Harris Bilingual Elementary School

Located at 501 EAST ELIZABETH, in FORT COLLINS, Colorado, Harris Bilingual Elementary School is a small elementary school that caters to 311 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Poudre School District R-1.

Within Poudre School District R-1, which oversees 52 schools and 29,381 students, Harris Bilingual Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Harris Bilingual Elementary School lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 72%. Other groups include 26% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

On the resource side, Harris Bilingual Elementary School reports 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Larimer County's rate of about 35%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Harris Bilingual Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Colorado schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 29.7%; actual is 46.5%, +16.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Larimer County indicate the typical household earns roughly $93,765 per year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Larimer County runs 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students), of which Harris Bilingual Elementary School is one.

Centennial High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Harris Bilingual Elementary School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Harris Bilingual Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 56.1%.

Harris Bilingual Elementary School operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Harris Bilingual Elementary School has showed little movement, going from 313 students in 2018 to 311 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.