PSD Global Academy
FORT COLLINS · CO · Poudre School District R-1 · Public · K-12 combined
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Ridgeview Classical Schools → Polaris Expeditionary Learning School → Centennial High School → Poudre Community Academy → Compass Community Collaborative School → Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado → Harold Ferguson High School → Liberty Common Charter School →At a glance
- 1 AP courses offered — Moderate
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- Gifted & talented program
- AP rigor: Bottom 40% of US high schools
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 27% by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 54% in 2019 (Bottom 11% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How PSD Global Academy compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyCO students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Ridgeview Classical Schools, Polaris Expeditionary Learning School, Centennial High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Moderate — some AP / advanced course access
Bottom 40% of US high schools
Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 27% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 11% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Your state's public flagship
University of Colorado Boulder
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $25,346/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgeview Classical Schools FORT COLLINS |
Public · charter | 0.6 | 140 | +6.1% |
| Polaris Expeditionary Learning School FORT COLLINS |
Public | 2.5 | 151 | -2.6% |
| Centennial High School FORT COLLINS |
Public | 0.9 | 118 | -5.6% |
| Poudre Community Academy FORT COLLINS |
Public | 3.4 | 203 | -23.1% |
| Compass Community Collaborative School FORT COLLINS |
Public · charter | 0.7 | 82 | -8.9% |
| Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado FORT COLLINS |
Public · charter | 1.2 | 83 | — |
| Harold Ferguson High School LOVELAND |
Public | 11.1 | 164 | +45.1% |
| Liberty Common Charter School FORT COLLINS |
Public · charter | 1.9 | 335 | -7.2% |