88 out of 10GreatSchools

Fossil Ridge High School

Fort Collins, CO
  • Public
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  • Grades 9-12
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  • Enrollment: 2003

Overview

Fossil Ridge High School
5400 Ziegler Road
Fort Collins, CO 80528
(970) 488-6260
Fossil Ridge High School is located in Fort Collins, CO and serves grades 9-12.It received a GreatSchool rating of 8 out of 10
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Student Diversity

Race

Percentage

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0%
Native American
0%
Black
1%
Two or more races
4%
Asian
5%
Hispanic
7%
White
82%
Other
1%

Reviews27 Reviews

3.5
other
As a former student, I had an awful experience, and I was considered a "normal" student. I was in clubs, performed well academically, and was in sports. I was involved, I did everything right, but I was brown, so was excessively bullied with no help from the administration. I had to watch others like myself, "different," suffer for 4 years at FRHS.
parent
Very poor academics. Very poor leadership. Extremely liberal teaching and viewpoints pushed by many of the teachers. Teachers are not doing their best and are not held accountable for their ineffectiveness/poor teaching. Also, my kids have seen first hand lots drugs being used within the school.
parent
I am surprised to read negative comments about the leadership at FRHS. As a parent, I have been impressed with the principal, who has increased communication and brought about a sense of school family that was lacking. He greets students each day at the front door - by name. The career center staff bent over backwards to help my senior with college transcripts upon discovering they had her entered twice in the system, once as a senior and again as a sophomore. Both of my daughters are involved in activities, work hard in class and their teachers are truly outstanding. Fossil Ridge is a 5 star high school!
other
Overall, this school is ok. The administration and counseling departments are mediocre-acting on a "take initiative for yourself and we are not going to help you" approach; especially the counseling department who I think get so overwhelmed that they don't want to help. However in the past few years, I have always felt helped by the counseling department, just not this year. A lot of the staff is also extremely horrible at teaching, which most of the administration fails to notice. I've had a lot of great teachers that had to be let go, and a lot of permanent teachers that are horrible. I think the administration should take into consideration what the students think about the teachers, vs what they think they know about them. To give fossil credit, I have had a lot of great teachers and a lot of the clubs and sports are really good, I just think that fossil has been going downhill since I arrived a couple years ago.
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