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Lesher Middle School

Public Grades 6-8

44^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 476 Colorado Middle Schools

Better than 91% of Colorado middle schools

Summary

Lesher Middle School is a mid-sized public school in Fort Collins, Colorado, serving 766 students in grades 6–8 as part of Poudre School District R-1. It ranks 44th out of 469 Colorado middle schools—the 91st percentile with a 5-star rating—making it one of the strongest middle schools in northern Colorado and its best state ranking on record.

Lesher comfortably beats district and state averages in every subject. In English Language Arts, 69.5% of students are proficient, compared with 60.1% district-wide and 44.7% statewide. Math proficiency is 55.5% (vs. 52.2% district and 37.3% state), with particularly strong 8th-grade results at 63.5%. Science is a real signature strength: 63.9% of 8th graders are proficient, nearly 29 points above the state average. ELA proficiency stays remarkably steady across grades, hovering around 68–70% from 6th to 8th grade. The school also gets strong results for specific groups: low-income students rank in the 87th percentile statewide, Hispanic students in the 84th percentile, and gifted students in the 84th percentile.

Within Poudre School District R-1, only Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School ranks higher than Lesher. Kinard posts slightly higher test scores but serves a much more affluent population (11.8% free/reduced lunch vs. Lesher's 29.5%). Lesher ranks well ahead of Cache La Poudre Middle School, Webber Middle School, Preston Middle School, Boltz Middle School, Blevins Middle School, and Lincoln Middle School. The main concern is chronic absenteeism: at 29.5%, nearly 1 in 3 students misses enough school to be considered chronically absent, though this is below the district average of 30.7% and far better than Blevins (43.0%) or Lincoln (51.8%). If attendance improves and math continues to close the gap with ELA, Lesher is well positioned to keep climbing.

766

Students ?

18.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,469

Per pupil spending ?

29.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1400 Stover Street
Fort Collins, CO 80524-4249

(970) 472-3800

District: Poudre School District R-1

Students who attend Lesher Middle School usually attend:

High:

Fort Collins High School

Feeder schools for Lesher Middle School:

Elementary:

Riffenburgh Elementary School

Racial breakdown:

White:

72.8%

Hispanic:

18.7%

Two or more races:

5.4%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 72nd percentile in 2016 → 91st in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Colorado average (63% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 9% of Colorado middle schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 19 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school63%

District avg56%

Colorado avg41%

44^th of 476

Colorado public middle schools ?

Top 9%▲ up 19 pts since 2016

From top 28% (2016) to top 9% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 8Middle Schools in the Poudre School District R-1

