ZIP 80526 — Schools & Education

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2019–2023 5-Year Estimates. Page data updated 2026-08-02.

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School district, nearby K-12 schools, and universities

Schools & Education in ZIP 80526

K-12 nearby

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Private

Avg enrollment

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ZIP 80526 (Fort Collins, CO) is associated with Poudre School District R-1 (LEA 0803990) on US5’s NCES EDGE district mapping. District assignment is ZIP/ZCTA-based and can span multiple attendance boundaries — confirm school assignment with the district for enrollment.

Within about 10 miles, US5 lists 88 K-12 schools (76 public, 12 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 5.9 miles.

ACS estimates show about 0.4% of school-enrolled residents in this ZIP attending private school — a ZIP-level share, not a per-campus rate.

The nearest college/university on US5 is IBMC College about 3.5 miles away (2yr-private).

District & higher education

School district

Poudre School District R-1

LEA ID

0803990

Private school share (ACS)

0.4%

Colleges & universities (44)

IBMC College3.5 miles (5.7 km)2yr-private
Colorado State University-Fort Collins5.1 miles (8.2 km)4yr-public
Aims Community College21.4 miles (34.4 km)4yr-public
University of Northern Colorado24.8 miles (40.0 km)4yr-public
Naropa University35.5 miles (57.1 km)4yr-private
University of Colorado Boulder35.9 miles (57.7 km)4yr-public
Institute of Taoist Education and Acupuncture36.7 miles (59.1 km)4yr-private
Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder37.4 miles (60.2 km)2yr-private
Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology41.8 miles (67.2 km)2yr-private
Front Range Community College43.0 miles (69.2 km)4yr-public
Laramie County Community College44.7 miles (72.0 km)4yr-public
Pima Medical Institute-Denver48.1 miles (77.3 km)2yr-private

Show all 44 colleges & universities

Regis University50.8 miles (81.8 km)4yr-private
Colorado School of Mines53.2 miles (85.6 km)4yr-public
Montessori Education Center of the Rockies53.3 miles (85.7 km)4yr-private
Lincoln College of Technology-Denver53.5 miles (86.1 km)2yr-private
Denver College of Nursing53.5 miles (86.1 km)4yr-private
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design53.7 miles (86.5 km)4yr-private
Colorado School of Trades53.7 miles (86.5 km)2yr-private
Metropolitan State University of Denver54.0 miles (86.9 km)4yr-public
Colorado State University-System Office54.1 miles (87.0 km)4yr-public
Colorado State University Global54.1 miles (87.0 km)4yr-public
University of Colorado System Office54.1 miles (87.1 km)4yr-public
Community College of Denver54.2 miles (87.3 km)4yr-public
Colorado Chinese Medicine University54.7 miles (88.1 km)4yr-private
Red Rocks Community College55.2 miles (88.8 km)4yr-public
Colorado Christian University55.7 miles (89.6 km)4yr-private
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus55.8 miles (89.9 km)4yr-public
Concorde Career College-Aurora57.2 miles (92.0 km)4yr-private
Pickens Technical College58.0 miles (93.4 km)2yr-public
Taft University System58.1 miles (93.5 km)4yr-private
Community College of Aurora58.2 miles (93.6 km)2yr-public
University of Denver58.9 miles (94.7 km)4yr-private
Iliff School of Theology59.0 miles (95.0 km)4yr-private
Pima Medical Institute-Aurora59.2 miles (95.3 km)2yr-private
Bel-Rea Institute of Animal Technology59.2 miles (95.3 km)2yr-private
University of Wyoming59.3 miles (95.5 km)4yr-public
WyoTech59.7 miles (96.0 km)2yr-private
Arizona College of Nursing-Aurora61.5 miles (99.0 km)4yr-private
Arapahoe Community College63.3 miles (101.9 km)4yr-public
Denver Seminary63.8 miles (102.6 km)4yr-private
Platt College-Aurora63.9 miles (102.8 km)4yr-private
Rocky Vista University68.3 miles (109.8 km)4yr-private
Morgan Community College74.4 miles (119.7 km)4yr-public

K-12 schools within ~10 miles

Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.

