Shepardson Elementary School

Shepardson Elementary School, a reasonably sized elementary campus in FORT COLLINS, Colorado, run under Poudre School District R-1, educates 414 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 52 schools in Poudre School District R-1 (29,381 students total), Shepardson Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Shepardson Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. Compared to Larimer County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Larimer County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Shepardson Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 52.1%; this one delivers 65.1%, a residual of +13.0 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Larimer County put median household income runs about $93,765, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Shepardson Elementary School is one of 94 public schools in Larimer County (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students).

Nearest neighbor: Boltz Middle School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Shepardson Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Shepardson Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.8%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Shepardson Elementary School has shrank 5%, going from 435 students in 2018 to 414 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 14% to 9% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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