12^th of 114Poudre School District R-1 among Colorado districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	88.2	44 of 476	90.8%	★★★★★
2025	84.2	57 of 469	87.8%	★★★★☆
2024	77.0	85 of 485	82.5%	★★★★☆
2023	87.0	50 of 480	89.6%	★★★★☆
2022	78.2	75 of 448	83.3%	★★★★☆
2021	68.7	99 of 369	73.2%	★★★★☆
2019	77.9	80 of 458	82.5%	★★★★☆
2018	66.7	117 of 418	72.0%	★★★★☆
2017	60.7	134 of 424	68.4%	★★★☆☆
2016	64.6	113 of 400	71.8%	★★★★☆
2015	69.8	98 of 436	77.5%	★★★★☆
2014	75.2	97 of 461	79.0%	★★★★☆
2013	73.3	107 of 454	76.4%	★★★★☆
2012	68.4	134 of 425	68.5%	★★★☆☆
2011	69.3	122 of 422	71.1%	★★★★☆
2010	75.2	96 of 409	76.5%	★★★★☆
2009	75.4	77 of 377	79.6%	★★★★☆
2008	63.9	119 of 362	67.1%	★★★☆☆
2007	63.3	127 of 360	64.7%	★★★☆☆
2006	57.8	145 of 346	58.1%	★★★☆☆
2005	64.3	125 of 340	63.2%	★★★☆☆
2004	70.0	96 of 336	71.4%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	84.3	46 of 368	87.5%	★★★★☆
2025	82.0	51 of 347	85.3%	★★★★☆
2024	76.3	70 of 350	80.0%	★★★★☆
2023	82.0	59 of 363	83.7%	★★★★☆
2022	70.0	78 of 326	76.1%	★★★★☆
2021	53.5	106 of 254	58.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	72.6	83 of 352	76.4%	★★★★☆
2018	58.9	109 of 315	65.4%	★★★☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	74.3	25 of 154	83.8%	★★★★☆
2025	73.5	21 of 132	84.1%	★★★★☆
2023	74.4	21 of 125	83.2%	★★★★☆
2022	76.6	15 of 93	83.9%	★★★★☆
2019	65.7	41 of 134	69.4%	★★★★☆
2018	69.1	26 of 121	78.5%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	75.6	34 of 208	83.7%	★★★★☆
2025	52.2	84 of 218	61.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	52.5	80 of 199	59.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	65.0	52 of 198	73.7%	★★★★☆
2022	55.4	62 of 169	63.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	37.8	53 of 83	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	53.5	85 of 220	61.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	48.5	78 of 165	52.7%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	79.3	30 of 231	87.0%	★★★★☆
2025	69.3	44 of 241	81.7%	★★★★☆
2024	48.0	112 of 244	54.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	56.5	75 of 241	68.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	59.2	50 of 197	74.6%	★★★★☆
2021	31.3	87 of 114	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	66.7	48 of 240	80.0%	★★★★☆
2018	52.6	81 of 222	63.5%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	84.6	44 of 372	88.2%	★★★★☆
2025	78.0	57 of 352	83.8%	★★★★☆
2024	69.7	86 of 357	75.9%	★★★★☆
2023	83.0	47 of 356	86.8%	★★★★☆
2022	75.5	62 of 328	81.1%	★★★★☆
2021	70.0	59 of 249	76.3%	★★★★☆
2019	76.5	67 of 343	80.5%	★★★★☆
2018	64.9	83 of 317	73.8%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	77.4	47 of 278	83.1%	★★★★☆
2025	76.8	48 of 275	82.5%	★★★★☆
2024	66.0	76 of 273	72.2%	★★★★☆
2023	81.6	44 of 286	84.6%	★★★★☆
2022	73.5	54 of 265	79.6%	★★★★☆
2021	65.3	60 of 203	70.4%	★★★★☆
2019	76.0	48 of 283	83.0%	★★★★☆
2018	66.9	51 of 199	74.4%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Male (2026)88th percentile-3 vs school

Female (2026)88th percentile-3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)87th percentile-4 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2026)84th percentile-7 vs school

Hispanic (2026)84th percentile-7 vs school

White (2026)83rd percentile-8 vs school

By subject vs Colorado (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts70%+25 vs state

Science64%+28 vs state

Math56%+18 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Tuesday, September 14, 2021

