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What's one thing Bacon Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
397
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1·NCES 080399001973
Bacon Elementary School
5844 SOUTH TIMBERLINE ROAD, FORT COLLINS, CO 80528 · (970) 488-5300 · Larimer County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL397 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% of Colorado public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
107 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 50%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
59.0%
CO avg 44.9% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
67.4%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 67.4% |
| 2023-24 | 62.4% | 66.1% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bacon Elementary School
Bacon Elementary School's state test result (62.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bacon Elementary School this school | 397 | 27.0% | 62.4% |
| Werner Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 374 | 22.7% | 67.3% |
| Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 381 | 22.3% | 61.3% |
| Shepardson Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 414 | 24.2% | 65.1% |
| Governor's Ranch Elementary School LITTLETON | 458 | 21.4% | 56.0% |
| Stony Creek Elementary School LITTLETON | 349 | 30.4% | 55.9% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bacon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #127 of 931 | #10 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #72 of 940 ▼ 1 | #6 of 53 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #225 of 946 ▼ 48 | #17 of 53 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 397 | #432 of 1,056 | #21 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #105 of 896 | #8 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.4% | #673 of 896 | #39 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.0% | #747 of 983 | #40 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.3% | #172 of 664 | #10 of 41 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
397
-134 (-25%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 523
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 16.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 397 | 31 | 12.8:1 | 27% (107) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 30.9 | 13.4:1 | 23% (96) |
| 2022-23 | 420 | 30.9 | 13.6:1 | 17% (72) |
| 2020-21 | 531 | 32 | 16.6:1 | 15% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 539 | 33.8 | 16.0:1 | 22% (117) |
| 2015-16 | 566 | 33 | 17.1:1 | 19% (110) |
| 2010-11 | 523 | 28 | 18.7:1 | 14% (73) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bacon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (539 to 397); teachers down 8% (33.8 to 31).
About Bacon Elementary School
Students in FORT COLLINS, Colorado, attend Bacon Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment stands at 397 students, covering pre-K through 5.
The Poudre School District R-1 system has 52 schools and 29,381 students.
White students are 76% of those enrolled at Bacon Elementary School. The remaining shares are 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 40%.
On staff are 31 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 27% of students at Bacon Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Bacon Elementary School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 90% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 50.4% at Bacon Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 62.4%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Larimer County show that the median household earns about $93,765 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Larimer County, 94 public schools serve about 47,159 students.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School, is the closest to Bacon Elementary School. Bacon Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Bacon Elementary School ranks 6th on proficiency.
The federal government classifies Bacon Elementary School's location as City: Mid-size.
The school's enrollment decreased 25% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 16.6:1 to 12.8:1.
On allk12, people connected to Bacon Elementary School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Larimer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
367,368
Census ACS
Median income
$93,765
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
94
47,159 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Poudre School District R-1
- Rocky Mountain High SchoolHigh · 2,044 students
- Fossil Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- Fort Collins High SchoolHigh · 1,836 students
- Liberty Common Charter SchoolCombined · 1,516 students
- Timnath Middle-High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
- Poudre High SchoolHigh · 1,409 students
Other schools in FORT COLLINS
- Rocky Mountain High SchoolHigh · 2,044 students
- Fossil Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- Fort Collins High SchoolHigh · 1,836 students
- Liberty Common Charter SchoolCombined · 1,516 students
- Poudre High SchoolHigh · 1,409 students
- Colorado Early Colleges Fort CollinsHigh · 971 students
Other Bacon Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Bacon Elementary. Bacon Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Bacon Elementary SchoolJesup, GA · 690 students
Nearby schools
- Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School0.8 mi · 762
- Traut Core Elementary School1.1 mi · 484
- Preston Middle School1.2 mi · 568
- Academy of Arts and Knowledge Elementary1.3 mi · 240
- Fossil Ridge High School1.4 mi · 1,846
- Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins1.6 mi · 971
Frequently asked questions
About Bacon Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bacon Elementary School?
Bacon Elementary School enrolls approximately 397 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Bacon Elementary School serve?
Bacon Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Bacon Elementary School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Bacon Elementary School.
How diverse is Bacon Elementary School?
Bacon Elementary School reports a student body of 76% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Bacon Elementary School in?
Bacon Elementary School is part of Poudre School District R-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.