Tavelli Elementary School

Located at 1118 MIRAMOUNT DRIVE, in FORT COLLINS, Colorado, Tavelli Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary school that enrolls 519 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Poudre School District R-1. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 37% larger than typical.

Within Poudre School District R-1, which oversees 52 schools and 29,381 students, Tavelli Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Tavelli Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 66%; the rest comes out to 26% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Tavelli Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Colorado schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 45.0%; actual is 63.0%, +18.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, census data for Larimer County shows the typical household earns roughly $93,765 per year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Larimer County runs 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students), of which Tavelli Elementary School is one.

Centennial High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Tavelli Elementary School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 45.9%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tavelli Elementary School has declined 16%, going from 616 students in 2018 to 519 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 73% to 66% across the same window.

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