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2024 - 2025

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Poudre R-1 (1550)

2407 LAPORTE AVENUE
FORT COLLINS, CO 80521

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Students Info
29,544
Total Students Served
26,561
Non-Charter School Students
Serves Elementary School Grades Serves Middle School Grades Serves High School Grades Charter
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SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT

Narrative

quotes A message from:
Kera Badalamenti
Executive Director of Finance
Poudre R-1
July 01, 2026
Poudre School District (PSD) serves approximately 26,000 students across more than 50 schools and programs in Larimer County. PSD is committed to ensuring that every student is prepared for success in college, career, and life, while responsibly managing public resources to support high-quality educational opportunities. The district operates a comprehensive system of neighborhood schools, choice programs, charter schools, and specialized learning opportunities designed to meet the diverse needs of students ... Poudre School District (PSD) serves approximately 26,000 students across more than 50 schools and programs in Larimer County. PSD is committed to ensuring that every student is prepared for success in college, career, and life, while responsibly managing public resources to support high-quality educational opportunities. The district operates a comprehensive system of neighborhood schools, choice programs, charter schools, and specialized learning opportunities designed to meet the diverse needs of students in a growing and geographically broad community. Like many Colorado school districts, PSD has historically been impacted by the state’s Budget Stabilization Factor, which reduced funding below the level defined by the School Finance Act. While recent state actions have eliminated this factor for the first time since 2009, PSD remains effectively at the “floor” of state funding, receiving only the minimum per-pupil funding required under the formula. This places ongoing pressure on the district to balance rising costs, enrollment changes, and program needs within limited financial resources. This financial transparency website is the result of state legislation (HB 14-1292) that required the Colorado Department of Education to create a site that translates school and district revenues and expenditures into a consistent, user-friendly format for the public. For comparability and consistency, the method used on this website excludes certain records from revenue and expenditure totals to avoid duplication. As a result, the financial information presented here differs from the district’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) and adopted budget, which include all revenues and expenditures in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) established by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). PSD remains committed to transparency and encourages stakeholders to review this information in conjunction with the district’s budget and financial reports to gain a comprehensive understanding of how resources are allocated in support of students and schools.

Spending

Current Spending Per Student
$19,052
Current Spending per Student

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$16,845
State Average
School Level Spending per Student
  • Federal
    $501
  • State/Local
    $12,175
  • Total
    $12,676
School Share of Central Spending per Student
  • Federal
    $133
  • State/Local
    $6,243
  • Total
    $6,376

Current District Spending

  1. Learning Environment
    Learning Environment
    71%
  2. Operations
    Operations
    29%
Learning Environment Expenditures
Learning Environment
$399,197,207

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Operations Expenditures
Operations
$163,697,504

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$562,894,711

Total

Long-Term Spending
Construction, Debt, Refinancing & Other
Construction, Debt, Refinancing & Other

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These expenditures are those not associated with day-to-day operation of school activities and, therefore, are not included in the per-student spending calculation. They are comprised of major construction projects, debt payments, acquisition of land, and other programs.

$124,530,810

Total

Total District-Allocated Spending

$687,425,521

Totals may not sum due to rounding

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Funding and Revenues

Funding

  1. Local
    Local
    59%
  2. State
    State
    35%
  3. Federal
    Federal
    6%
Local Fundings and Revenues
Local
$343,651,629

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State Fundings and Revenues
State
$208,045,009

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Federal Fundings and Revenues
Federal
$34,712,753

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$586,409,391

Total

Other Fundings and Revenues

Other revenues not received through local, state, or federal sources. They include proceeds from the sale of bonds, accrued interest, and other extraordinary items.

$70,763,533

Total

Total Funding

$657,172,924

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