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If you could change one rule at Wellington Middle-High School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
1,173
High
DISTRICT 1,141 · STATE 627
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1·NCES 080399000551
Wellington Middle-High School
4001 WILSON AVENUE, WELLINGTON, CO 80549 · (970) 488-6600 · Larimer County
GRADES 06–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,173 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Colorado public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 16.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
465 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 188 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 196 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 207 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 157 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 177 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 143 | 12% |
| Grade 12 | 105 | 9% |
Student demographics
40%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
48.4%
CO avg 44.9% . +9.2pp since 2023
Math
30.9%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.4% | 30.9% |
| 2023-24 | 39.2% | 28.1% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 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 Wellington Middle-High School
Wellington Middle-High School's state test result (36.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington Middle-High School this school | 1,173 | 39.6% | 36.0% |
| Grand Junction High School GRAND JUNCTION | 1,832 | 43.1% | 30.4% |
| Rocky Mountain High School FORT COLLINS | 2,044 | 34.4% | 43.7% |
| Thompson Valley High School LOVELAND | 1,005 | 31.5% | 27.4% |
| Poudre High School FORT COLLINS | 1,409 | 45.3% | 37.2% |
| Canon City High School CANON CITY | 936 | 49.6% | 30.0% |
Matched among Colorado high 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 Wellington Middle-High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #77 of 231 | #10 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #18 of 54 ▲ 1 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #19 of 57 ▲ 8 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,173 | #89 of 409 | #7 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #102 of 250 | #4 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.7% | #179 of 250 | #12 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.6% | #199 of 320 | #4 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +112.5% | #3 of 108 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,173
+642 (+121%) vs 2020
+478% since 1990-91, when it was 203
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 1,173 | 70.8 | 16.6:1 | 40% (465) |
| 2023-24 | 1,028 | 64.3 | 16.0:1 | 41% (418) |
| 2022-23 | 857 | 51.9 | 16.5:1 | 34% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 531 | 32 | 16.6:1 | 26% (138) |
| 2017-18 | 552 | 32.2 | 17.1:1 | 36% (197) |
| 2015-16 | 466 | 29 | 16.1:1 | 40% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 360 | 21 | 17.1:1 | 40% (145) |
| 2000-01 | 297 | 18 | 16.5:1 | 22% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 203 | 14 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wellington Middle-High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 113% (552 to 1,173); teachers up 120% (32.2 to 70.8).
About Wellington Middle-High School
Wellington Middle-High School is the name of a high-enrollment high school in WELLINGTON, Colorado. The school counts 1,173 students across grades 6 through 12. The school's enrollment is 87% larger than the 627 average for high schools in Colorado.
The district for Wellington Middle-High School is Poudre School District R-1, with 52 schools and 29,381 students.
White students are the majority at Wellington Middle-High School, with 75% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 19% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 40% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Wellington Middle-High School operates with 70.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 16.6:1. That matches the 16.9:1 average for high schools in Colorado fairly closely. About 40% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
Wellington Middle-High School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 50% of Colorado public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Wellington Middle-High School is 6.7 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 36.0% actual, 42.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Colorado.
Census Bureau estimates for Larimer County show that the median household income is $93,765, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. There are 94 public schools in Larimer County, enrolling about 47,159 students in all.
The closest public school, Eyestone Elementary School, is about 0.1 miles from Wellington Middle-High School. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Wellington Middle-High School ranks 8th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Town: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Wellington Middle-High School reported 531 students in 2020-21 and 1,173 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Wellington Middle-High School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 WELLINGTON
- Eyestone Elementary SchoolElementary · 619 students
- Rice Elementary SchoolElementary · 401 students
Nearby schools
- Eyestone Elementary School0.1 mi · 619
- Rice Elementary School1.5 mi · 401
- Tavelli Elementary School7.0 mi · 519
- Lincoln Middle School9.3 mi · 552
- Cache La Poudre Elementary School9.3 mi · 281
- Cache La Poudre Middle School9.3 mi · 280
Frequently asked questions
About Wellington Middle-High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wellington Middle-High School?
Wellington Middle-High School enrolls approximately 1,173 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does Wellington Middle-High School serve?
Wellington Middle-High School serves grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wellington Middle-High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wellington Middle-High School is approximately 16.6:1 (71 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Wellington Middle-High School?
Wellington Middle-High School reports a student body of 75% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Wellington Middle-High School?
Wellington Middle-High 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.