Enrollment
365
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1·NCES 080399000533
Irish Elementary School
515 IRISH DRIVE, FORT COLLINS, CO 80521 · (970) 488-6900 · Larimer County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL365 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
260 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 54 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
46%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
36.9%
CO avg 44.9% . +2.6pp since 2023
Math
27.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.9% | 27.7% |
| 2023-24 | 34.3% | 22.4% |
% 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
30.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Irish Elementary School
Irish Elementary School's state test result (30.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Elementary School this school | 365 | 71.2% | 30.9% |
| Fisher's Peak Elementary School TRINIDAD | 393 | 75.3% | 29.1% |
| Baker Elementary School FORT MORGAN | 321 | 70.1% | 19.0% |
| Mountain View Elementary School LONGMONT | 321 | 76.6% | 21.1% |
| Leo William Butler Elementary School FORT LUPTON | 355 | 66.5% | 26.3% |
| Columbine Elementary School BOULDER | 369 | 73.2% | 29.3% |
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 Irish Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #567 of 931 | #43 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #578 of 940 ▲ 72 | #46 of 53 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #543 of 946 ▲ 38 | #44 of 53 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 365 | #528 of 1,056 | #24 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #92 of 896 | #6 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.4% | #543 of 896 | #27 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.2% | #256 of 983 | #2 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #571 of 664 | #36 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
365
+22 (+6%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 508
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 365 | 29 | 12.6:1 | 71% (260) |
| 2023-24 | 355 | 28 | 12.7:1 | 76% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 341 | 29.9 | 11.4:1 | 75% (256) |
| 2020-21 | 343 | 28 | 12.3:1 | 59% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 384 | 29.4 | 13.1:1 | 76% (292) |
| 2015-16 | 408 | 28 | 14.6:1 | 75% (307) |
| 2010-11 | 394 | 28 | 14.1:1 | 77% (303) |
| 2000-01 | 400 | 32 | 12.5:1 | 71% (282) |
| 1990-91 | 508 | 24 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Irish Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (384 to 365); teachers down 1% (29.4 to 29).
About Irish Elementary School
Irish Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in FORT COLLINS, Colorado. A federal count lists 365 students at the school, in pre-K through 5.
Poudre School District R-1 includes 52 schools. Together they enroll 29,381 students.
A majority of students at Irish Elementary School, 68%, are Hispanic. The next largest groups are 28% White and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 55 points above the 13% share among Larimer County residents. Irish Elementary School has a diversity index of 46%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Irish Elementary School's 29 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 12.6:1. 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 71%. Among public schools in Larimer County, the average eligibility rate is 35%.
Irish Elementary School is 7.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (30.9% versus 23.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Colorado.
In Larimer County (population about 367,368), median household income is about $93,765, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. A total of 94 public schools operate in Larimer County, serving about 47,159 students.
The nearest public school is Poudre Community Academy, at about 0.4 miles. Irish Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 44.7% proficiency; Irish Elementary School posts 30.9%.
NCES assigns Irish Elementary School the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 343 to 365.
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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 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
Nearby schools
- Poudre Community Academy0.4 mi · 212
- Poudre High School0.5 mi · 1,409
- Lincoln Middle School0.9 mi · 552
- Putnam Elementary School1.1 mi · 258
- Polaris Expeditionary Learning School1.3 mi · 406
- Dunn Elementary School1.8 mi · 392
Frequently asked questions
About Irish Elementary SchoolHow large is Irish Elementary School?
Irish Elementary School enrolls approximately 365 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Irish Elementary School serve?
Irish Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Irish Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Irish Elementary School is approximately 12.6:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Irish Elementary School?
At Irish Elementary School, the student body is approximately 28% White, 68% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Irish Elementary School in?
Irish Elementary School is part of Poudre School District R-1.
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