PSD Mountain Schools

Set in RED FEATHER LAKES, Colorado, PSD Mountain Schools is a tiny K-5 school, overseen by Poudre School District R-1. It enrolls 88 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 77% below typical.

PSD Mountain Schools is one of 52 schools operated by Poudre School District R-1, a district that educates 29,381 students overall.

On demographics, PSD Mountain Schools reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%); the rest breaks down as 8% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting PSD Mountain Schools tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 44% 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 north of typical.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Larimer County put median household earnings sit near $93,765, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. PSD Mountain Schools is one of 94 public schools in Larimer County (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students).

Nearest neighbor: Cache La Poudre Middle School, around 27.2 miles off.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

On the community side, members of the PSD Mountain Schools community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.