Coyote Ridge Elementary School

Coyote Ridge Elementary School is one of the compact elementary campuss in FORT COLLINS, Colorado, one of the schools within Thompson School District R-2J, with 242 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 36% leaner than the state mean of about 379.

Across the 32 schools in Thompson School District R-2J (14,580 students total), Coyote Ridge Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Coyote Ridge Elementary School shows that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 10% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Coyote Ridge Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.2%, the actual is 61.0%, a residual of +10.8 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Larimer County) logs that median household earnings sit near $93,765, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Larimer County's 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students), Coyote Ridge Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Cottonwood Plains Elementary School, roughly 1.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Coyote Ridge Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.4%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Coyote Ridge Elementary School has edged down 34%, going from 366 students in 2018 to 242 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 80% to 75%. Class-load math has fell: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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