Mountain Sage Community School

Mountain Sage Community School is a low-enrollment elementary-level community in FORT COLLINS, Colorado, overseen by Poudre School District R-1. The school enrolls 265 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Mountain Sage Community School sits 30% leaner than that benchmark.

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

On the student-mix side, Mountain Sage Community School logs that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 26% of students at Mountain Sage Community School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Larimer County's rate of about 35%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mountain Sage Community School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.9%; this one delivers 45.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Larimer County) records that median household income runs about $93,765, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Larimer County runs 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students), of which Mountain Sage Community School is one.

The closest other public school is Liberty Common Charter School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mountain Sage Community School at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 49.4%.

Mountain Sage Community School operates from a low-density location. As a public charter, Mountain Sage Community School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 270 students in 2018 compared to 265 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 89% to 82% 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.