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Enrollment
551
Middle
DISTRICT 571 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1·NCES 080399000523
Boltz Middle School
720 BOLTZ DRIVE, FORT COLLINS, CO 80525 · (970) 472-3700 · Larimer County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL551 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Colorado public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
271 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 182 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 202 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 167 | 30% |
Student demographics
54%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
47.4%
CO avg 44.9% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
35.1%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.4% | 35.1% |
| 2023-24 | 43.5% | 32.8% |
% 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
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Boltz Middle School
Boltz Middle School's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boltz Middle School this school | 551 | 49.2% | 38.8% |
| Bill Reed Middle School LOVELAND | 530 | 47.0% | 24.6% |
| Columbine Middle School MONTROSE | 491 | 50.7% | 30.3% |
| West Middle School GRAND JUNCTION | 468 | 52.1% | 33.0% |
| Angevine Middle School LAFAYETTE | 619 | 49.6% | 38.7% |
| Delta Middle School DELTA | 498 | 55.0% | 30.3% |
Matched among Colorado middle 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 Boltz Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #93 of 241 | #8 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #86 of 244 ▲ 3 | #8 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #95 of 246 ▲ 14 | #7 of 13 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 551 | #102 of 278 | #7 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #44 of 227 | #3 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #92 of 227 | #2 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.2% | #128 of 246 | #3 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #136 of 169 | #9 of 12 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
551
-94 (-15%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 747
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 551 | 41 | 13.4:1 | 49% (271) |
| 2023-24 | 564 | 39 | 14.5:1 | 52% (292) |
| 2022-23 | 580 | 38.5 | 15.1:1 | 45% (263) |
| 2020-21 | 645 | 38 | 17.0:1 | 35% (224) |
| 2017-18 | 591 | 35.8 | 16.5:1 | 42% (246) |
| 2015-16 | 580 | 40 | 14.5:1 | 39% (228) |
| 2010-11 | 592 | 34 | 17.4:1 | 29% (172) |
| 2000-01 | 920 | 45 | 20.4:1 | 8% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 747 | 39 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Boltz Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (591 to 551); teachers up 15% (35.8 to 41).
About Boltz Middle School
Boltz Middle School is a mid-sized middle school. Its address is in FORT COLLINS, Colorado. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 551 students.
Poudre School District R-1 (52 schools, 29,381 students) runs Boltz Middle School.
The student body at Boltz Middle School is 60% White. Other reported shares: 31% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Larimer County's residents are about 82% White, 22 points above the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 54, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 13.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Boltz Middle School, which has 41. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Colorado is 15.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Boltz Middle School is about 49%. Public schools in Larimer County average 35%.
Among Colorado public middle schools, Boltz Middle School outscored 66%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Boltz Middle School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 38.8% is 1.9 points above the 36.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school's county is Larimer County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $93,765, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Larimer County's 94 public schools enroll about 47,159 students and include Boltz Middle School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Shepardson Elementary School, is about 0.6 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Boltz Middle School is 6th on average proficiency.
Boltz Middle School falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 94 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 17.0:1 to 13.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. 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
Nearby schools
- Shepardson Elementary School0.6 mi · 414
- Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado0.7 mi · 621
- O'Dea Elementary School1.0 mi · 398
- Beattie Elementary School1.2 mi · 302
- Kruse Elementary School1.4 mi · 406
- Fort Collins High School1.4 mi · 1,836
Frequently asked questions
About Boltz Middle SchoolHow large is Boltz Middle School?
Boltz Middle School enrolls approximately 551 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Boltz Middle School serve?
Boltz Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Boltz Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Boltz Middle School is approximately 13.4:1 (41 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Boltz Middle School?
Boltz Middle School reports a student body of 60% White, 31% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Boltz Middle School?
Boltz Middle School is overseen by Poudre School District R-1 in Larimer County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.