Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School

Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School is a middle school of expansive scale in FORT COLLINS, Colorado, operated by Poudre School District R-1, educateing 762 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 462 students each, so Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School sits 65% larger than that benchmark.

Poudre School District R-1 comprises 52 schools with combined enrollment of 29,381 students; Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School records that 75% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 10% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. About 12% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Larimer County (around 35%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School sits in the top 10% of Colorado schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 59.6%; actual is 75.8%, +16.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Larimer County shows median household earnings sit near $93,765, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School is one of 94 public schools in Larimer County (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students).

The closest other public school is Fossil Ridge High School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 55.8%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 6%: 813 students in 2018 compared to 762 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 80% to 75%. Class-load math has fell: from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 in 2025.

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