		Grades
Olander Elementary School	public	—	—	1.9 miles (3.0 km)
Axis International Academy	public	—	—	2.0 miles (3.2 km)
Webber Middle School	public	—	—	2.1 miles (3.4 km)
Johnson Elementary School	public	—	—	2.2 miles (3.6 km)
Fort Collins Montessori School	public	—	—	2.4 miles (3.9 km)
McGraw Elementary School	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.8 km)
Lopez Elementary School	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.8 km)
Rocky Mountain High School	public	—	—	3.0 miles (4.9 km)
Blevins Middle School	public	—	—	3.1 miles (5.1 km)
Bauder Elementary School	public	—	—	3.5 miles (5.6 km)
CORNERSTONE MINISTRIES DBA GRACE ACADEMY	private	—	—	3.6 miles (5.8 km)
Beattie Elementary School	public	—	—	3.6 miles (5.8 km)
Coyote Ridge Elementary School	public	—	—	3.8 miles (6.1 km)
FRONT RANGE BAPTIST ACADEMY	private	—	—	4.0 miles (6.5 km)
Werner Elementary School	public	—	—	4.0 miles (6.5 km)
Bennett Elementary School	public	—	—	4.2 miles (6.8 km)
Polaris Expeditionary Learning School	public	—	—	4.4 miles (7.1 km)
Compass Community Collaborative School	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.2 km)
O'Dea Elementary School	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.2 km)
Boltz Middle School	public	—	—	4.5 miles (7.3 km)
CHRISTIAN CORE ACADEMY	private	—	—	4.6 miles (7.4 km)
Academy of Arts and Knowledge Elementary	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.7 km)
Poudre High School	public	—	—	4.8 miles (7.8 km)
Poudre Community Academy	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.0 km)
Cottonwood Plains Elementary School	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.1 km)
Kruse Elementary School	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.1 km)
Dunn Elementary School	public	—	—	5.0 miles (8.1 km)
Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
Shepardson Elementary School	public	—	—	5.1 miles (8.2 km)
PSD Global Academy	public	—	—	5.2 miles (8.4 km)
Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins	public	—	—	5.2 miles (8.4 km)
Lesher Middle School	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.5 km)
Irish Elementary School	public	—	—	5.3 miles (8.6 km)
Harris Bilingual Elementary School	public	—	—	5.4 miles (8.7 km)
Ridgeview Classical Schools	public	—	—	5.4 miles (8.8 km)
Putnam Elementary School	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.8 km)
Centennial High School	public	—	—	5.5 miles (8.9 km)
Ponderosa Elementary	public	—	—	5.6 miles (9.0 km)
Bacon Elementary School	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.1 km)
Riffenburgh Elementary School	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.1 km)
Lucile Erwin Middle School	public	—	—	5.7 miles (9.1 km)
ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC SCHOOL	private	—	—	5.8 miles (9.3 km)
Laurel Elementary School	public	—	—	5.8 miles (9.3 km)
Fort Collins High School	public	—	—	5.8 miles (9.4 km)
Lincoln Middle School	public	—	—	5.9 miles (9.5 km)
Linton Elementary School	public	—	—	5.9 miles (9.6 km)
Traut Core Elementary School	public	—	—	6.0 miles (9.7 km)
HIATT FARMS MONTESSORI SCHOOL	private	—	—	6.0 miles (9.7 km)
FORT COLLINS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	6.0 miles (9.7 km)
FORT COLLINS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	6.0 miles (9.7 km)
Preston Middle School	public	—	—	6.2 miles (10.0 km)
Laurene Edmondson Elementary School	public	—	—	6.2 miles (10.0 km)
RIVENDELL SCHOOL OF NORTHERN COLORADO	private	—	—	6.2 miles (10.0 km)
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN SCHOOL	private	—	—	6.4 miles (10.3 km)
Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School	public	—	—	6.5 miles (10.4 km)
Centennial Elementary School	public	—	—	6.6 miles (10.6 km)
Mountain Sage Community School	public	—	—	6.6 miles (10.6 km)
Liberty Common Charter School	public	—	—	6.7 miles (10.8 km)
Fossil Ridge High School	public	—	—	6.7 miles (10.8 km)
Thompson Integrated Early Childhood	public	—	—	6.9 miles (11.0 km)
Lincoln Elementary School	public	—	—	7.0 miles (11.3 km)
Zach Elementary School	public	—	—	7.2 miles (11.6 km)
Loveland High School	public	—	—	7.3 miles (11.8 km)
Big Thompson Elementary School	public	—	—	7.3 miles (11.8 km)
Cache La Poudre Elementary School	public	—	—	7.4 miles (12.0 km)
Cache La Poudre Middle School	public	—	—	7.5 miles (12.0 km)
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY	private	—	—	7.6 miles (12.2 km)
Harold Ferguson High School	public	—	—	7.9 miles (12.7 km)
Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball	public	—	—	8.0 miles (12.8 km)
Tavelli Elementary School	public	—	—	8.1 miles (13.0 km)
ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST CATHOLIC SCHOOL	private	—	—	8.2 miles (13.2 km)
Timnath Elementary School	public	—	—	8.5 miles (13.6 km)
Namaqua Elementary School	public	—	—	8.6 miles (13.8 km)
Colorado Early Colleges Windsor	public	—	—	8.6 miles (13.9 km)
Garfield Elementary School	public	—	—	8.8 miles (14.1 km)
Timnath Middle-High School	public	—	—	8.8 miles (14.1 km)
Truscott Elementary School	public	—	—	9.0 miles (14.5 km)
Bill Reed Middle School	public	—	—	9.2 miles (14.7 km)
Bamford Elementary School	public	—	—	9.2 miles (14.8 km)
Thompson Valley High School	public	—	—	9.3 miles (15.0 km)
Sarah Milner Elementary School	public	—	—	9.4 miles (15.2 km)
Walt Clark Middle School	public	—	—	9.5 miles (15.2 km)
SIERRA SCHOOL OF THOMPSON	private	—	—	9.5 miles (15.2 km)
High Plains School	public	—	—	9.6 miles (15.5 km)
Loveland Classical School	public	—	—	9.7 miles (15.6 km)
New Vision Charter School	public	—	—	9.9 miles (15.9 km)
Winona Elementary School	public	—	—	10.0 miles (16.1 km)
Mountain View High School	public	—	—	10.0 miles (16.1 km)

Schools FAQ for ZIP 80526

What school district is ZIP code 80526 in?

ZIP 80526 (Fort Collins, CO) maps to Poudre School District R-1 (LEA ID 0803990) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.

How many schools are near ZIP code 80526?

US5 lists 88 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 76 public and 12 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.

What share of students in 80526 attend private school?

About 0.4% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 80526 attend private school (ACS estimate).

Education
Bachelor's or higher	56.9%
High school	14.6%
Less than HS	2.2%
School district	Poudre School District R-1

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