Linton Elementary School

Linton Elementary School is one of the intimate elementary-level communitys in FORT COLLINS, Colorado, one of the schools within Poudre School District R-1, with 307 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Linton Elementary School reports that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 40% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 13% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Linton Elementary School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Linton Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Larimer County's rate of about 35%.

With demographic context factored in, Linton Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.8%; this one delivers 27.8%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Larimer County put median household earnings sit near $93,765, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Linton Elementary School is one of 94 public schools in Larimer County (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students).

Fort Collins High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Linton Elementary School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 54.8%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Linton Elementary School has edged down 29%, going from 434 students in 2018 to 307 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 54% to 40%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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