Fossil Ridge High School
Fort Collins, CO · High School · Grades 9-12
Fossil Ridge High School is a high school in Fort Collins, CO with 2,053 students enrolled and a 72% proficiency rate. Part of Poudre School District R-1. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Fossil Ridge High School is a high school located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The school serves 2,053 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 20.5:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 72% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 89% graduation rate.
9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Fossil Ridge High School is part of the Poudre School District R-1 in Colorado.
How This School Compares
Fossil Ridge High School has 2,053 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Poudre School District R-1 (576 students). Its 72% proficiency rate is 17 percentage points above the district average of 55%. Compared to the Colorado state average of 51%, the school performs 21 points higher. The 20.5:1 student-teacher ratio is above the national average of 16:1.
Frequently Asked Questions
Fossil Ridge High School has 2,053 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 20.5:1.
According to EDFacts data, 72% of students at Fossil Ridge High School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Fossil Ridge High School has a 89% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Fossil Ridge High School is part of the Poudre School District R-1 in Fort Collins, Colorado. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
this entity is one of the data points covered by this site’s U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment dataset. The detail above comes directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the context that follows situates the headline numbers against the broader distribution across U.S. public schools and districts.
Every number on this page links back to NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.