Laurel Elementary School

Laurel Elementary School is one of the reasonably sized elementary schools in FORT COLLINS, Colorado, part of Poudre School District R-1, with 412 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

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

On demographics, Laurel Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Larimer County's rate of about 35%.

With demographic context factored in, Laurel Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.6%, the actual is 37.3%, a residual of +3.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Larimer County indicate the typical household earns roughly $93,765 per year, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Laurel Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Harris Bilingual Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Laurel Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Laurel Elementary School at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 56.9%.

Laurel Elementary School operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 13%: 476 students in 2018 compared to 412 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share fell from 41% to 35%.

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