Lopez Elementary School

Lopez Elementary School operates as an average-sized elementary-level community in FORT COLLINS, Colorado, overseen by Poudre School District R-1. Current enrollment sits at 361 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within Poudre School District R-1, which oversees 52 schools and 29,381 students, Lopez Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Lopez Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 21% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Lopez Elementary School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Larimer County (around 35%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lopez Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Larimer County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $93,765 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lopez Elementary School is one of 94 public schools in Larimer County (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students).

Fort Collins Montessori School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lopez Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lopez Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 52.8%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Lopez Elementary School's enrollment has fell 15% since 2018, when it stood at 425 (now 361). Class-load math has tightened: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.