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Enrollment
414
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1·NCES 080399001280
Shepardson Elementary School
1501 SPRINGWOOD DRIVE, FORT COLLINS, CO 80525 · (970) 488-4525 · Larimer County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL414 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of Colorado public elementary schools
- ATest 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
13.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
100 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
32%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
73.7%
CO avg 44.9% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
63.2%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.7% | 63.2% |
| 2023-24 | 64.7% | 61.1% |
% 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
65.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 52% 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 13 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 Shepardson Elementary School
Shepardson Elementary School's state test result (65.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shepardson Elementary School this school | 414 | 24.2% | 65.1% |
| Werner Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 374 | 22.7% | 67.3% |
| Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 381 | 22.3% | 61.3% |
| Runyon Elementary School LITTLETON | 423 | 20.3% | 64.0% |
| Excel Academy Charter School ARVADA | 445 | 24.5% | 47.9% |
| Coronado Elementary School LITTLETON | 384 | 21.6% | 56.8% |
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 Shepardson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #99 of 931 | #8 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #112 of 940 ▼ 2 | #9 of 53 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #56 of 946 ▲ 90 | #3 of 53 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 414 | #398 of 1,056 | #16 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #216 of 896 | #14 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.7% | #786 of 896 | #47 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.2% | #769 of 983 | #44 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #574 of 664 | #37 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
414
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 590
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 414 | 29.8 | 13.9:1 | 24% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 424 | 29.1 | 14.6:1 | 29% (125) |
| 2022-23 | 440 | 29.1 | 15.1:1 | 21% (94) |
| 2020-21 | 424 | 26 | 16.3:1 | 17% (74) |
| 2017-18 | 435 | 25.8 | 16.9:1 | 24% (106) |
| 2015-16 | 414 | 23 | 18.0:1 | 24% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 373 | 18 | 20.7:1 | 24% (88) |
| 2000-01 | 497 | 25 | 19.9:1 | 7% (34) |
| 1990-91 | 590 | 26 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shepardson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (435 to 414); teachers up 15% (25.8 to 29.8).
About Shepardson Elementary School
Shepardson Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in FORT COLLINS, Colorado. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 414 students enrolled.
The district, Poudre School District R-1, operates 52 schools serving 29,381 students.
White students are 82% of those enrolled at Shepardson Elementary School. Beyond that, enrollment is 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is in line with Larimer County, where about 82% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 32, compared with 70 nationally.
Shepardson Elementary School reports a ratio of 13.9 students per teacher, from 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Shepardson Elementary School, 24% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 35% average for public schools in Larimer County is 11 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Shepardson Elementary School lands at A, ahead of 92% of Colorado public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Shepardson Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Colorado schools. It scores 65.1%; the prediction is 52.1%.
Larimer County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $93,765, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 94 public schools in the county, enrolling about 47,159, Shepardson Elementary School among them.
The closest school to Shepardson Elementary School is Boltz Middle School, located about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Shepardson Elementary School at 2nd of 7.
Under the NCES locale system, Shepardson Elementary School is City: Mid-size.
Shepardson Elementary School had 424 students in 2020-21 and 414 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.3:1 to 13.9:1 over the same years.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Shepardson Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Boltz Middle School0.6 mi · 551
- Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado0.7 mi · 621
- Fort Collins High School0.8 mi · 1,836
- Kruse Elementary School1.1 mi · 406
- Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins1.2 mi · 971
- Linton Elementary School1.2 mi · 307
Frequently asked questions
About Shepardson Elementary SchoolHow large is Shepardson Elementary School?
Shepardson Elementary School enrolls approximately 414 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Shepardson Elementary School serve?
Shepardson Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Shepardson Elementary School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Shepardson Elementary School.
How diverse is Shepardson Elementary School?
Shepardson Elementary School reports a student body of 82% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Shepardson Elementary School?
Shepardson Elementary School is overseen by Poudre School District R-1 in Larimer County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.