Irish Elementary School

Irish Elementary School operates as a mid-tier elementary school in FORT COLLINS, Colorado, one of the schools within Poudre School District R-1. Current enrollment sits at 365 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

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

Looking at the student body, Irish Elementary School reports that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 28% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Larimer County as a whole is about 13% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Irish Elementary School lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Larimer County (around 35%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Irish Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.9%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Larimer County put the typical household earns roughly $93,765 per year, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Irish Elementary School is one of 94 public schools in Larimer County (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students).

Nearest neighbor: Poudre Community Academy, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Irish Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 44.7%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 5%: 384 students in 2018 compared to 365 in 2025.

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