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The highest-performing public schools in reading in Larimer County, Colorado

Across Larimer County, Colorado, 71 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Zach Elementary School leads the list at 87.8%, against a median of 51.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Larimer County, Colorado

Top % Proficient (Reading)

87.8%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

51.3%

BEST IN READING · LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Zach Elementary School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Elementary	492	87.8%
2	Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Middle	762	82.8%
3	Traut Core Elementary School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Elementary	484	78.7%
4	Shepardson Elementary School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Elementary	414	73.7%
5	Bethke Elementary School	TIMNATH, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Elementary	512	72.8%
6	Coyote Ridge Elementary School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Thompson School District R-2J	Elementary	242	69.2%
7	McGraw Elementary School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Elementary	349	69.1%
8	Kruse Elementary School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Elementary	406	68.1%
9	Compass Community Collaborative School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Poudre School District R-1	High	179	68.1%
10	Fort Collins Montessori School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Elementary	278	67.8%
11	Dunn Elementary School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Elementary	392	67.4%
12	Riffenburgh Elementary School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Elementary	443	66.9%
13	Tavelli Elementary School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Elementary	519	65.7%
14	O'Dea Elementary School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Elementary	398	65.2%
15	Lesher Middle School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Middle	766	64.4%
16	Werner Elementary School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Elementary	374	64.1%
17	Johnson Elementary School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Elementary	348	63.5%
18	Berthoud Elementary School	BERTHOUD, CO	Thompson School District R-2J	Elementary	495	62.9%
19	Ponderosa Elementary	LOVELAND, CO	Thompson School District R-2J	Elementary	335	60.4%
20	Webber Middle School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Middle	728	59.1%
21	Bacon Elementary School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Elementary	397	59.0%
22	Cache La Poudre Middle School	LAPORTE, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Middle	280	58.9%
23	Timnath Elementary School	TIMNATH, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Elementary	455	58.5%
24	Mountain Sage Community School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Elementary	265	57.1%
25	Preston Middle School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Middle	568	56.6%
26	Ivy Stockwell Elementary School	BERTHOUD, CO	Thompson School District R-2J	Elementary	426	56.3%
27	Timnath Middle-High School	TIMNATH, CO	Poudre School District R-1	High	1,456	56.2%
28	Axis International Academy	FORT COLLINS, CO	State Charter School Institute	Elementary	288	55.4%
29	New Vision Charter School	LOVELAND, CO	Thompson School District R-2J	Elementary	1,005	54.9%
30	Olander Elementary School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Elementary	310	54.4%
31	Turner Middle School	BERTHOUD, CO	Thompson School District R-2J	Middle	448	54.3%
32	Beattie Elementary School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Elementary	302	53.7%
33	High Plains School	LOVELAND, CO	Thompson School District R-2J	Elementary	495	53.6%
34	Bamford Elementary School	LOVELAND, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Elementary	310	52.5%
35	Bennett Elementary School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Elementary	362	51.7%
36	Lopez Elementary School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Elementary	361	51.3%
37	Centennial Elementary School	LOVELAND, CO	Thompson School District R-2J	Elementary	324	51.3%
38	Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins	FORT COLLINS, CO	State Charter School Institute	High	971	50.3%
39	Garfield Elementary School	LOVELAND, CO	Thompson School District R-2J	Elementary	213	50.0%
40	Eyestone Elementary School	WELLINGTON, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Elementary	619	49.8%
41	Bauder Elementary School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Elementary	423	49.2%
42	Laurel Elementary School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Elementary	412	48.5%
43	Wellington Middle-High School	WELLINGTON, CO	Poudre School District R-1	High	1,173	48.4%
44	Boltz Middle School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Middle	551	47.4%
45	Carrie Martin Elementary School	LOVELAND, CO	Thompson School District R-2J	Elementary	247	46.6%
46	Harris Bilingual Elementary School	FORT COLLINS, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Elementary	311	46.3%
47	Rice Elementary School	WELLINGTON, CO	Poudre School District R-1	Elementary	401	45.3%
48	Walt Clark Middle School	LOVELAND, CO	Thompson School District R-2J	Middle	340	45.3%
49	Namaqua Elementary School	LOVELAND, CO	Thompson School District R-2J	Elementary	236	44.3%
50	Big Thompson Elementary School	LOVELAND, CO	Thompson School District R-2J	Elementary	179	43.8%

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