Bacon Elementary School

Located at 5844 SOUTH TIMBERLINE ROAD, in FORT COLLINS, Colorado, Bacon Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary school that enrolls 397 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Poudre School District R-1.

Within Poudre School District R-1, which oversees 52 schools and 29,381 students, Bacon Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Bacon Elementary School shows that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Bacon Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 27% of students at Bacon Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bacon Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.4%.

In the broader community, census data for Larimer County shows median household earnings sit near $93,765, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Larimer County's 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students), Bacon Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bacon Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Bacon Elementary School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 62.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 26%: 539 students in 2018 compared to 397 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 76% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.