Bennett Elementary School

Bennett Elementary School is a mid-sized primary school in FORT COLLINS, Colorado, one of the schools within Poudre School District R-1. The school teaches 362 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Poudre School District R-1 comprises 52 schools with combined enrollment of 29,381 students; Bennett Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Bennett Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 23% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Larimer County (around 35%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Bennett Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Colorado public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 37.2%; Bennett Elementary School posts 50.8%, +13.5 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Larimer County indicate the typical household earns roughly $93,765 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Bennett Elementary School is one of 94 public schools in Larimer County (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students).

The closest other public school is Dunn Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bennett Elementary School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 50.7%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 25%: 485 students in 2018 compared to 362 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 78% to 65%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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