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What advice would you give to incoming students at Eyestone Elementary School?
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Enrollment
619
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1·NCES 080399000527
Eyestone Elementary School
4000 WILSON AVENUE, WELLINGTON, CO 80549 · (970) 488-8600 · Larimer County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL619 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
224 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 95 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
43%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
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
49.8%
CO avg 44.9% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
44.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +9.9pp 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 45 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 10 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.8% | 44.7% |
| 2023-24 | 39.8% | 34.8% |
% 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
41.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Eyestone Elementary School
Eyestone Elementary School's state test result (41.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eyestone Elementary School this school | 619 | 36.2% | 41.9% |
| Range View Elementary SEVERANCE | 584 | 32.7% | 45.5% |
| Tavelli Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 519 | 35.8% | 63.0% |
| Prospect Valley Elementary School WHEAT RIDGE | 583 | 29.3% | 54.6% |
| Woodmen Hills Elementary School FALCON | 613 | 33.0% | 44.6% |
| High Plains School LOVELAND | 495 | 34.1% | 47.6% |
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 Eyestone Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #407 of 931 | #34 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #341 of 940 ▲ 116 | #27 of 53 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #373 of 946 ▲ 128 | #31 of 53 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 619 | #98 of 1,056 | #3 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #248 of 896 | #19 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.6% | #617 of 896 | #33 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.2% | #634 of 983 | #26 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.3% | #197 of 200 | #9 of 9 |
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
619
+37 (+6%) vs 2020
+73% since 1990-91, when it was 358
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 619 | 43.7 | 14.2:1 | 36% (224) |
| 2023-24 | 652 | 44.7 | 14.6:1 | 41% (269) |
| 2022-23 | 663 | 38.4 | 17.3:1 | 32% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 582 | 33 | 17.6:1 | 27% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 617 | 34.8 | 17.8:1 | 39% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 535 | 30 | 17.8:1 | 38% (201) |
| 2010-11 | 470 | 26 | 18.1:1 | 37% (173) |
| 2000-01 | 569 | 31 | 18.4:1 | 30% (170) |
| 1990-91 | 358 | 20 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eyestone Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (617 to 619); teachers up 26% (34.8 to 43.7).
About Eyestone Elementary School
Eyestone Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school for students in WELLINGTON, Colorado. The school had 619 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Colorado is about 379, so this school runs 63% larger than that.
Poudre School District R-1 serves 29,381 students across 52 schools.
Eyestone Elementary School is 73% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 21% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 82% White among all Larimer County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 43% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 43.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 14.2 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 36%. For comparison, public schools in Larimer County average 35%.
Eyestone Elementary School scores 41.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 44.8%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Larimer County, the median household income is $93,765, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. There are 94 public schools in Larimer County, enrolling about 47,159 students in all.
Wellington Middle-High School is located about 0.1 miles from Eyestone Elementary School. The five-mile area around Eyestone Elementary School holds 2 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Eyestone Elementary School ranks 5th on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Fringe.
The school enrolled 619 students in 2024-25, 37 more than the 582 it had in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.2:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Other schools in WELLINGTON
- Wellington Middle-High SchoolHigh · 1,173 students
- Rice Elementary SchoolElementary · 401 students
Nearby schools
- Wellington Middle-High School0.1 mi · 1,173
- Rice Elementary School1.6 mi · 401
- Tavelli Elementary School7.2 mi · 519
- Cache La Poudre Elementary School9.4 mi · 281
- Lincoln Middle School9.4 mi · 552
- Cache La Poudre Middle School9.4 mi · 280
Frequently asked questions
About Eyestone Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Eyestone Elementary School?
Eyestone Elementary School enrolls approximately 619 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Eyestone Elementary School serve?
Eyestone Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Eyestone Elementary School have?
Eyestone Elementary School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
How diverse is Eyestone Elementary School?
Eyestone Elementary School reports a student body of 73% White, 21% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Eyestone Elementary School?
Eyestone Elementary School is overseen by Poudre School District R-1 in Larimer County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.