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Enrollment
398
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1·NCES 080399000539
O'Dea Elementary School
312 PRINCETON ROAD, FORT COLLINS, CO 80525 · (970) 488-4450 · Larimer County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL398 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
180 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
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
65.2%
CO avg 44.9% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
61.5%
CO avg 36.1% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.2% | 61.5% |
| 2023-24 | 63.6% | 57.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
61.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Colorado's top 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 O'Dea Elementary School
O'Dea Elementary School's state test result (61.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| O'Dea Elementary School this school | 398 | 45.2% | 61.3% |
| Lopez Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 361 | 48.8% | 48.8% |
| Bennett Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 362 | 48.6% | 50.8% |
| Needham Elementary School DURANGO | 367 | 42.2% | 41.6% |
| Longmont Estates Elementary School LONGMONT | 365 | 42.2% | 51.1% |
| Prairie Hills Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 348 | 40.8% | 47.3% |
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 O'Dea Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #140 of 931 | #12 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #128 of 940 ▲ 15 | #12 of 53 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #134 of 946 ▲ 26 | #12 of 53 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 398 | #431 of 1,056 | #20 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #44 of 896 | #3 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.6% | #498 of 896 | #24 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.2% | #526 of 983 | #21 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #394 of 664 | #29 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
398
-48 (-11%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 537
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 398 | 34 | 11.7:1 | 45% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 30.6 | 14.1:1 | 45% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 429 | 28 | 15.3:1 | 34% (145) |
| 2020-21 | 446 | 28 | 15.9:1 | 34% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 465 | 30.2 | 15.4:1 | 47% (217) |
| 2015-16 | 459 | 29 | 15.8:1 | 55% (253) |
| 2010-11 | 362 | 23 | 15.7:1 | 46% (166) |
| 2000-01 | 473 | 26 | 18.2:1 | 32% (152) |
| 1990-91 | 537 | 24 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for O'Dea Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (465 to 398); teachers up 13% (30.2 to 34).
About O'Dea Elementary School
O'Dea Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in FORT COLLINS, Colorado. The school enrolls 398 students, from kindergarten through 5.
Poudre School District R-1 has 52 schools and 29,381 students, and O'Dea Elementary School is one of those schools.
White students make up a majority at O'Dea Elementary School, at 69%. The remaining students are 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Larimer County is about 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.
The school has about 11.7 students per teacher and 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 4.9 below the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 45%. The 35% average for public schools in Larimer County is 10 points lower.
Test results at O'Dea Elementary School are 22.0 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 61.3%, compared with a predicted 39.3%, which ranks in the top 10% in Colorado.
Across Larimer County, the median household income is $93,765, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. In all, Larimer County has 94 public schools and roughly 47,159 students.
The next-closest public school is Compass Community Collaborative School, about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, O'Dea Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 48 fewer students in 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 15.9:1 to 11.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for O'Dea Elementary School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
Nearby schools
- Compass Community Collaborative School0.5 mi · 179
- PSD Global Academy0.9 mi · 259
- Beattie Elementary School0.9 mi · 302
- Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado0.9 mi · 621
- Ridgeview Classical Schools1.0 mi · 721
- Boltz Middle School1.0 mi · 551
Frequently asked questions
About O'Dea Elementary SchoolHow many students attend O'Dea Elementary School?
O'Dea Elementary School enrolls approximately 398 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does O'Dea Elementary School serve?
O'Dea Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at O'Dea Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at O'Dea Elementary School is approximately 11.7:1 (34 FTE teachers).
How diverse is O'Dea Elementary School?
O'Dea Elementary School reports a student body of 69% White, 19% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is O'Dea Elementary School in?
O'Dea Elementary School is part of Poudre School District R-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.