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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Traut Core Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
484
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1·NCES 080399000606
Traut Core Elementary School
2515 TIMBERWOOD DRIVE, FORT COLLINS, CO 80528 · (970) 488-7500 · Larimer County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL484 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Colorado public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
17.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
84 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 44 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
55%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
78.7%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
73.1%
CO avg 36.1% . -7.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.7% | 73.1% |
| 2023-24 | 80.1% | 80.5% |
% 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
78.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% 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 22 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 Traut Core Elementary School
Traut Core Elementary School's state test result (78.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traut Core Elementary School this school | 484 | 17.4% | 78.0% |
| Cottonwood Creek Elementary School ENGLEWOOD | 533 | 10.1% | 72.8% |
| Heritage Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 302 | 23.5% | 61.1% |
| Northridge Elementary School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 560 | 15.4% | 73.7% |
| North Star Academy PARKER | 684 | 7.5% | 73.4% |
| Redstone Elementary School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 398 | 9.5% | 73.2% |
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 Traut Core Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #18 of 931 | #2 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #37 of 940 ▼ 22 | #2 of 53 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #27 of 946 ▼ 8 | #2 of 53 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 484 | #269 of 1,056 | #10 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #751 of 896 | #47 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #322 of 896 | #11 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.4% | #862 of 983 | #48 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #578 of 664 | #38 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
484
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-8% since 2000-01, when it was 525
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 484 | 27.2 | 17.8:1 | 17% (84) |
| 2023-24 | 493 | 26.2 | 18.8:1 | 18% (91) |
| 2022-23 | 502 | 25.5 | 19.7:1 | 12% (61) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 24 | 20.3:1 | 8% (38) |
| 2017-18 | 508 | 25.3 | 20.1:1 | 16% (79) |
| 2015-16 | 502 | 24 | 20.9:1 | 12% (62) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | 21 | 23.5:1 | 8% (40) |
| 2000-01 | 525 | 25 | 21.0:1 | 3% (16) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Traut Core Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (508 to 484); teachers up 8% (25.3 to 27.2).
About Traut Core Elementary School
Traut Core Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Colorado, located in FORT COLLINS. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 484 students. That compares with an average of about 379 students for elementary schools in Colorado.
Traut Core Elementary School is run by Poudre School District R-1, whose 52 schools enroll 29,381 students.
About 64% of the student body at Traut Core Elementary School is White. Smaller groups are 19% Asian, 10% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 82% of Larimer County residents are White. A diversity index of 55% means there is a 55% chance two randomly chosen students at Traut Core Elementary School are from different groups.
Based on 27.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, Traut Core Elementary School has a ratio of 17.8:1. Compared with the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 17%. Across public schools in Larimer County, the average is 35%.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, Traut Core Elementary School outscored 98%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Traut Core Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 78.0%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Colorado are predicted to post 56.2%, so the school is 21.8 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
In Larimer County, the median household earns about $93,765 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Larimer County, 94 public schools serve about 47,159 students.
The closest school to Traut Core Elementary School is Preston Middle School, located about 0.2 miles away. Traut Core Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 53.1% on proficiency, and Traut Core Elementary School is above that at 78.0%.
NCES describes the area around Traut Core Elementary School as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 488 to 484. Students per teacher dropped from 20.3 in 2020-21 to 17.8 in 2024-25.
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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
- Preston Middle School0.2 mi · 568
- Fossil Ridge High School0.8 mi · 1,846
- Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins0.9 mi · 971
- Linton Elementary School1.0 mi · 307
- Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School1.1 mi · 762
- Kruse Elementary School1.1 mi · 406
Frequently asked questions
About Traut Core Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Traut Core Elementary School?
Traut Core Elementary School enrolls approximately 484 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Traut Core Elementary School serve?
Traut Core Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Traut Core Elementary School?
Approximately 17.8:1 students per teacher at Traut Core Elementary School.
How diverse is Traut Core Elementary School?
Traut Core Elementary School reports a student body of 64% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 19% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Traut Core Elementary School?
Traut Core Elementary School is overseen by Poudre School District R-1 in Larimer County.
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