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Enrollment
492
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1·NCES 080399001727
Zach Elementary School
3715 KECHTER ROAD, FORT COLLINS, CO 80528 · (970) 488-5100 · Larimer County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL492 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% 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
16.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
78 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
57%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
87.8%
CO avg 44.9% . +4.7pp since 2023
Math
86.1%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.8% | 86.1% |
| 2023-24 | 83.1% | 85.8% |
% 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
84.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% 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 27 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 Zach Elementary School
Zach Elementary School's state test result (84.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Elementary School this school | 492 | 15.9% | 84.4% |
| Dennison Elementary School LAKEWOOD | 575 | 12.7% | 88.8% |
| Northridge Elementary School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 560 | 15.4% | 73.7% |
| Blue Mountain Elementary LONGMONT | 542 | 17.2% | 74.5% |
| Legacy Point Elementary School PARKER | 499 | 20.6% | 47.7% |
| Black Rock Elementary ERIE | 597 | 19.3% | 61.4% |
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 Zach Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.4% | #9 of 931 | #1 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.1% | #6 of 940 ▲ 2 | #1 of 53 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.8% | #7 of 946 ▲ 6 | #1 of 53 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 492 | #251 of 1,056 | #9 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #618 of 896 | #41 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #254 of 896 | #4 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.9% | #884 of 983 | #51 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.5% | #314 of 664 | #23 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
492
-22 (-4%) vs 2020
-19% since 2010-11, when it was 607
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 492 | 29.8 | 16.5:1 | 16% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 470 | 28.9 | 16.3:1 | 13% (62) |
| 2022-23 | 475 | 28.8 | 16.5:1 | 7% (35) |
| 2020-21 | 514 | 29 | 17.7:1 | 6% (33) |
| 2017-18 | 604 | 33.6 | 18.0:1 | 6% (37) |
| 2015-16 | 638 | 36 | 17.7:1 | 4% (27) |
| 2010-11 | 607 | 30 | 20.2:1 | 3% (20) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Zach Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (604 to 492); teachers down 11% (33.6 to 29.8).
About Zach Elementary School
Students in FORT COLLINS, Colorado, attend Zach Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 492 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Colorado is about 379 students.
Across its 52 schools, Poudre School District R-1 enrolls 29,381 students. Zach Elementary School is one of those schools.
At 62%, White students outnumber all other groups at Zach Elementary School combined. The remaining students are 14% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 10% multiracial, and 2% Black. Among people living in Larimer County, the White share is about 82%. By the diversity index, Zach Elementary School comes in at 57%.
Zach Elementary School operates with 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 16.5:1. Elementary schools in Colorado average about 16.6:1, a similar figure. About 16% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That is lower than the 35% average for public schools in Larimer County.
Zach Elementary School is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 99% of Colorado public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Zach Elementary School is 27.3 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Colorado.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Larimer County show that median household income is about $93,765, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 94 public schools in Larimer County, with a combined enrollment of about 47,159.
Nearby, Fossil Ridge High School is about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Zach Elementary School ranks 1st of 9 on average proficiency.
Zach Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 4%, from 514 to 492. The ratio was 17.7:1 in 2020-21 and 16.5:1 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
- Fossil Ridge High School0.6 mi · 1,846
- Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School0.8 mi · 762
- Preston Middle School1.2 mi · 568
- Traut Core Elementary School1.4 mi · 484
- Bacon Elementary School1.6 mi · 397
- Timnath Elementary School2.1 mi · 455
Frequently asked questions
About Zach Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Zach Elementary School?
Zach Elementary School enrolls approximately 492 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Zach Elementary School serve?
Zach Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Zach Elementary School?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Zach Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Zach Elementary School?
At Zach Elementary School, the student body is approximately 62% White, 14% Hispanic, 2% Black, 12% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Zach Elementary School public or private?
Zach Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Poudre School District R-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.