Best public schools in Fort Collins, CO

46 public schools in Fort Collins: 25 elementary · 7 middle · 5 high · 1 K-8 · 8 combined. Ranked by our score, based on 2025-26 state test results.

High school ELA and math results (PSAT/SAT) are not in our data yet, so Colorado high schools have no score.

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Rankings renumber to share equal ranks and fill gaps when schools are hidden. Scores compare each school with schools of the same type across Colorado.

Elementary schools

25 schools in Fort Collins, best first

Zach Elementary School 99.3

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades K-5 · 470 students

ELA 87%Math 82%Science 89%

#6 of 775 in Colorado

Traut Core Elementary School 97.1

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades PK-5 · 493 students

ELA 80%Math 74%Science 64%

#23 of 775 in Colorado

Tavelli Elementary School 89.7

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades PK-5 · 511 students

ELA 71%Math 62%Science 64%

#80 of 775 in Colorado

Werner Elementary School 89.6

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades PK-5 · 350 students

ELA 66%Math 68%Science 61%

#81 of 775 in Colorado

Kruse Elementary School 88.6

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades PK-5 · 457 students

ELA 68%Math 66%Science 54%

#89 of 775 in Colorado

McGraw Elementary School 87.9

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades PK-5 · 381 students

ELA 67%Math 62%Science 64%

#94 of 775 in Colorado

O'Dea Elementary School 87.2

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades K-5 · 432 students

ELA 68%Math 61%Science 60%

#100 of 775 in Colorado

Riffenburgh Elementary School 86.5

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades K-5 · 451 students

ELA 71%Math 62%Science 52%

#105 of 775 in Colorado

Bacon Elementary School 84.7

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades PK-5 · 415 students

ELA 61%Math 66%Science 58%

#119 of 775 in Colorado

Coyote Ridge Elementary School 82.1

Thompson School District R-2J · Grades PK-5 · 264 students

ELA 70%Math 55%Science 51%

#139 of 775 in Colorado

Dunn Elementary School 80.5

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades K-5 · 393 students

ELA 65%Math 52%Science 60%

#152 of 775 in Colorado

Shepardson Elementary School 78.4

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades PK-5 · 424 students

ELA 65%Math 56%Science 47%

#168 of 775 in Colorado

Johnson Elementary School 78.3

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades PK-5 · 334 students

ELA 71%Math 49%Science 52%

#169 of 775 in Colorado

Axis International Academy 74.4

State Charter School Institute · Grades PK-6 · Charter · 261 students

ELA 59%Math 56%Science 42%

#199 of 775 in Colorado

Beattie Elementary School 73.5

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades PK-5 · 309 students

ELA 64%Math 50%Science 42%

#206 of 775 in Colorado

Fort Collins Montessori School 71.0

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades PK-6 · Charter · 257 students

ELA 64%Math 44%Science 50%

#225 of 775 in Colorado

Bennett Elementary School 69.0

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades PK-5 · 383 students

ELA 57%Math 49%Science 45%

#241 of 775 in Colorado

Harris Bilingual Elementary School 66.1

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades PK-5 · 308 students

ELA 51%Math 45%Science 56%

#263 of 775 in Colorado

Lopez Elementary School 64.2

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades PK-5 · 352 students

ELA 58%Math 45%Science 36%

#278 of 775 in Colorado

Laurel Elementary School 58.0

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades PK-5 · 431 students

ELA 50%Math 37%Science 49%

#326 of 775 in Colorado

Olander Elementary School 56.7

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades PK-5 · 340 students

ELA 46%Math 43%Science 38%

#336 of 775 in Colorado

Bauder Elementary School 55.0

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades PK-5 · 433 students

ELA 45%Math 42%Science 40%

#349 of 775 in Colorado

Putnam Elementary School 47.3

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades PK-5 · 261 students

ELA 45%Math 27%Science 42%

#409 of 775 in Colorado

Irish Elementary School 40.3

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades PK-5 · 355 students

ELA 38%Math 35%Science 22%

#463 of 775 in Colorado

Linton Elementary School 30.8

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades PK-5 · 307 students

ELA 33%Math 26%Science 23%

#537 of 775 in Colorado

Middle schools

7 schools in Fort Collins, best first

Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School 99.0

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades 6-8 · 766 students

ELA 78%Math 79%Science 73%

#3 of 255 in Colorado

Lesher Middle School 91.2

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades 6-8 · 769 students

ELA 70%Math 56%Science 64%

#23 of 255 in Colorado

Webber Middle School 75.9

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades 6-8 · 724 students

ELA 58%Math 43%Science 52%

#62 of 255 in Colorado

Preston Middle School 73.5

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades 6-8 · 549 students

ELA 56%Math 47%Science 38%

#68 of 255 in Colorado

Boltz Middle School 65.7

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades 6-8 · 564 students

ELA 51%Math 40%Science 31%

#88 of 255 in Colorado

Blevins Middle School 58.2

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades 6-8 · 419 students

ELA 41%Math 35%Science 32%

#107 of 255 in Colorado

Lincoln Middle School 40.2

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades 6-8 · 550 students

ELA 35%Math 27%Science 21%

#153 of 255 in Colorado

High schools

5 schools in Fort Collins

Centennial High School —

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades 9-12 · 143 students

No published test results

Fort Collins High School —

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades 9-12 · 1,902 students

No published test results

Fossil Ridge High School —

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades 9-12 · 1,968 students

No published test results

Poudre High School —

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades 9-12 · 1,572 students

No published test results

Rocky Mountain High School —

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades 9-12 · 2,056 students

No published test results

K-8 schools

1 school in Fort Collins

Mountain Sage Community School 70.7

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades K-8 · Charter · 285 students

ELA 54%Math 37%Science 51%

#50 of 169 in Colorado

Combined schools

8 schools in Fort Collins, best first

Liberty Common Charter School 95.1

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades K-12 · Charter · 1,475 students

ELA 71%Math 68%Science 55%

#6 of 113 in Colorado

Compass Community Collaborative School 92.5

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades 6-12 · Charter · 163 students

ELA 76%Math 63%Science 48%

#9 of 113 in Colorado

Ridgeview Classical Schools 89.8

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades K-12 · Charter · 730 students

ELA 58%Math 58%Science 48%

#12 of 113 in Colorado

Polaris Expeditionary Learning School 84.5

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades K-12 · 390 students

ELA 61%Math 42%Science 46%

#18 of 113 in Colorado

PSD Global Academy 79.2

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades K-12 · 299 students

ELA 49%Math 41%

#24 of 113 in Colorado

Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins 75.7

State Charter School Institute · Grades 6-12 · Charter · 967 students

ELA 47%Math 35%Science 45%

#28 of 113 in Colorado

Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado 70.4

State Charter School Institute · Grades K-12 · Charter · 613 students

ELA 39%Math 52%Science 40%

#34 of 113 in Colorado

Poudre Community Academy —

Poudre School District R-1 · Grades 6-12 · 251 students

No published test results

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