Fort Lupton High School

Fort Lupton High School is one of the medium-sized four-year high schools in FORT LUPTON, Colorado, overseen by Weld re-8 schools, with 721 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

Fort Lupton High School is one of 7 schools operated by Weld re-8 schools, a district that enrolls 2,503 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Fort Lupton High School reports that 82% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 15% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the resource side, On paper, Fort Lupton High School has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.1:1. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Fort Lupton High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 33.9%; actual is 8.6%, a gap of -25.4 points.

Across the wider county, Weld County reports that median household earnings sit near $97,097, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fort Lupton High School is one of 116 public schools in Weld County (combined enrollment of about 61,274 students).

The closest other public school is Leo William Butler Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Fort Lupton High School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 17.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fort Lupton High School has increased 15%, going from 627 students in 2018 to 721 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 22% to 15% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Fort Lupton High School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.