Traut Core Elementary School

Traut Core Elementary School is one of the medium-sized elementary schools in FORT COLLINS, Colorado, one of the schools within Poudre School District R-1, with 484 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 28% larger than typical.

Poudre School District R-1 comprises 52 schools with combined enrollment of 29,381 students; Traut Core Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Traut Core Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 19% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Larimer County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Traut Core Elementary School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Traut Core Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Traut Core Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Colorado schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 56.2%; actual is 78.0%, +21.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Larimer County put the typical household earns roughly $93,765 per year, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Larimer County's 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students), Traut Core Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Preston Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Traut Core Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Traut Core Elementary School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 53.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 5%: 508 students in 2018 compared to 484 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 64% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

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