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Enrollment
766
Middle
DISTRICT 571 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1·NCES 080399001408
Lesher Middle School
1400 STOVER STREET, FORT COLLINS, CO 80524 · (970) 472-3800 · Larimer County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL766 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of Colorado public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
226 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 246 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 277 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 243 | 32% |
Student demographics
43%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
64.4%
CO avg 44.9% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
53.9%
CO avg 36.1% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.4% | 53.9% |
| 2023-24 | 60.7% | 46.9% |
% 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
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Lesher Middle School
Lesher Middle School's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesher Middle School this school | 766 | 29.5% | 56.0% |
| Dunstan Middle School LAKEWOOD | 798 | 28.2% | 43.5% |
| Bell Middle School GOLDEN | 774 | 26.6% | 50.8% |
| Euclid Middle School LITTLETON | 631 | 31.1% | 50.9% |
| Castle Rock Middle School CASTLE ROCK | 660 | 25.9% | 44.4% |
| Mesa Middle School CASTLE ROCK | 852 | 25.6% | 41.8% |
Matched among Colorado middle 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 Lesher Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #34 of 241 | #2 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #29 of 244 ▲ 12 | #2 of 13 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #37 of 246 ▲ 3 | #2 of 13 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 766 | #40 of 278 | #1 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #183 of 227 | #11 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.1% | #167 of 227 | #7 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.5% | #192 of 246 | #11 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #54 of 55 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
766
-33 (-4%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 698
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 766 | 41.9 | 18.3:1 | 30% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 769 | 43.3 | 17.8:1 | 33% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 723 | 39.3 | 18.4:1 | 26% (188) |
| 2020-21 | 799 | 39 | 20.5:1 | 25% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 761 | 40.6 | 18.8:1 | 38% (288) |
| 2015-16 | 754 | 41 | 18.4:1 | 43% (323) |
| 2010-11 | 683 | 35 | 19.5:1 | 40% (273) |
| 2000-01 | 680 | 36 | 18.9:1 | 19% (131) |
| 1990-91 | 698 | 33 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lesher Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (761 to 766); teachers up 3% (40.6 to 41.9).
About Lesher Middle School
Federal records list Lesher Middle School as a middle school in FORT COLLINS, Colorado. The school enrolls 766 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Colorado is about 462, so this school runs 66% bigger than that.
Poudre School District R-1 is the district for Lesher Middle School. It has 52 schools and 29,381 students.
A majority of students at Lesher Middle School, 73%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 19% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Among all residents of Larimer County, the White share is about 82%. By the diversity index, Lesher Middle School comes in at 43%.
Teachers at the school number 41.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.3:1. The 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado is lower than this school's figure. Roughly 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades Lesher Middle School an A. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Colorado with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 48.8%. Lesher Middle School scores 56.0%.
In the county around the school, Larimer County, median household income is about $93,765, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Lesher Middle School is among the 94 public schools in Larimer County.
PSD Global Academy is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. Lesher Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Lesher Middle School comes in 4th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Lesher Middle School had 799 students in 2020-21 and 766 in 2024-25, a 4% decrease. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.3:1) than in 2020-21 (20.5:1).
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Nearby schools
- PSD Global Academy0.2 mi · 259
- Harris Bilingual Elementary School0.4 mi · 311
- Laurel Elementary School0.5 mi · 412
- Ridgeview Classical Schools0.6 mi · 721
- Centennial High School0.8 mi · 118
- Riffenburgh Elementary School0.8 mi · 443
Frequently asked questions
About Lesher Middle SchoolHow many students attend Lesher Middle School?
Lesher Middle School enrolls approximately 766 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lesher Middle School serve?
Lesher Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Lesher Middle School?
Approximately 18.3:1 students per teacher at Lesher Middle School.
How diverse is Lesher Middle School?
Lesher Middle School reports a student body of 73% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Lesher Middle School?
Lesher Middle 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.