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Poudre High School

201 Impala Drive, Fort Collins, CO, 80521-2216 -

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Definition of Terms

Poudre High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Larimer County, CO

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1806 students

% Male / % Female

50% / 50%

Total Classroom Teachers

96 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 132 students

Grade 10 - 598 students

Grade 11 - 552 students

Grade 12 - 524 students

This School

(CO) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:19

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(CO) School Average

% American Indian	1%	1%
% Asian	4%	3%
% Hispanic	15%	29%
% Black	1%	5%
% White	79%	60%

Additional Student Information

This School

(CO) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

14%

29%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

(CO) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Poudre R-1 School District

This School's Agency

(CO) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	52	3
Number of Students Managed	25,245 students	613 students
District Total Revenue	$219,074,000	$5,882,000
District Expenditure	$241,610,000	$5,502,000
District Revenue / Student	$8,678	$9,630
District Expenditure / Student	$9,571	$9,250
District Graduation Rates	n/a	n/a

Poudre High School, located at 201 Impala Drive, Fort Collins, Colorado, is one of four public senior high schools in the Poudre School District.
It houses the rigorous International Baccalaureate (IB) program as well many Advanced Placement (AP) classes. PHS was founded in 1963 with blue and silver as its school colors and the impala as its mascot. The cornerstone of PHS was laid June 1, 1963 by the Grand Lodge Colorado, A.F. and A.M. The first class graduated from PHS in 1965 when the original building was 142,000 square feet, had 43 teaching stations and housed 1150 students from Fort Collins, Waverly, Loveland, Greeley, Wellington and LaPorte. After a major addition which opened in the fall of 1995 PHS increased in size to 170,000 square feet.
Competitions and Extracurricular Activities: In the National Ocean Sciences Bowl competition of 2004, this school, in a landlocked state, took third place in competition with many schools from coastal states. Poudre High School competes in the Mountain Mariner Ocean Bowl Region.
Poudre High School regularly competes in the National Science Bowl as well. Poudre High School competes regionally in the Rocky Mountain Science Bowl Region. In 2003, Poudre was the first high school in the nation to compete in the National Ocean Sciences Bowl, National Science Bowl, and Science Olympiad. In 2004 Poudre became the first school in the nation to place in the top ten in all three nationals: finishing with 3rd in National Ocean Sciences Bowl, 7th in Science Olympiad, and 9th in National Science Bowl.
In FIRST Robotics, 2002, Poudre High School competed under the moniker Alpine Robotics at the Seattle regional competition. There they won the coveted Chairman's Award, which is given to the team that shows outstanding local participation and team spirit. Since the conception of this after school club, Alpine Robotics has successfully gone to nationals almost every year.
Poudre's theatre program is recognized on the world level. Poudre was invited to attend the "Fringe" festival in Edinburgh, Scotland in the summer of 2006. However, due to lack of funding, the theatre students were unable to participate in the event. The Thespians also run an Improvisation Troupe, Playwrighting Club, and the "Theatre in the Classroom Program." The program, under direction of Dulcie Willis, continues to produce some of the highest quality plays and musicals in Colorado. Musical productions have included Oklahoma! (2006), 42nd Street (2005), Damn Yankees (2004), Crazy for You (2003), Guys and Dolls (2002), while recent plays have spanned from the French story of Cyrano de Bergerac (2004), to Sophocles' ancient Greek comedy The Birds (2005) to the American classic, Our Town (2006). Last summer, PHS housed an innovative new program called "Shakespeare in the Summer." This is a summer intensive open to all Poudre School District students from grades 7-12 in which students study and produce a Shakespearean piece under the guidance of a guest director.
Poudre High School's marching band has been honored throughout the state.
In 2005, portions of the music department were invited to Carnegie Hall in New York City. The Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, and Impalaphonics Choir performed in this famous venue.
Also in 2005, Poudre High School's cheerleading team won third place in the 5A co-ed division at CHSAA's annual cheerleading state competition held in Denver, Colorado. The team later went on to again take third at a national competition in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Science Olympiad: 12th place in nationals - 2006, 12th place in nationals - 2005, 7th place in nationals - 2004, 6th place in nationals - 2003, 5th place in nationals - 2002.
Science Bowl: 9th place (tie) in nationals - 2006, 1st and 5th in regionals - 2006, 9th place in nationals - 2004.
National Ocean Sciences Bowl: 2nd place in nationals - 2006, 1st and 4th in regionals - 2006, 3rd place in nationals - 2004.
FIRST Robotics: Alpine Robotics Team 159:
2006: Regional Chairman's Award (Colorado Regional).
Radioshack Innovation In Control (Colorado Regional).
2005: Regional Finalist (Colorado Regional).
Delphi Driving Tomorrow's Technology (Colorado Regional).
Daimler-Chysler Team Spirit (Colorado Regional).
2004: Regional Engineering Inspiration Award (Colorado Regional).
Picked for Regional Finals (Colorado Regional).
2002: Chairmans award at Seattle Regional.
Fourth in division at Nationals.
2001: Best Design Award at San Jose Regional.
Thespians: Invited to Fringe Festival in Scotland.
Music Department: Choir, Band, Orchestra have played in Carnegie Hall.
List of Extracurricular Activities: Anime Club; Art Club; Debate Club; FIRST Robotics Team 159; Gay Straight Alliance; National Ocean Sciences Bowl; National Science Bowl; Plays and Musical Productions; Poudre High School Wikipedia Club; Science Olympiad; Thespians; Young Democratic Socialists; Asian culture club; PHS Celtic Band.
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About This Zip Code (80521)

School Zip (80521)

(CO) State Average

Population (Approximate)

32,713 people

4,157,972 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

49%

33%

Population Average Age

23 years old

34 years old

Average Household size

2.4 persons

2.5 persons

Median Household Income

$31,768

$49,703

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

4.8 rooms

5.7 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

38 years old

35 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

43% / 57%

67% / 33%

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