District outlines demographic shifts, funding pressures, and long-term planning needs
Student enrollment across Poudre School District (PSD) continues to decline, driven by long-term demographic changes affecting Northern Colorado and beyond, district leaders said in a message to families this week.
According to the district’s October Count, PSD enrolled 25,013 students in the 2025–26 school year, down 513 students from the previous year. The most significant drop occurred at the elementary level, where schools collectively enrolled 479 fewer students than last year. While some individual schools saw modest growth, district leaders emphasized that the overall decline reflects a shrinking population of school-aged children within district boundaries, not families shifting between schools…