Lesher Middle School

Lesher Middle School is a 6-8 campus of high-enrollment scale in FORT COLLINS, Colorado, run under Poudre School District R-1, works with 766 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 462 students each, so Lesher Middle School sits 66% above that benchmark.

Lesher Middle School is one of 52 schools operated by Poudre School District R-1, a district that hosts 29,381 students overall.

On demographics, Lesher Middle School records that 73% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Larimer County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Lesher Middle School has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lesher Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.8%; this one delivers 56.0%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Larimer County) logs that median household income runs about $93,765, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Larimer County's 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students), Lesher Middle School is one campus in the mix.

PSD Global Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Lesher Middle School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 53.2%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 761 students in 2018 compared to 766 in 2025. The White share of enrollment expanded from 64% to 73% over that span.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.