Boltz Middle School

Boltz Middle School operates as a mid-sized 6-8 campus in FORT COLLINS, Colorado, overseen by Poudre School District R-1. Current enrollment sits at 551 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

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

On demographics, Boltz Middle School reports that 60% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 31% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Boltz Middle School has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 49% of students at Boltz Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Larimer County (around 35%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Boltz Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.9%; this one delivers 38.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Larimer County indicate median household earnings sit near $93,765, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Boltz Middle School is one of 94 public schools in Larimer County (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students).

Nearest neighbor: Shepardson Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Boltz Middle School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 57.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Boltz Middle School has decreased 7%, going from 591 students in 2018 to 551 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 69% to 60%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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.