Regular local school district · Larimer County
Poudre School District R-1, CO: schools, enrollment and spending
Poudre School District R-1 runs 52 public schools with 29,381 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.7 students per teacher is 1.0 lower than the Colorado figure of 16.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 52
- Students
- 29,381
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,874
- Students per teacher
- 15.7
- CO: 16.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2407 Laporte Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80521
- Phone
- (970)482-7420
- County
- Larimer County
- Locale
- City: Midsize
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0803990
- State district ID
- CO-1550
- Total staff (FTE)
- 4,374
- School counselors (FTE)
- 214.0About 137 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 134.0
- Charter schools
- 5
Students per teacher compared
This district15.7
Colorado16.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (29,418), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $430.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $48.7 million
- State revenue
- $133.2 million
- Local revenue
- $248.9 million
- Total spending
- $582.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,802
- Salaries
- $218.5 million37.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $457.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.3%
- State: 30.9%
- Local: 57.8%
Colorado overall
- Federal: 11.9%
- State: 37.4%
- Local: 50.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,802
Colorado$15,467
United States$16,826
Schools in Poudre School District R-1
By level: 9 high, 8 middle, 31 elementary, 4 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bacon Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 397 | 12.8 |
| Bamford Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 310 | 12.9 |
| Bauder Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 423 | 12.8 |
| Beattie Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 302 | 15.9 |
| Bennett Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 362 | 15.1 |
| Bethke Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 512 | 16.0 |
| Blevins Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 363 | 13.0 |
| Boltz Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 551 | 13.4 |
| Cache La Poudre Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 281 | 15.6 |
| Cache La Poudre Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 280 | 14.0 |
| Centennial High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 118 | 9.8 |
| Compass Community Collaborative SchoolCharter | High | 6 to 12 | 179 | 13.8 |
| Dunn Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 392 | 14.5 |
| Eyestone Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 619 | 14.4 |
| Fort Collins High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,836 | 18.7 |
| Fort Collins Montessori SchoolCharter | Elementary | PK to 6 | 278 | 23.2 |
| Fossil Ridge High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,846 | 19.4 |
| Harris Bilingual Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 311 | 14.1 |
| Irish Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 365 | 12.6 |
| Johnson Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 348 | 16.6 |
| Kinard Core Knowledge Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 762 | 19.1 |
| Kruse Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 406 | 14.5 |
| Laurel Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 412 | 14.2 |
| Lesher Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 766 | 18.7 |
| Liberty Common Charter SchoolCharter | Other | K to 12 | 1,516 | 19.7 |
| Lincoln Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 552 | 13.5 |
| Linton Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 307 | 11.8 |
| Lopez Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 361 | 15.7 |
| McGraw Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 349 | 14.0 |
| Mountain Sage Community SchoolCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 265 | 16.6 |
| O'Dea Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 398 | 11.7 |
| Olander Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 310 | 14.8 |
| Polaris Expeditionary Learning SchoolCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 406 | 15.6 |
| Poudre Community AcademyCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 212 | 14.1 |
| Poudre High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,409 | 16.6 |
| Preston Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 568 | 16.7 |
| PSD Global AcademyCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 259 | 11.8 |
| PSD Mountain SchoolsCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 88 | 8.0 |
| Putnam Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 258 | 9.6 |
| Rice Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 401 | 14.9 |
| Ridgeview Classical SchoolsCharter | Other | K to 12 | 721 | 15.3 |
| Riffenburgh Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 443 | 14.8 |
| Rocky Mountain High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,044 | 19.7 |
| Shepardson Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 414 | 14.3 |
| Tavelli Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 519 | 17.3 |
| Timnath Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 455 | 15.7 |
| Timnath Middle-High SchoolCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 1,456 | 18.4 |
| Traut Core Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 484 | 17.9 |
| Webber Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 728 | 17.8 |
| Wellington Middle-High SchoolCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 1,173 | 16.8 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.