Elementary Schools in Thompson School District R-2j

Summary:

The Thompson School District R-2j in Colorado is home to 22 elementary schools serving students from preschool through 5th grade. The district encompasses a diverse range of schools, from high-performing institutions like Coyote Ridge Elementary School to those struggling with lower academic achievement, such as Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball.

Among the standout schools in the district, Coyote Ridge Elementary and Berthoud Elementary consistently rank in the top 15-25% of Colorado elementary schools, with strong test scores and low chronic absenteeism rates. Ivy Stockwell Elementary and Carrie Martin Elementary also perform well, with above-average test scores compared to the district and state averages.

However, the data reveals significant disparities in academic achievement across the district, with some schools struggling to meet proficiency standards in English Language Arts, Math, and Science. These performance gaps appear to be correlated with the socioeconomic status of the student population, as indicated by the wide range in free/reduced lunch rates. By analyzing the practices of the high-performing schools and addressing the unique challenges faced by the lower-performing institutions, the Thompson School District R-2j can work to ensure equitable educational opportunities for all students.

District Detail

800 South Taft Avenue
Loveland, CO 80537

(970) 613-5000

SchoolDigger Rank:
43^rd of 115 Colorado districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 14,580

Primary Schools: 20
Middle Schools: 4
High Schools: 5
Alternative Schools: 1

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CMAS English Language Arts (2025)							CMAS Math (2025)							CMAS Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CMAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts All Grades	CMAS Math 3rd Grade	CMAS Math 4th Grade	CMAS Math 5th Grade	CMAS Math 6th Grade	CMAS Math 7th Grade	CMAS Math 8th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 5th Grade	CMAS Science 8th Grade	Total
Cottonwood Plains Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	525 Turman Drive	Fort Collins	80525	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 613-5900	330	24	13.6	52.7%	146 (44.2%)	3 (0.9%)	159 (48.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.4%)	34.9	574^th of 950 public elementary schools	39.6%		23.6	692^nd of 943 public elementary schools	26.6%	118	31.0	20.4	47.3				32.9	43.1	21.1	37.0				33.7	31.5		$19,579
B F Kitchen Elementary School	Public	K-5	915 Deborah Drive	Loveland	80537	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 613-5500	159	13	12.1	46.5%	97 (61.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (28.3%)	2 (1.3%)	3 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (7.5%)	34.5	576^th of 950 public elementary schools	39.4%		26.3	657^th of 943 public elementary schools	30.3%	81			33.3				26.4	30.4	38.7	30.3				33.3			$20,557
Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball	Public	PK, KG-8	2660 North Monroe Avenue	Loveland	80538	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 613-7300	536	38	14.0	62.7%	281 (52.4%)	4 (0.7%)	218 (40.7%)	3 (0.6%)	7 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.3%)	15.2	804^th of 950 public elementary schools	15.4%		15.6	797^th of 943 public elementary schools	15.5%	7	21.4	24.0	20.0	24.2	14.3	21.5	21.1	28.6		15.7	9.7		13.8	13.8	18.0	14.1	$17,200
Berthoud Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	560 Bunyan Avenue	Berthoud	80513	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 613-7500	495	29	17.2	16.8%	413 (83.4%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (11.7%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.6%)	81.9	151^st of 950 public elementary schools	84.1%		83.7	133^rd of 943 public elementary schools	85.9%	18	59.5	75.4	56.3				62.9	64.3	73.8	51.2				62.4	57.7		$13,476
Big Thompson Elementary School	Public	K-5	7702 West Highway 34	Loveland	80538	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 613-5600	179	14	12.7	24.6%	140 (78.2%)	2 (1.1%)	23 (12.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.1%)	51.3	437^th of 950 public elementary schools	54.0%		61	354^th of 943 public elementary schools	62.5%	83			57.1				43.8	21.7	36.8	45.7				36.5	40.0		$15,929
Centennial Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1555 West 37th Street	Loveland	80538	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 613-5800	324	20	15.9	30.6%	217 (67.0%)	2 (0.6%)	72 (22.2%)	10 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (6.8%)	53.6	417^th of 950 public elementary schools	56.1%		64.5	319^th of 943 public elementary schools	66.2%	98	53.2	50.8	50.0				51.3	38.3	39.0	34.7				37.4	36.7		$15,377
Garfield Elementary School	Public	K-5	720 Colorado Avenue	Loveland	80537	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 613-6000	213	16	13.2	45.1%	158 (74.2%)	2 (0.9%)	44 (20.7%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.8%)	51.6	433^rd of 950 public elementary schools	54.4%		49.2	457^th of 943 public elementary schools	51.5%	24	60.5	41.2	45.9				50.0	53.5	32.4	18.9				36.0	37.8		$17,510
Ivy Stockwell Elementary School	Public	K-5	175 Fifth Street	Berthoud	80513	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 613-6100	426	24	17.6	16.4%	324 (76.1%)	1 (0.2%)	70 (16.4%)	5 (1.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.6%)	75	226^th of 950 public elementary schools	76.2%		69.5	270^th of 943 public elementary schools	71.4%	44	47.5	54.5	66.7				56.3	44.1	61.0	60.3				55.8	55.6		$13,298
