Enrollment
258
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1·NCES 080399000542
Putnam Elementary School
1400 MAPLE STREET, FORT COLLINS, CO 80521 · (970) 488-7700 · Larimer County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL258 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
199 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 55 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (32).
Student demographics
59%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
41.2%
CO avg 44.9% . -2.4pp since 2023
Math
29.9%
CO avg 36.1% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.2% | 29.9% |
| 2023-24 | 43.6% | 26.6% |
% 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
36.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 20% 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 17 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 Putnam Elementary School
Putnam Elementary School's state test result (36.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Putnam Elementary School this school | 258 | 77.1% | 36.9% |
| Fremont Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 308 | 76.3% | 28.8% |
| Northside Elementary School MONTROSE | 327 | 76.5% | 24.8% |
| Swanson Elementary School ARVADA | 283 | 72.4% | 16.5% |
| Edison Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 214 | 77.6% | 23.3% |
| Slater Elementary School LAKEWOOD | 280 | 72.5% | 22.2% |
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 Putnam Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #482 of 931 | #41 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #543 of 940 ▲ 26 | #44 of 53 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #496 of 946 ▼ 50 | #42 of 53 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 258 | #813 of 1,056 | #42 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #2 of 896 | #1 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #222 of 896 | #2 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.1% | #188 of 983 | #1 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.7% | #162 of 664 | #8 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
258
-74 (-22%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 462
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 258 | 27.6 | 9.3:1 | 77% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 261 | 29.5 | 8.8:1 | 82% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 306 | 28.7 | 10.7:1 | 88% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 332 | 29 | 11.4:1 | 74% (247) |
| 2017-18 | 352 | 30 | 11.8:1 | 88% (309) |
| 2015-16 | 385 | 30 | 12.8:1 | 81% (311) |
| 2010-11 | 409 | 27 | 15.2:1 | 74% (301) |
| 2000-01 | 409 | 31 | 13.2:1 | 68% (279) |
| 1990-91 | 462 | 22 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Putnam Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (352 to 258); teachers down 8% (30 to 27.6).
About Putnam Elementary School
Putnam Elementary School runs as a low-enrollment elementary school in FORT COLLINS, Colorado. A federal count lists 258 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Colorado is about 379, so this school runs 32% smaller than that.
A total of 52 schools make up Poudre School District R-1, with 29,381 students enrolled.
A majority of students at Putnam Elementary School, 51%, are Hispanic. The next largest groups are 38% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial, and 3% Native American. The school's Hispanic share is 38 points above the 13% share among Larimer County residents. By the diversity index, Putnam Elementary School comes in at 59%.
The school has about 9.3 students per teacher and 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1, higher than at this school. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 35% average for public schools in Larimer County.
The allk12 Grade for Putnam Elementary School is B+. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 69% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Putnam Elementary School is 17.0 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Colorado.
Within Larimer County, median household income is about $93,765, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 94 public schools in Larimer County, with a combined enrollment of about 47,159.
Lincoln Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Putnam Elementary School is behind the 43.5% nearby average, ranking 4th of 6.
In the federal locale system, Putnam Elementary School is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 332 in 2020-21 and 258 in 2024-25, a 22% decrease. Federal data show the ratio falling from 11.4:1 to 9.3:1.
The Putnam Elementary School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Other Putnam Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Putnam Elementary. Putnam Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Putnam Elementary SchoolPutnam, CT · 558 students
- Putnam Elementary SchoolEL PASO, TX · 260 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Middle School0.6 mi · 552
- Dunn Elementary School0.9 mi · 392
- Polaris Expeditionary Learning School1.1 mi · 406
- Irish Elementary School1.1 mi · 365
- Poudre High School1.1 mi · 1,409
- Poudre Community Academy1.2 mi · 212
Frequently asked questions
About Putnam Elementary SchoolHow large is Putnam Elementary School?
Putnam Elementary School enrolls approximately 258 students in grades PK-05.
Is Putnam Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Putnam Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Putnam Elementary School?
Approximately 9.3:1 students per teacher at Putnam Elementary School.
How diverse is Putnam Elementary School?
Putnam Elementary School reports a student body of 38% White, 51% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Putnam Elementary School in?
Putnam 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.