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Enrollment
512
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1·NCES 080399006380
Bethke Elementary School
5100 SCHOOL HOUSE DRIVE, TIMNATH, CO 80547 · (970) 488-4300 · Larimer County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
41 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
32%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
72.8%
CO avg 44.9% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
71.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.8% | 71.7% |
| 2023-24 | 69.2% | 64.7% |
% 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
69.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Bethke Elementary School
Bethke Elementary School's state test result (69.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethke Elementary School this school | 512 | 8.0% | 69.6% |
| Rooney Ranch Elementary School LAKEWOOD | 492 | 7.3% | 66.8% |
| Meiklejohn Elementary ARVADA | 521 | 7.1% | 70.5% |
| Kyffin Elementary School GOLDEN | 503 | 10.5% | 77.1% |
| Cherry Hills Village Elementary School CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE | 491 | 9.8% | 72.1% |
| Mitchell Elementary School GOLDEN | 478 | 11.1% | 75.4% |
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 Bethke Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.6% | #58 of 931 | #3 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.7% | #43 of 940 ▲ 38 | #3 of 53 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #67 of 946 ▲ 26 | #4 of 53 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #217 of 1,056 | #6 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #481 of 896 | #34 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.0% | #783 of 896 | #46 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.0% | #965 of 983 | #52 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.1% | #296 of 664 | #19 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
512
-96 (-16%) vs 2020
+41% since 2010-11, when it was 363
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 512 | 32.7 | 15.7:1 | 8% (41) |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 34.2 | 15.3:1 | 8% (43) |
| 2022-23 | 554 | 34.7 | 16.0:1 | 5% (26) |
| 2020-21 | 608 | 36 | 16.9:1 | 4% (26) |
| 2017-18 | 633 | 34.8 | 18.2:1 | 4% (25) |
| 2015-16 | 590 | 33 | 17.9:1 | 3% (19) |
| 2010-11 | 363 | 18 | 20.2:1 | 4% (16) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bethke Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (633 to 512); teachers down 6% (34.8 to 32.7).
About Bethke Elementary School
Bethke Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Poudre School District R-1, located in TIMNATH, Colorado. Enrollment is 512 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Colorado is about 379 students, so this school is 35% larger than average.
Bethke Elementary School is in Poudre School District R-1, a district with 29,381 students across 52 schools.
Bethke Elementary School's enrollment is 82% White. The next largest groups are 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. County-wide, about 82% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 32% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1 at Bethke Elementary School, with 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 0.9 below the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 8%. Across public schools in Larimer County, the average is 35%.
Bethke Elementary School scores 69.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 61.9%.
Federal survey data for Larimer County show that the median household income is $93,765, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 94 public schools in Larimer County, enrolling about 47,159 students in all.
Timnath Elementary School is the public school closest to Bethke Elementary School, about 2.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Bethke Elementary School ranks 2nd of 9 on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment declined 16% from its 2020-21 level of 608. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.9:1 in 2020-21 to 15.7:1 in 2024-25.
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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 TIMNATH
- Timnath Middle-High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
- Timnath Elementary SchoolElementary · 455 students
Other Bethke Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Bethke Elementary. Bethke Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Bethke Elementary SchoolKATY, TX · 964 students
Nearby schools
- Timnath Elementary School2.1 mi · 455
- Grandview Elementary School2.3 mi · 542
- Windsor High School2.9 mi · 1,094
- Zach Elementary School3.0 mi · 492
- Windsor Middle School3.2 mi · 785
- Colorado Early Colleges Windsor3.2 mi · 196
Frequently asked questions
About Bethke Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bethke Elementary School?
Bethke Elementary School enrolls approximately 512 students in grades KG-05.
Is Bethke Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bethke Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Bethke Elementary School have?
Bethke Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
How diverse is Bethke Elementary School?
Bethke Elementary School reports a student body of 82% White, 10% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Bethke Elementary School public or private?
Bethke Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Poudre School District R-1.
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