Lincoln Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3312 North Douglas Avenue	Loveland	80538	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 613-6200	196	12	16.0	47.4%	118 (60.2%)	2 (1.0%)	61 (31.1%)	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (6.1%)	47.4	469^th of 950 public elementary schools	50.6%		54.1	411^th of 943 public elementary schools	56.4%	58	57.7	30.4	34.8				41.7	42.3	26.1	34.8				34.7	52.2		$17,320
Namaqua Elementary School	Public	K-5	209 North County Road 19e	Loveland	80537	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 613-6600	236	17	14.0	35.2%	177 (75.0%)	1 (0.4%)	38 (16.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (7.6%)	50.4	439^th of 950 public elementary schools	53.8%		38.6	538^th of 943 public elementary schools	42.9%	99	37.1	46.2	48.8				44.3	54.3	36.8	31.7				40.4	39.0		$16,536
Truscott Elementary School	Public	K-5	211 West 6th Street	Loveland	80537	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 613-6900	194	18	10.6	50.5%	87 (44.8%)	0 (0.0%)	97 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	9 (4.6%)	13.6	824^th of 950 public elementary schools	13.3%					(n/a)	27.8	15.4	13.0				20.0							11.5			$17,829
Winona Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	201 South Boise Avenue	Loveland	80537	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 613-7100	246	17	14.6	58.9%	117 (47.6%)	5 (2.0%)	105 (42.7%)	4 (1.6%)	5 (2.0%)	1 (0.4%)	9 (3.7%)	21.5	718^th of 950 public elementary schools	24.4%		21.8	720^th of 943 public elementary schools	23.6%	2	35.6	19.4	24.4				27.0	22.7	23.3	28.6				24.8	20.0		$16,712
Sarah Milner Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	743 Jocelyn Drive	Loveland	80537	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 613-6700	264	18	14.8	53.4%	160 (60.6%)	2 (0.8%)	88 (33.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.9%)	22.9	697^th of 950 public elementary schools	26.6%		21.5	724^th of 943 public elementary schools	23.2%	27	20.0	40.0	26.8				28.8			26.8				19.6	19.5		$14,823
Laurene Edmondson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	307 West 49th Street	Loveland	80538	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 613-6300	235	16	14.7	63.8%	127 (54.0%)	6 (2.6%)	88 (37.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.5%)	18.6	758^th of 950 public elementary schools	20.2%		28.8	627^th of 943 public elementary schools	33.5%	131	23.1	20.5	18.9				20.9	38.5						19.8	13.5		$16,099
Carrie Martin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4129 Joni Lane	Loveland	80537	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 613-5700	247	16	15.7	32.4%	174 (70.4%)	4 (1.6%)	52 (21.1%)	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.3%)	54.1	414^th of 950 public elementary schools	56.4%		75.8	202^nd of 943 public elementary schools	78.6%	212	32.4	58.3	50.0				46.6	29.7	50.0	56.7				44.7	33.3		$14,974
New Vision Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	299 Peridot Ave	Loveland	80537	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 593-6827	1,005	51	19.6	21.5%	811 (80.7%)	2 (0.2%)	132 (13.1%)	5 (0.5%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	50 (5.0%)	67.2	297^th of 950 public elementary schools	68.7%		68.6	280^th of 943 public elementary schools	70.3%	17	50.5	49.1	52.4	63.2	61.5	54.7	54.9	49.5	50.9	51.4	45.3	40.2	44.2	47.2	41.3	47.6	$10,477
Coyote Ridge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7115 Avondale Road	Fort Collins	80525	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 679-9400	242	17	14.1	27.3%	182 (75.2%)	1 (0.4%)	32 (13.2%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (9.9%)	84.7	124^th of 950 public elementary schools	86.9%		81.5	158^th of 943 public elementary schools	83.2%	34	61.3	58.8	83.3				69.2	71.0	47.1	66.7				61.7	57.1		$17,688
Ponderosa Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4550 Florence Drive	Loveland	80538	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 679-9500	335	21	15.7	22.7%	259 (77.3%)	3 (0.9%)	61 (18.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.6%)	69	276^th of 950 public elementary schools	70.9%		53.5	421^st of 943 public elementary schools	55.4%	145	60.0	58.3	63.0				60.4	52.7	43.3	44.4				46.7	41.5		$16,282
High Plains School	Public	PK, KG-8	4255 Buffalo Mountain Drive	Loveland	80538	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 679-9800	495	28	17.6	34.1%	335 (67.7%)	10 (2.0%)	104 (21.0%)	13 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (6.3%)	59.6	363^rd of 950 public elementary schools	61.8%		53.8	416^th of 943 public elementary schools	55.9%	53	57.5	54.3	55.2	39.2	55.6	61.4	53.6	57.5	52.2	45.5	17.6	28.9	54.5	42.1	42.4	54.5	$14,061
Riverview Pk-8	Public	PK, KG-8	3550 Barkwood Drive	Johnstown	80534	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 613-7000	757	45	17.0	26.2%	493 (65.1%)	7 (0.9%)	201 (26.6%)	14 (1.8%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (5.2%)	44.3	495^th of 950 public elementary schools	47.9%		47.7	469^th of 943 public elementary schools	50.3%	26	44.4	32.4	40.3	58.5	43.2	39.7	43.7	31.1	23.2	38.8	36.6			26.2	32.8	20.6	$12,737

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Colorado Department of Education.

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