O'Dea Elementary School

O'Dea Elementary School is a primary school of mid-tier scale in FORT COLLINS, Colorado, part of Poudre School District R-1, instructing 398 students in grades K through 5.

Poudre School District R-1 comprises 52 schools with combined enrollment of 29,381 students; O'Dea Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, O'Dea Elementary School reports that 69% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Larimer County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), O'Dea Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 39.3%; this one delivers 61.3%, a residual of +22.0 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Larimer County indicate 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. Across Larimer County's 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students), O'Dea Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Compass Community Collaborative School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around O'Dea Elementary School. On composite proficiency, O'Dea Elementary School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 53.5%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 14%: 465 students in 2018 compared to 398 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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