School district · Colorado

Poudre School District R-1

Poudre School District R-1 in Colorado: 52 public schools with 29,381 students and 15.7 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $15,698 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 52; 5 charter
Students: 29,381
Students per teacher: 15.7; CO 16.2 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $15,698; CO $15.8K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 1,875
Counselors (FTE): 214
Students per counselor: 137; CO 246 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 40.7; Librarians (FTE): 15.4

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Colorado's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Colorado: 45%

60%proficient

+1.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 91% of school districts in Colorado

Median 36% · 169 school districts compared

11,371 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5

Math

Colorado: 36%

52%proficient

+2.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 94% of school districts in Colorado

Median 28% · 165 school districts compared

11,494 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$9.7K15

$10.0K16

$9.9K17

$10.1K18

$10.9K19

$11.2K20

$12.0K21

$13.2K22

$15.0K23

$15.7K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 6.3% · $33.8M
State: 35% · $187.9M
Local: 59% · $315.5M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $8,648
Support services: $6,564
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $21.5M
Long-term debt: $397.4M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 31Middle schools: 8High schools: 9Other schools: 4

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math	City or town
Bacon Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	397	12.8	59%	67%	Fort Collins
Bamford Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	310	12.7	53%	49%	Loveland
Bauder Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	423	12.5	49%	42%	Fort Collins
Beattie Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	302	15.5	54%	46%	Fort Collins
Bennett Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	362	14.8	52%	46%	Fort Collins
Bethke Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	512	15.7	73%	72%	Timnath
Cache La Poudre Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	281	14.9	43%	39%	Laporte
Dunn Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	392	14.4	67%	59%	Fort Collins
Eyestone Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	619	14.2	50%	45%	Wellington
Fort Collins Montessori SchoolCharter	Pre-K–6	278	22.3	68%	50%	Fort Collins
Harris Bilingual Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	311	13.9	46%	41%	Fort Collins
Irish Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	365	12.6	37%	28%	Fort Collins
Johnson Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	348	16.4	64%	52%	Fort Collins
Kruse Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	406	14.2	68%	67%	Fort Collins
Laurel Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	412	13.9	49%	32%	Fort Collins
Linton Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	307	11.6	26%	23%	Fort Collins
Lopez Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	361	15.2	51%	46%	Fort Collins
McGraw Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	349	14.0	69%	65%	Fort Collins
Mountain Sage Community SchoolCharter	K–8	265	15.9	57%	34%	Fort Collins
O'Dea Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	398	11.7	65%	62%	Fort Collins
Olander Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	310	14.2	54%	45%	Fort Collins
PSD Mountain SchoolsFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	88	7.9	58%	42%	Red Feather Lakes
Putnam Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	258	9.3	41%	30%	Fort Collins
Rice Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	401	14.4	45%	49%	Wellington
Riffenburgh Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	443	14.7	67%	56%	Fort Collins
Shepardson Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	414	13.9	74%	63%	Fort Collins
Tavelli Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	519	17.3	66%	58%	Fort Collins
Timnath Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	455	15.5	59%	54%	Timnath
Traut Core Elementary School	Pre-K–5	484	17.8	79%	73%	Fort Collins
Werner Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	374	15.8	64%	68%	Fort Collins
Zach Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	492	16.5	88%	86%	Fort Collins
Blevins Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	363	12.7	43%	38%	Fort Collins
Boltz Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	551	13.4	47%	35%	Fort Collins
Cache La Poudre Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	280	14.0	59%	49%	Laporte
Kinard Core Knowledge Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	762	18.9	83%	81%	Fort Collins
Lesher Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	766	18.3	64%	54%	Fort Collins
Lincoln Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	552	13.3	41%	28%	Fort Collins
Preston Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	568	16.4	57%	49%	Fort Collins
Webber Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	728	17.4	59%	46%	Fort Collins
Centennial High SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all	9–12	118	9.7	—	—	Fort Collins
Compass Community Collaborative SchoolCharter	6–12	179	13.1	68%	57%	Fort Collins
Fort Collins High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	1,836	18.6	—	—	Fort Collins
Fossil Ridge High School	9–12	1,846	19.3	—	—	Fort Collins
Poudre Community AcademyAlternativeFree meals for all	6–12	212	14.0	—	—	Fort Collins
Poudre High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	1,409	16.4	—	—	Fort Collins
Rocky Mountain High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	2,044	19.6	—	—	Fort Collins
Timnath Middle-High SchoolFree meals for all	6–12	1,456	18.4	56%	44%	Timnath
Wellington Middle-High SchoolFree meals for all	6–12	1,173	16.6	48%	31%	Wellington
Liberty Common Charter SchoolCharter	K–12	1,516	19.5	80%	68%	Fort Collins
PSD Global AcademyMostly virtualFree meals for all	K–12	259	11.3	40%	40%	Fort Collins
Polaris Expeditionary Learning SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all	K–12	406	15.3	60%	35%	Fort Collins
Ridgeview Classical SchoolsCharter	K–12	721	15.1	64%	60%	Fort Collins

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Address: 2407 Laporte Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80521
Phone: (970)482-7420

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.