Kruse Elementary School

Kruse Elementary School is one of the reasonably sized K-5 schools in FORT COLLINS, Colorado, part of Poudre School District R-1, with 406 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Kruse Elementary School is one of 52 schools operated by Poudre School District R-1, a district that caters to 29,381 students overall.

Demographically, Kruse Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 66%. The remainder breaks down as 25% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

On the income-and-resources front, Kruse Elementary School logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Kruse Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Colorado public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 43.1%; Kruse Elementary School posts 65.2%, +22.1 points above that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Larimer County put median household earnings sit near $93,765, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Larimer County runs 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students), of which Kruse Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kruse Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Kruse Elementary School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 50.5%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Kruse Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 22% since 2018, when it stood at 518 (now 406). White enrollment moved from 72% to 66% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.