Enrollment
361
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1·NCES 080399001409
Lopez Elementary School
637 WABASH STREET, FORT COLLINS, CO 80526 · (970) 488-8800 · Larimer County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL361 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% 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.
- 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.
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
15.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
176 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 42 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
49%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
51.3%
CO avg 44.9% . -8.2pp since 2023
Math
45.5%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.3% | 45.5% |
| 2023-24 | 59.5% | 43.0% |
% 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
48.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.2%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Lopez Elementary School
Lopez Elementary School's state test result (48.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lopez Elementary School this school | 361 | 48.8% | 48.8% |
| Bennett Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 362 | 48.6% | 50.8% |
| O'Dea Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 398 | 45.2% | 61.3% |
| Tope Elementary School GRAND JUNCTION | 370 | 47.3% | 45.4% |
| Bauder Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 423 | 54.6% | 44.6% |
| Pomona Elementary School GRAND JUNCTION | 395 | 50.1% | 47.5% |
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 Lopez Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #314 of 931 | #25 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #330 of 940 ▲ 13 | #26 of 53 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #344 of 946 ▼ 122 | #28 of 53 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 361 | #537 of 1,056 | #26 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #408 of 896 | #30 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.9% | #488 of 896 | #22 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.8% | #491 of 983 | #16 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #383 of 664 | #28 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
361
-35 (-9%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 564
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 361 | 23.8 | 15.2:1 | 49% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 352 | 22.8 | 15.4:1 | 46% (163) |
| 2022-23 | 355 | 23 | 15.5:1 | 42% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 396 | 24 | 16.5:1 | 33% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 425 | 23.6 | 18.1:1 | 40% (170) |
| 2015-16 | 422 | 24 | 17.6:1 | 33% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 372 | 21 | 17.7:1 | 33% (124) |
| 2000-01 | 616 | 30 | 20.5:1 | 13% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 564 | 28 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lopez Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (425 to 361); teachers up 1% (23.6 to 23.8).
About Lopez Elementary School
Lopez Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Colorado, with an address in FORT COLLINS. School enrollment was 361 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5.
Lopez Elementary School reports to Poudre School District R-1, which has 52 schools and 29,381 students.
At Lopez Elementary School, White students make up 68% of the student body. It is also 21% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Larimer County is roughly 82% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 49% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Lopez Elementary School and a ratio of 15.2:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 49% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Larimer County averages 35%, lower than here.
Lopez Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 76% of Colorado public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Colorado with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 37.2%. Lopez Elementary School scores 48.8%.
Lopez Elementary School is located in Larimer County, where the median household income is $93,765, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Besides Lopez Elementary School, Larimer County has 93 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Fort Collins Montessori School, is about 0.8 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Lopez Elementary School is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Lopez Elementary School's enrollment dropped from 396 in 2020-21 to 361 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.2:1) than in 2020-21 (16.5:1).
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Lopez Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Lopez Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Lopez Elementary. Lopez Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSEFFNER, FL · 511 students
- Lopez ElementaryPomona, CA · 394 students
- Lopez Elementary SchoolLopez Island, WA · 91 students
Nearby schools
- Fort Collins Montessori School0.8 mi · 278
- McGraw Elementary School0.8 mi · 349
- Johnson Elementary School0.8 mi · 348
- Webber Middle School0.9 mi · 728
- Beattie Elementary School1.1 mi · 302
- Rocky Mountain High School1.2 mi · 2,044
Frequently asked questions
About Lopez Elementary SchoolHow large is Lopez Elementary School?
Lopez Elementary School enrolls approximately 361 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lopez Elementary School serve?
Lopez Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Lopez Elementary School have?
Lopez Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Lopez Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lopez Elementary School are roughly 68% White, 21% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Lopez Elementary School public or private?
Lopez Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Poudre School District R-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.