Preston Middle School in Fort Collins

Category	Rating	Details
Test Scores	8/10	The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) data from Colorado Department of Education.
Student Growth	2/10	The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Student Growth - CO CMAS - Cohort-referenced data from Colorado Department of Education, and using 2025 Student Growth - CO PSAT/SAT - Cohort-referenced data from Colorado Department of Education.

Posted: May 14, 2026

Preston has amazing programs for gifted students. The Science Olympiad team has been a wonderful outlet for my daughter and the band director, Mr. Greiner, is a real gem. He is so fun and a wonderful teacher and human. I've honestly been impressed with all of the teachers at Preston. They have a tradition of excellence and it shows.

Posted: September 8, 2025

Ive been at Preston for three years and wouldnt choose another school.

The teachers are all so nice and actually care about the student not just the academics, they teach well and make sure everyone understands.

Everyone kid at this school is so kind and if you are being bullied they take it very seriously.

They offer many opportunities and classes that ordinary schools wouldnt, thank you Preston for giving me the best middle school experience.

Posted: September 7, 2025

My daughter is in her third year at Preston and it has been a wonderful middle school!! There are lots of amazing teachers at Preston. Communication from the school has been great. They have so many extra learning opportunity classes that kids can choose from to build on their interests. It is a fabulous STEM school. There are an incredible amount of different types of clubs. Kids are even able to start their own club. My daughter has made some great friendships and learned so much at Preston.

Posted: April 25, 2025

My son has had a fantastic experience at Preston. They are more of a STEM oriented school, which is great for him. He's advanced considerably in his science and math skills while there without being in a high pressure environment. His teachers have for the most part been responsive and understanding when we need to reach out on a topic. The environment is very inclusive as well. There are a lot of extra curriculars, so I imagine most people can find activities that they like at Preston. Overall it's been a good experience for my son.

Posted: April 15, 2023

Teacher grabbed my child by the throat and received no apology

Posted: December 15, 2020

Lots of cussing and PDA, not many people would turn in homework, students were usually late, teachers also did not pay attention to the kids or deal with them.

Posted: June 22, 2019

Two things about teachers here. **1** Most take a personal interest in the kids, and most of those not just in the academics but also how the kid is getting along. *2* Most don't just teach formulas but the concept, why the formula is there/works.

Posted: June 22, 2019

I've just read some reviews that talk about the leadership not stepping to address bulling. That was not at all our experience. Every school has bullies, Preston has not more than the others and the teachers and administrators at Preston do NOT tolerate it.

Posted: June 22, 2019

Absolutely! I don;t know if it is the practice for all but our daughter tells us about how kids with disabilities have assigned teachers that work with them on a personal level, walk them to classes, stay in touch with how things are going.

Posted: June 22, 2019

Our daughter is kinda of quiet and we have seen, even starting in elementary, that that can attract bullies. Our personal experience is there was an incident that happened her second semester, her friends came to her defense but we also reported it. The assistant took it directly to the principle, the other kid's parents were called into the office. I do not know what was said there but that kid actually apologized to our daughter and there were no repeat incidents for the remainder of her time at Preston.

Posted: June 22, 2019

The homework is intense, but the teachers are understanding. Its a competitive world only becoming more competitive. Your kids will have homework pretty much every night but its what is needed.

Posted: June 22, 2019

Top in academics, teacher involvement with demonstrated true interest in the child and (very much contrary to the other review) this school does NOT tolerate bulling. We have seen the teachers and the administrators come down hard on bulling AND we have seen other kids come to the defense if someone is bullied.

Posted: October 18, 2018

This STEM school is award winning and fair in its handling of students. Parent teacher conferences were honest in their assessment of our child who is prone to ADHD and fidgeting, and they adjust as well as possible to him.

Posted: October 18, 2018

Posted: January 15, 2017

This school encourages, nourishes, and fosters bullying. There is no other way to describe it.

Posted: January 15, 2017

Please do not send your special needs children here. They will be bullied worse than in an innercity school in L.A. or NYC and the management will make sure to protect the bullies.

Posted: January 15, 2017

Leadership is so uneducated, they can't even put a sentence together or carry on a logical, rational conversation.

