Poudre School District faces an uncertain future, with a decline in enrollment, budget shortfalls and the possibility of layoffs and consolidation of schools.
PSD’s enrollment decline continues a multi-year trend, according to the Student October Count, a program from the Colorado Department of Education that measures enrollment data for schools in Colorado. PSD has 25,013 students enrolled for the 2025-26 school year, which is down from 25,526 students the year prior. Most of these 513 former PSD students are elementary-aged children, who make up 479 of the lost students.
The peak of enrollment at PSD in recent years was the 2019-20 academic year, during which the district enrolled 27,291 students — nearly 2,000 students more compared to current enrollment…