Cache La Poudre Middle School

Cache La Poudre Middle School, a tight-knit junior high in LAPORTE, Colorado, overseen by Poudre School District R-1, teaches 280 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 39% leaner than typical.

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

On demographics, Cache La Poudre Middle School records that nearly all students (83%) are White. The remainder looks like 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Cache La Poudre Middle School lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cache La Poudre Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.5%; this one delivers 52.3%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Larimer County put median household income runs about $93,765, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Larimer County runs 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students), of which Cache La Poudre Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Cache La Poudre Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cache La Poudre Middle School. On composite proficiency, Cache La Poudre Middle School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 40.5%.

Cache La Poudre Middle School operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 13%: 323 students in 2018 compared to 280 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.