full of anti maskers and racists Close Quote

by a student
Thursday, April 8, 2021

Lesher Middle school is an excellent middle school. I came in 6th grade and I have felt very supported in my years. Especially in the Covid season. The teachers are really nice and truly want you to succeed. Leshe is an Ib school so you will get a choice on what art you do (Band, Orchestra, Choir, Art) and you will get to learn a language (Spanish, German, French) I have had very supporting teachers and staff that have helped me through the hard times. I got into a bt of a funk in 6th grade and I wanted to quit everything and my orchestra teacher showed me the positive route by giving me the extra help I needed and my grades started going up. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CMAS English Language Arts (2026)				CMAS Math (2026)				CMAS Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	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 6th Grade	CMAS Math 7th Grade	CMAS Math 8th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 8th Grade	Total
Lesher Middle School	Public	6-8	1400 Stover Street	Fort Collins	80524	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 472-3800	766	42	18.2	29.5%	558 (72.8%)	8 (1.0%)	143 (18.7%)	15 (2.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (5.4%)	88.2	44^th of 476 public middle schools	90.8%		84.2	57^th of 469 public middle schools	87.8%	13	70.4	69.8	68.4	69.5	50.8	51.9	63.5	55.5	63.9	$17,469
Boltz Middle School	Public	6-8	720 Boltz Drive	Fort Collins	80525	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 472-3700	551	41	13.4	49.2%	331 (60.1%)	9 (1.6%)	173 (31.4%)	10 (1.8%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.2%)	59.4	163^rd of 476 public middle schools	65.8%		52.9	191^st of 469 public middle schools	59.3%	28	49.1	53.2	49.1	50.5	34.5	39.7	46.4	40.2	30.9	$21,276
Blevins Middle School	Public	6-8	2101 South Taft Hill Road	Fort Collins	80526	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 488-4000	363	29	12.6	52.1%	241 (66.4%)	12 (3.3%)	87 (24.0%)	5 (1.4%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (3.9%)	47.8	203^rd of 476 public middle schools	57.4%		52.2	193^rd of 469 public middle schools	58.8%	10	43.2	40.4	38.2	41.0	31.7	33.7	42.0	35.1	31.8	$23,539
Lincoln Middle School	Public	6-8	1600 Lancer Drive	Fort Collins	80521	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 488-5700	552	41	13.3	66.7%	229 (41.5%)	10 (1.8%)	268 (48.6%)	5 (0.9%)	7 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (5.6%)	32.7	293^rd of 476 public middle schools	38.4%		39	253^rd of 469 public middle schools	46.1%	40	33.3	38.9	31.9	34.5	24.6	27.6	29.4	27.2	20.7	$22,189
Webber Middle School	Public	6-8	4201 Seneca Street	Fort Collins	80526	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 488-7800	728	42	17.3	34.9%	528 (72.5%)	12 (1.6%)	150 (20.6%)	5 (0.7%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	27 (3.7%)	72.6	118^th of 476 public middle schools	75.2%		74.2	106^th of 469 public middle schools	77.4%	12	59.2	55.4	59.9	58.2	41.3	39.0	51.0	43.3	51.5	$18,476
Preston Middle School	Public	6-8	4901 Corbett Drive	Fort Collins	80528	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 488-7300	568	35	16.3	29.8%	419 (73.8%)	8 (1.4%)	94 (16.5%)	22 (3.9%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (3.5%)	71.1	123^rd of 476 public middle schools	74.2%		72.5	112^th of 469 public middle schools	76.1%	11	54.0	62.3	51.5	56.4	44.4	44.5	52.8	47.0	37.5	$19,027
Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School	Public	6-8	3002 East Trilby Road	Fort Collins	80528	Larimer County	Poudre School District R-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 488-5400	762	40	18.8	11.8%	569 (74.7%)	4 (0.5%)	61 (8.0%)	75 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (7.0%)	97.2	10^th of 476 public middle schools	97.9%		97.9	8^th of 469 public middle schools	98.3%	2	78.5	82.7	72.4	78.1	77.6	79.0	82.0	79.3	73.0	$17,024
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	280	20	14.0	31.8%	233 (83.2%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.3%)	75.3	111^th of 476 public middle schools	76.7%		76.1	95^th of 469 public middle schools	79.7%	16	48.3	52.7	65.4	55.2	36.7	44.4	69.2	49.6	67.9	$22,251
Lucile Erwin Middle School	Public	6-8	4700 Lucerne Avenue	Loveland	80538	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 613-7600	686	45	15.3	36.9%	433 (63.1%)	6 (0.9%)	201 (29.3%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	40 (5.8%)	36.6	270^th of 476 public middle schools	43.3%		34.4	281^st of 469 public middle schools	40.1%	11	33.5	43.7	37.6	38.0	25.4	16.3	28.5	23.7	33.9	$17,233
Ridgeline Middle School	Public	6-8	1100 N. 15th St	Windsor	80550	Weld County	Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(970) 833-7700	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	52.3	187^th of 476 public middle schools	60.7%					(n/a)	34.8	52.3	49.5	44.1	31.3	32.9	48.6	36.0	734.0

Frequently Asked Questions about Lesher Middle School

What is the racial makeup of Lesher Middle School?

Students at Lesher Middle School are 73% White, 19% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 2% Asian, 1% African American.

What district is Lesher Middle School in?

Poudre School District R-1

Is Lesher Middle School a good school?

Yes. Lesher Middle School ranks in the top 9.2% of Colorado middle schools.

What high school do graduates of Lesher Middle School attend?

Students who attend Lesher Middle School usually go on to attend Fort Collins High School

How many students attend Lesher Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 766 students attended Lesher Middle School.

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