Posted: January 15, 2017

Hell, no. This school is managed by bullies who let gangs of kid bullies keep bullying beautiful children for years, without a single bit of punishment.

Posted: January 15, 2017

The only decent teachers are the music and art teachers.

Posted: January 15, 2017

Rampant bullying.
Preston Middle School continues to be a protective haven for bullies. It is incredibly aggravating for us parents. I think its because the administration is made up bullies who cant even put a sentence together and who go out of their way to make sure no bully is ever punished. The only reason a parent would write a positive review of Preston would be if their kid is one of the bullies and its a clueless parent who thinks everything is hunky dory. I have seen that kind. If your kid is smart, creative, talented, and caring, please please do not put your kid in this hellhole. This school is a disgrace to Fort Collins.

Posted: November 18, 2016

Preston has lots of great technology and offers many different enrichment programs. The teachers are all so great about communicating with parents which helps us stay on top of our kids to make sure they are getting stuff done.

Posted: March 1, 2016

I can't help but think that whichever parent left a good review for this school must have had one of the bullies as their kid. Bullying is out of control. And the school does nothing, absolutely nothing about it. We have so many neighbors and friends who are constantly complaining about the school not doing a single thing about the bullying. If you want the full-on inner city experience, this would be the school. If you have a kid who is a bully who doesn't want to suffer any consequences, this would be the school.

Posted: March 1, 2016

Posted: August 23, 2015

Many here have stated wonderful and glowing reviews, so I'll share some of the less desirable aspects that I/we have encountered:

1. Clique-ish at times - My daughter is a wonderfully balanced girl, with a great smile and outgoing personality. Despite this, she has found the atmosphere at Preston to be heavily clique-ish. I wonder how much worse it might be for someone with a different background or (gasp) different skin color.
2. Rushed pace in hallway / heavy load - In between classes, the halls are apparently very crowded, and there is very little time to get from one class to the others (a "rat race"). The kids are loaded down with backpacks that would be too heavy for most adults.
3. Overemphasis of learning on computers - Despite the importance of computers, sometimes they can be simply the wrong approach. It was disturbing to see reading lessons on the computer where it controlled the reading speed. I'm an avid reader, and even I couldn't keep up the brisk automated pace. I too had to skip over words, and basically lose most of the meaning of the stories. Very disappointing and frustrating to see.
4. The office tends to be staffed with students. Visits or calls to the office for important matters feel through the cracks on numerous occasions.
5. The teaching staff seems too heavily weighted towards the young end (20's/30's). There is a lack of maturity and wisdom that would help counter the untested and trendy ideas that they come up with, and weak resolutions to issues.
6. No auditorium - Music programs happen in the un-airconditioned, bleachered, poorly acoustic gymnasium

Posted: August 23, 2015

Posted: August 2, 2015

I had a great time at preston with so many amazing teachers and fun opportunities.

Posted: August 2, 2015

Posted: February 27, 2015

I had four kids attend this school. Some of my children were more challenging than the others but Preston worked hard with all of them. They have great programs and a phenominal staff. My youngest learned to fly a plane at school and last summer he actually flew a C172 in Florida with the knowledge he learned at Preston. Highly recommend this school.

Posted: July 24, 2014

I am an incoming 8th grader at Preston Middle School. I'm very unimpressed with everything this school has had to offer for me since I've been here. The staff is very unmotivated and seem to be bored while teaching. I've come across about two teachers that I've actually liked since I arrived at Preston. The teachers are very unaware of everything going on in the classroom. I've noticed a pattern of the teachers assigning us an activity to complete by the end of class, and then spend the rest of the class period on the computer (or leave the class for 25+ min.) while the class goofs off and gets little to no work done. Then the teachers lecture is about not getting the assignment done. A majority of the students that go here are very immature and rude. I'm not going to say this applies for all students, because I have made a few good friends here, but it does go for most of them. I should also add that they are very undisciplined by the staff. Bullying has been an issue that isn't taken care of, and when there are kids doing drugs in the bathroom, they are only given a few days of ISS. The principal is concerned about winning competitions and getting more people to attend Preston.

Preston Middle School

Fort Collins, CO 80528

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