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What advice would you give to incoming students at Poudre High School?
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Enrollment
1,409
High
DISTRICT 1,141 · STATE 627
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1·NCES 080399000541
Poudre High School
201 IMPALA DRIVE, FORT COLLINS, CO 80521 · (970) 488-6000 · Larimer County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,409 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
86 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 16.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
638 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 314 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 350 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 316 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 429 | 30% |
Student demographics
51%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
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Poudre High School
Poudre High School's state test result (37.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poudre High School this school | 1,409 | 45.3% | 37.2% |
| Montrose High School MONTROSE | 1,279 | 45.3% | 33.0% |
| Grand Junction High School GRAND JUNCTION | 1,832 | 43.1% | 30.4% |
| Pueblo West High School PUEBLO WEST | 1,540 | 43.4% | 22.6% |
| Coronado High School COLORADO SPRINGS | 1,279 | 48.3% | 24.4% |
| Palisade High School PALISADE | 1,073 | 50.9% | 34.5% |
Matched among Colorado high 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 Poudre High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #69 of 231 | #7 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,409 | #63 of 409 | #5 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #98 of 250 | #3 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.3% | #100 of 250 | #3 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.3% | #173 of 320 | #3 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.6% | #33 of 139 | #1 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,409
-564 (-29%) vs 2020
+35% since 1990-91, when it was 1,040
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 1,409 | 85.8 | 16.4:1 | 45% (638) |
| 2023-24 | 1,572 | 92 | 17.1:1 | 45% (705) |
| 2022-23 | 1,663 | 92.4 | 18.0:1 | 38% (639) |
| 2020-21 | 1,973 | 100 | 19.7:1 | 30% (593) |
| 2017-18 | 1,821 | 104.6 | 17.4:1 | 40% (727) |
| 2015-16 | 1,857 | 105 | 17.7:1 | 40% (738) |
| 2010-11 | 1,850 | 97 | 19.1:1 | 30% (553) |
| 2000-01 | 1,724 | 87 | 19.8:1 | 10% (171) |
| 1990-91 | 1,040 | 54 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Poudre High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (1,821 to 1,409); teachers down 18% (104.6 to 85.8).
About Poudre High School
Poudre High School is a high school in FORT COLLINS, Colorado, and it is part of Poudre School District R-1. Federal data show 1,409 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 627 students for high schools in Colorado.
Poudre High School belongs to Poudre School District R-1, a district of 52 schools and 29,381 students.
About 63% of the student body at Poudre High School is White. Other students are 30% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Larimer County residents are about 82% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 51, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 85.8 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.4:1. That is in line with the 16.9:1 average for high schools in Colorado. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 45%. It compares with 35% for public schools in Larimer County.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Poudre High School is 2.1 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 37.2% actual, 39.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Colorado.
In the surrounding county, Larimer County, the median household earns about $93,765 a year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Larimer County has 94 public schools with about 47,159 students, including Poudre High School.
Poudre Community Academy, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Poudre High School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Poudre High School is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's enrollment decreased 29% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 16.4:1, from 19.7:1.
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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
- Wellington Middle-High SchoolHigh · 1,173 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
- Colorado Early Colleges Fort CollinsHigh · 971 students
- Lesher Middle SchoolMiddle · 766 students
Nearby schools
- Poudre Community Academy0.3 mi · 212
- Irish Elementary School0.5 mi · 365
- Polaris Expeditionary Learning School0.8 mi · 406
- Putnam Elementary School1.1 mi · 258
- Lincoln Middle School1.2 mi · 552
- Bauder Elementary School1.4 mi · 423
Frequently asked questions
About Poudre High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Poudre High School?
Poudre High School enrolls approximately 1,409 students in grades 09-12.
Is Poudre High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Poudre High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Poudre High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Poudre High School is approximately 16.4:1 (86 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Poudre High School?
At Poudre High School, the student body is approximately 63% White, 30% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Poudre High School in?
Poudre High 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.