Best Public Schools in Laporte, CO

Summary:

The city of Laporte, Colorado is home to two schools: Cache La Poudre Middle School and Cache La Poudre Elementary School, both part of the Poudre School District R-1. The middle school consistently outperforms the elementary school, ranking among the top 25% of Colorado middle schools with a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Cache La Poudre Middle School stands out for its exceptional academic performance, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Math exceeding the district and state averages across all grade levels. The school's 8th grade Science proficiency rate of 60.8% in 2022-2023 is particularly impressive, far surpassing the district's 46.6% and the state's 31.3%. In contrast, while Cache La Poudre Elementary School performs reasonably well, with proficiency rates in the 40-50% range for English Language Arts, it lags behind the middle school and the district/state averages.

The demographic differences between the two schools may contribute to the performance gap. Cache La Poudre Middle School has a higher percentage of White students (84.88%) compared to the elementary school (78.52%), while the elementary school has a higher percentage of Hispanic students (19.46%) compared to the middle school (10.49%). Additionally, the elementary school serves a higher proportion of economically disadvantaged students, with 32.21% of its students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, compared to 27.47% at the middle school.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				CMAS English Language Arts (2024)							CMAS Math (2024)							CMAS Science (2024)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CMAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts All Grades	CMAS Math 3rd Grade	CMAS Math 4th Grade	CMAS Math 5th Grade	CMAS Math 6th Grade	CMAS Math 7th Grade	CMAS Math 8th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 5th Grade	CMAS Science 8th Grade	Total
Cache La Poudre Middle School	Public	6-8	3515 W Cr 54g	Laporte	80535	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 488-7400	324	21	15.6	27.5%	275 (84.9%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (10.5%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.0%)	73.3	108^th of 485 public middle schools	77.7%		81.3	75^th of 480 public middle schools	84.4%	33				58.7	61.6	49.3	57.0				43.8	49.4	46.6	46.6		41.3	$16,931
Cache La Poudre Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3511 W Cr 54g	Laporte	80535	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 488-7600	298	19	15.8	32.2%	234 (78.5%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (19.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.3%)	48.9	460^th of 943 public elementary schools	51.2%		37.8	534^th of 933 public elementary schools	42.8%	74	38.6	52.1	53.5				48.1	34.1	33.3	32.6				33.3	37.2		$16,776

Cities Near Laporte

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Fort Collins	4.86 mi	49	38^th
Wellington	8.43 mi	3	76^th
Timnath	10.9 mi	3	28^th
Englewood	11 mi	24	103^rd
Loveland	15.27 mi	25	97^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Colorado Department of Education.

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