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Enrollment
412
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1·NCES 080399000583
Laurel Elementary School
1000 EAST LOCUST STREET, FORT COLLINS, CO 80524 · (970) 488-5925 · Larimer County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
225 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 24 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
57%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
48.5%
CO avg 44.9% . +13.9pp since 2023
Math
32.3%
CO avg 36.1% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.5% | 32.3% |
| 2023-24 | 34.6% | 27.3% |
% 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
37.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Laurel Elementary School
Laurel Elementary School's state test result (37.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Elementary School this school | 412 | 54.6% | 37.3% |
| South Ridge Elementary An IB World School CASTLE ROCK | 371 | 53.1% | 33.8% |
| Prairie Winds Elementary School PUEBLO WEST | 477 | 51.6% | 32.4% |
| Pomona Elementary School GRAND JUNCTION | 395 | 50.1% | 47.5% |
| Thunder Mountain Elementary School GRAND JUNCTION | 432 | 54.4% | 25.4% |
| Rudy Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 385 | 53.8% | 48.6% |
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 Laurel Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #477 of 931 | #40 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #513 of 940 ▲ 43 | #42 of 53 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #394 of 946 ▲ 176 | #33 of 53 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 412 | #402 of 1,056 | #17 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #209 of 896 | #12 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #267 of 896 | #5 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.6% | #426 of 983 | #8 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #411 of 664 | #32 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
412
+20 (+5%) vs 2020
-7% since 2000-01, when it was 441
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 412 | 29.7 | 13.9:1 | 55% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 431 | 31 | 13.9:1 | 51% (220) |
| 2022-23 | 464 | 32.3 | 14.4:1 | 49% (228) |
| 2020-21 | 392 | 29 | 13.5:1 | 40% (156) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 34.5 | 13.8:1 | 58% (275) |
| 2015-16 | 465 | 30 | 15.5:1 | 60% (278) |
| 2010-11 | 408 | 28 | 14.6:1 | 63% (259) |
| 2000-01 | 441 | 31 | 14.2:1 | 52% (230) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Laurel Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (476 to 412); teachers down 14% (34.5 to 29.7).
About Laurel Elementary School
Laurel Elementary School is an elementary school located in FORT COLLINS, Colorado, in Larimer County. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 412 students in pre-K through 5.
Poudre School District R-1 enrolls 29,381 students, and its 52 schools include Laurel Elementary School.
Laurel Elementary School's enrollment is 55% White. The remaining shares are 35% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Larimer County's population at about 82%. By the diversity index, Laurel Elementary School comes in at 57%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.9:1, with 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 55% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Larimer County is 35%.
Laurel Elementary School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 55% of Colorado public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Laurel Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 37.3% and a predicted 33.6%.
Across Larimer County, median household income is about $93,765, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Laurel Elementary School is among the 94 public schools in Larimer County.
Harris Bilingual Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. Laurel Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 56.9%, higher than Laurel Elementary School's 37.3%.
The federal government classifies Laurel Elementary School's location as City: Mid-size.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 412 was 5% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 392.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Laurel Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Other Laurel Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 10 states are named Laurel Elementary. Laurel Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 16.
- Laurel Elementary SchoolLaurel, DE · 1,145 students
- LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPOINCIANA, FL · 1,126 students
- Laurel ElementaryAtherton, CA · 658 students
- Laurel Elementary SchoolNew Castle, PA · 503 students
- Laurel ElementaryOakland, CA · 473 students
Nearby schools
- Harris Bilingual Elementary School0.4 mi · 311
- Lesher Middle School0.5 mi · 766
- Centennial High School0.6 mi · 118
- PSD Global Academy0.7 mi · 259
- Ridgeview Classical Schools0.9 mi · 721
- Riffenburgh Elementary School1.0 mi · 443
Frequently asked questions
About Laurel Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Laurel Elementary School?
Laurel Elementary School enrolls approximately 412 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Laurel Elementary School serve?
Laurel Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Laurel Elementary School have?
Laurel Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Laurel Elementary School?
Student demographics at Laurel Elementary School are roughly 55% White, 35% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Laurel Elementary School?
Laurel Elementary School is overseen by Poudre School District R-1 in Larimer County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.