Poudre School District

Poudre School District
The logo of the Poudre School District. It appears to be a blue person wielding a golden star.
Address
2407 LaPorte Avenue
Fort Collins
, Larimer County, Colorado, 80521[1]
United States
Coordinates40°35′20″N 105°07′20″W / 40.58886°N 105.12213°W / 40.58886; -105.12213
District information
TypePublic
MottoEducate Every Child, Every Day[6]
GradesPK-12[2]
EstablishedJuly 1960 (64 years ago) (1960-07)[3]
SuperintendentBrian Kingsley [4]
School board[7]
SchoolsElementary 33, middle 12, high 9
NCES District ID0803990[5]
Students and staff
Enrollment30,754[8]
Teachers1,590[8]
ColorsBlue and gold
  
Other information
Websitewww.psdschools.org

The Poudre School District (R-1) is a preK–12 public school district in Larimer County in northern Colorado. The district operates and manages the public schools in the city of Fort Collins, as well as in the towns of Wellington, Timnath, parts of Loveland and Windsor, and unincorporated communities of Larimer County including Laporte, Red Feather Lakes, Stove Prairie, and Livermore.[9] The district is the eighth largest in the state and enrollment has been falling or relatively flat since 2020.[10]

The district was formed in 1960 by the consolidation of several dozen existing districts in Larimer County, and is the ninth largest in the state. The district manages 31 elementary schools, eight middle schools, four comprehensive high schools, two middle-high schools, two K-12 schools, two alternative high schools, and a Career Tech Center. Additionally, the district offers early childhood education at 20 sites. Five Fort Collins charter schools are chartered through PSD: Fort Collins Montessori School, Mountain Sage Community School, Ridgeview Classical School and Liberty Common, and Compass Community Collaborative School. The district is led by a seven-member Board of Education.[11]

The school district is one of the largest employers in Fort Collins. PSD has some of the highest state assessment scores in the state, consistently leading the state average by double-digits in all grades and subjects on CMAS, PSAT, and SAT testing.[12] The district's four-year graduation rate was 86.9% for the Class of 2023.[13] In the 2023-24 school year, the district had a total PK-12 enrollment of 29,914.[14]

  1. ^ "About Us". Poudre School District. Archived from the original on November 16, 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
  2. ^ "PSD Demographics | Poudre School District". www.psdschools.org. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  3. ^ "History of PSD | Poudre School District". www.psdschools.org. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  4. ^ "Superintendent's Office | Poudre School District". www.psdschools.org. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  5. ^ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Poudre School District R-1". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  6. ^ "PSD Vision and Mission". Poudre School District. Archived from the original on August 3, 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
  7. ^ "Board of Education". Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Poudre School District Official 2019-2020 October Count Student Enrollment". Archived from the original (PDF) on April 24, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  9. ^ "About Us | Poudre School District".
  10. ^ Education, Colorado Department of (September 18, 2024). "Pupil Membership". Colorado Department of Education. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  11. ^ Board of Education
  12. ^ Education, Colorado Department of (August 29, 2024). "2024 Assessment Data and Results, Colorado Department of Education". Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  13. ^ Education, Colorado Department of (January 2024). "22-23 Colorado Graduation Rate Dashboard". Colorado Department of Education.
  14. ^ Education, Colorado Department of (January 2024). "2023-2024 Pupil Membership". Colorado Department of Education. Retrieved September 12, 2024.