sq ft
122
Median days on market

Questions people ask

Is Fountain 8 or Sierra Grande R-30 more expensive to buy in?

Fountain 8. The median asking price is $392,450 against $325,000. Per square foot they run $218 and $230, which is the fairer comparison when the homes are different sizes.

Which district do homes sell faster in?

Homes for sale in Fountain 8 have been listed a median of 84 days against 122 in the other. Over the last twelve months 98 homes sold in Fountain 8 and 33 in Sierra Grande R-30.

How many homes are for sale in each district?

38 in Fountain 8 and 45 in Sierra Grande R-30 as this page loaded, recalculated from the live MLS feed rather than published on a schedule.

Does this say which district has better schools?

No, and it is worth being blunt about that. Symbio publishes no school ratings and no test scores. Every figure here describes the HOMES whose listings named a school in that district. That is a real answer to "what would I have to pay to buy in this district" and it is not an answer to "which schools are better". It is also not an attendance boundary — confirm the assigned school with the district before it decides anything.

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Both districts are recalculated from the live MLS feed at the moment this page loads, and both are read at the same instant, so the two sides are always comparable. These are figures about HOMES, not about schools: Symbio publishes no school ratings and no test scores. A home counts towards a district because the listing agent recorded a school in that district against it on the MLS - that is not an attendance boundary, and district assignment should always be confirmed with the district itself before it decides anything. Figures cover residential homes; rentals, land and fractional co-ownership shares are excluded. Sold figures cover the last twelve months.

The listings these figures are drawn from were last changed at the MLS on October 29, 2026 at 8:26 PM Mountain time. The figures themselves are worked out again from scratch every time this page is opened.

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