Enrollment
242
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THOMPSON SCHOOL DISTRICT R-2J·NCES 080540006406
Coyote Ridge Elementary School
7115 AVONDALE ROAD, FORT COLLINS, CO 80525 · (970) 679-9400 · Larimer County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL242 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of Colorado public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
66 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 13 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
41%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
69.2%
CO avg 44.9% . +6.1pp since 2023
Math
61.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.2% | 61.7% |
| 2023-24 | 63.1% | 56.2% |
% 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
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Coyote Ridge Elementary School
Coyote Ridge Elementary School's state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coyote Ridge Elementary School this school | 242 | 27.3% | 61.0% |
| Frisco Elementary School FRISCO | 215 | 27.0% | 45.9% |
| Kohl Elementary School BROOMFIELD | 273 | 26.7% | 59.0% |
| Hayden Valley Elementary School HAYDEN | 232 | 24.1% | 24.1% |
| Steele Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 273 | 25.6% | 63.6% |
| West Jefferson Elementary School CONIFER | 252 | 22.6% | 56.8% |
Matched among Colorado elementary 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 Coyote Ridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #149 of 931 | #13 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #126 of 940 ▲ 40 | #11 of 53 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #96 of 946 ▲ 70 | #5 of 53 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 242 | #850 of 1,056 | #45 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #240 of 896 | #18 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.7% | #663 of 896 | #36 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.3% | #739 of 983 | #39 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.9% | #71 of 664 | #2 of 41 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
242
-54 (-18%) vs 2020
-30% since 2010-11, when it was 347
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 242 | 17.2 | 14.1:1 | 27% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 264 | 17.1 | 15.4:1 | 33% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 264 | 16.3 | 16.3:1 | 20% (52) |
| 2020-21 | 296 | 21 | 14.1:1 | 19% (57) |
| 2017-18 | 366 | 20.9 | 17.6:1 | 16% (60) |
| 2015-16 | 339 | 20 | 16.9:1 | 17% (59) |
| 2010-11 | 347 | 21 | 16.5:1 | 13% (45) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coyote Ridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (366 to 242); teachers down 18% (20.9 to 17.2).
About Coyote Ridge Elementary School
Families in FORT COLLINS, Colorado, are served by Coyote Ridge Elementary School, a small elementary school. School enrollment was 242 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Colorado is roughly 379 students; this school is 36% smaller than that.
Thompson School District R-2J is made up of 32 schools with 14,580 students in all.
By race and ethnicity, Coyote Ridge Elementary School is 75% White. The school is also 13% Hispanic and 10% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Coyote Ridge Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 41%.
Coyote Ridge Elementary School's 17.2 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 14.1:1. That ratio is under the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 27%.
Coyote Ridge Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 87% of Colorado public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Colorado, Coyote Ridge Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 61.0% actual against a predicted 50.2%.
In Larimer County (population about 367,368), median household income is about $93,765, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Coyote Ridge Elementary School is one of 94 public schools in Larimer County, which together enroll about 47,159 students.
The shortest distance from Coyote Ridge Elementary School to another public school is about 1.3 miles, to Cottonwood Plains Elementary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Coyote Ridge Elementary School places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Under the NCES locale system, Coyote Ridge Elementary School is City: Mid-size.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 18%, from 296 to 242.
Community posts for Coyote Ridge Elementary School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Thompson School District R-2J
- Loveland High SchoolHigh · 1,354 students
- Mountain View High SchoolHigh · 1,074 students
- Loveland Classical SchoolCombined · 1,032 students
- New Vision Charter SchoolElementary · 1,005 students
- Thompson Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,005 students
- Riverview PK-8Elementary · 757 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
Other Coyote Ridge Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Coyote Ridge Elementary. Coyote Ridge Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Coyote Ridge Elementary SchoolBROOMFIELD, CO · 392 students
- Coyote Ridge ElementaryRoseville, CA · 815 students
- Coyote Ridge Elementary SchoolCARROLLTON, TX · 478 students
Nearby schools
- Cottonwood Plains Elementary School1.3 mi · 330
- Werner Elementary School2.1 mi · 374
- McGraw Elementary School2.4 mi · 349
- Fort Collins Montessori School2.6 mi · 278
- Bacon Elementary School2.8 mi · 397
- Academy of Arts and Knowledge Elementary2.9 mi · 240
Frequently asked questions
About Coyote Ridge Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Coyote Ridge Elementary School?
Coyote Ridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 242 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Coyote Ridge Elementary School serve?
Coyote Ridge Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Coyote Ridge Elementary School have?
Coyote Ridge Elementary School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Coyote Ridge Elementary School?
At Coyote Ridge Elementary School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 13% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Coyote Ridge Elementary School?
Coyote Ridge Elementary School is overseen by Thompson School District R-2J in Larimer County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.