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What's something Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
971
High
DISTRICT 417 · STATE 627
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STATE CHARTER SCHOOL INSTITUTE·NCES 080002006542
Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins
4424 INNOVATION DRIVE, FORT COLLINS, CO 80525 · (970) 377-0044 · Larimer County
GRADES 06–12HIGH12-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL971 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Colorado public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 16.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
325 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 89 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 91 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 66 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 122 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 127 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 185 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 291 | 30% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
50.3%
CO avg 44.9% . +9.7pp since 2023
Math
34.4%
CO avg 36.1% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.3% | 34.4% |
| 2023-24 | 40.6% | 30.6% |
% 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
39.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins
Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins's state test result (39.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins this school | 971 | 33.5% | 39.4% |
| Centaurus High School LAFAYETTE | 1,557 | 30.8% | 59.8% |
| Columbine High School LITTLETON | 1,710 | 29.7% | 26.5% |
| Thompson Valley High School LOVELAND | 1,005 | 31.5% | 27.4% |
| Fort Collins High School FORT COLLINS | 1,836 | 37.4% | 36.3% |
| Fruita Monument High School FRUITA | 1,427 | 30.1% | 41.7% |
Matched among Colorado high 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 Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #59 of 231 | #6 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #12 of 54 ▲ 3 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #15 of 57 ▲ 9 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 971 | #113 of 409 | #10 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.5:1 | #248 of 250 | #13 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.7% | #162 of 250 | #8 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.5% | #228 of 320 | #9 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #68 of 139 | #5 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high 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
971
-374 (-28%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
was 25.9:1
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 | 971 | 39.6 | 24.5:1 | 33% (325) |
| 2023-24 | 967 | 46 | 21.0:1 | 28% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 1,036 | 54.3 | 19.1:1 | 18% (185) |
| 2020-21 | 1,345 | 52 | 25.9:1 | 20% (264) |
| 2017-18 | 1,117 | 36.8 | 30.4:1 | 18% (197) |
| 2015-16 | 761 | 26 | 29.3:1 | 19% (141) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (1,117 to 971); teachers up 8% (36.8 to 39.6).
About Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins
Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins, a large high school, is located in FORT COLLINS, Colorado. Grades offered run from 6 through 12, with 971 students enrolled. Enrollment is 55% higher than the average for high schools in Colorado, which is about 627.
State Charter School Institute has 21,411 students spread across 49 schools.
Roughly 74% of students at Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins are White. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. By comparison, Larimer County residents are about 82% White. Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins's diversity index is 43%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.5:1 at Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins, with 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, high schools in Colorado have 16.9:1, compared with 24.5:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 33% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Larimer County average 35%.
Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins is graded B by allk12, scoring above 61% of Colorado public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins's average proficiency rate on state tests of 39.4% is 7.0 points below the 46.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
County data help place the school in context: in Larimer County, the median household income is $93,765, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. In all, Larimer County has 94 public schools and roughly 47,159 students.
The nearest other public school, Kruse Elementary School, is about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins places 6th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Under the NCES locale system, Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins is City: Mid-size. Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins is a public charter school.
Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins's enrollment dropped from 1,345 in 2020-21 to 971 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (24.5:1) than in 2020-21 (25.9:1).
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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
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- The Pinnacle Charter SchoolCombined · 1,905 students
- Academy of Charter SchoolsCombined · 1,887 students
- Colorado Early Colleges Douglas CountyHigh · 1,035 students
- Thomas MacLaren State Charter SchoolCombined · 965 students
- Caprock AcademyCombined · 871 students
- Ascent Classical Academy of Douglas CountyCombined · 852 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
- Lesher Middle SchoolMiddle · 766 students
Nearby schools
- Kruse Elementary School0.2 mi · 406
- Academy of Arts and Knowledge Elementary0.6 mi · 240
- Linton Elementary School0.8 mi · 307
- Traut Core Elementary School0.9 mi · 484
- Fort Collins High School1.1 mi · 1,836
- Preston Middle School1.1 mi · 568
Frequently asked questions
About Colorado Early Colleges Fort CollinsHow many students attend Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins?
Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins enrolls approximately 971 students in grades 06-12.
Is Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins an elementary, middle, or high school?
Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins have?
Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins?
At Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins, the student body is approximately 74% White, 17% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins public or private?
Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by State Charter School Institute.
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