Enrollment
280
Middle
DISTRICT 571 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1·NCES 080399000524
Cache La Poudre Middle School
3515 W CR 54G, LAPORTE, CO 80535 · (970) 488-7400 · Larimer County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL280 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
89 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 88 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 106 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 86 | 31% |
Student demographics
29%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
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
58.9%
CO avg 44.9% . +1.9pp since 2023
Math
48.6%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.9% | 48.6% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 46.6% |
% 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
52.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Cache La Poudre Middle School
Cache La Poudre Middle School's state test result (52.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cache La Poudre Middle School this school | 280 | 31.8% | 52.3% |
| Buena Vista Middle School BUENA VISTA | 211 | 32.2% | 35.1% |
| Manitou Springs Middle School MANITOU SPRINGS | 275 | 36.7% | 43.2% |
| Elizabeth Middle School ELIZABETH | 386 | 28.2% | 38.7% |
| East Grand Middle School GRANBY | 304 | 30.6% | 44.5% |
| Barone Middle School MEEKER | 163 | 30.7% | 51.7% |
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 Cache La Poudre Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #46 of 241 | #4 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #42 of 244 no change | #4 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #56 of 246 ▼ 5 | #4 of 13 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 280 | #203 of 278 | #12 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #54 of 227 | #4 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.0% | #213 of 227 | #12 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.8% | #181 of 246 | #9 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #101 of 169 | #7 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
280
-51 (-15%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 379
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 280 | 20 | 14.0:1 | 32% (89) |
| 2023-24 | 298 | 20 | 14.9:1 | 36% (107) |
| 2022-23 | 324 | 20.7 | 15.7:1 | 27% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 331 | 21 | 15.8:1 | 21% (70) |
| 2017-18 | 323 | 21.2 | 15.3:1 | 35% (112) |
| 2015-16 | 324 | 20 | 16.2:1 | 37% (121) |
| 2010-11 | 346 | 22 | 15.7:1 | 28% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 409 | 26 | 15.7:1 | 17% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 379 | 23 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cache La Poudre Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (323 to 280); teachers down 5% (21.2 to 20).
About Cache La Poudre Middle School
Cache La Poudre Middle School is a public middle school run by Poudre School District R-1 in LAPORTE, Colorado. A federal count lists 280 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Colorado is about 462, so this school runs 39% smaller than that.
Enrollment across the 52 schools in Poudre School District R-1 totals 29,381 students.
About 83% of the student body at Cache La Poudre Middle School is White. Other reported shares: 13% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The White share in Larimer County as a whole is similar, at about 82%. The school's diversity index is 29%, meaning two students picked at random have a 29% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 14.0:1 comes from the school's 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado. The lunch program counts 32% of students at Cache La Poudre Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 35% average for public schools in Larimer County.
The model predicts 47.5% for a school in Colorado with Cache La Poudre Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Cache La Poudre Middle School posts 52.3%.
Larimer County census figures show that the median household income is $93,765, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 94 public schools in Larimer County, enrolling about 47,159 students in all.
The closest public school, Cache La Poudre Elementary School, is less than a tenth of a mile from Cache La Poudre Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Cache La Poudre Middle School is 2nd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES assigns Cache La Poudre Middle School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Cache La Poudre Middle School dropped 15% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 331 to 280 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.0:1.
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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
Nearby schools
- Cache La Poudre Elementary School0.1 mi · 281
- Irish Elementary School2.5 mi · 365
- Lincoln Middle School2.7 mi · 552
- Poudre Community Academy2.8 mi · 212
- Poudre High School3.0 mi · 1,409
- Putnam Elementary School3.3 mi · 258
Frequently asked questions
About Cache La Poudre Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cache La Poudre Middle School?
Cache La Poudre Middle School enrolls approximately 280 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Cache La Poudre Middle School serve?
Cache La Poudre Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cache La Poudre Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cache La Poudre Middle School is approximately 14.0:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Cache La Poudre Middle School?
Student demographics at Cache La Poudre Middle School are roughly 83% White, 13% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Cache La Poudre Middle School?
Cache La Poudre Middle School is overseen by Poudre School District R-1 in Larimer County.
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