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Sarah Milner Elementary School

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Sarah Milner Elementary School ranks 627 th of 946 Colorado elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

627^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 946 Colorado Elementary Schools

Better than 34% of Colorado elementary schools

Summary

Sarah Milner Elementary School in Loveland, CO, serves 264 students in grades PK–5 as part of the Thompson School District R-2J. The school currently holds a 2-star rating, ranking 626th out of 943 Colorado elementary schools (34th percentile) for the 2025–2026 school year. After a long decline that bottomed out at a 1-star rating in 2022–2023, Sarah Milner is showing signs of recovery, though it still trails district and state averages in most subjects.

The school's most distinctive pattern is the large gap between reading and math. About 40% of students are proficient in English Language Arts, nearly matching the district and state averages of roughly 45%. But only 21% are proficient in math, far below the district (33.5%) and state (37.3%) — the largest ELA–math gap among nearby elementary schools. Grade-level results add nuance: 4th-grade ELA is a bright spot at 56.7% proficiency, above district and state averages, while 3rd-grade students struggle severely with just 23.7% ELA and 13.2% math proficiency. Science is also a weakness, with only 19.5% of 5th graders proficient compared to about 38% across the district and state. Recent gains at Sarah Milner have been driven almost entirely by ELA, which jumped 11 points in one year, while math proficiency barely moved.

Compared to nearby schools, Sarah Milner's challenges are not simply a reflection of its student population. Garfield Elementary, with a similar poverty rate, posts much stronger results (51.9% ELA and 38.3% math), and Namaqua Elementary, about a mile away, reaches 44.6% ELA, 27.7% math, and 41.7% science. Chronic absenteeism at Sarah Milner is 27.8%, well above higher-performing neighbors like Centennial Elementary (10.9%) and New Vision Charter School (13.1%). With 53.4% of students eligible for free/reduced lunch, poverty alone doesn't explain the outcomes — nearby schools prove better results are achievable. Improving math instruction and reducing absenteeism appear to be the highest-leverage steps for building on the school's recent upward momentum.

264

Students ?

14.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,802

Per pupil spending ?

53.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

743 Jocelyn Drive
Loveland, CO 80537-6755

(970) 613-6700

District: Thompson School District R-2j

Students who attend Sarah Milner Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Walt Clark Middle School
High:	Thompson Valley High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

60.6%

Hispanic:

33.3%

Two or more races:

4.9%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 21st percentile in 2023 → 34th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 34th (2026) from a 21st-percentile low (2023)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Colorado average (30% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Math scores 16 pts below the Colorado average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school30%

District avg39%

Colorado avg41%

627^th of 946

Colorado public elementary schools ?

Bottom 34%▼ down 14 pts since 2016

From bottom 48% (2016) to bottom 34% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

16^th of 20Elementary Schools in the Thompson School District R-2j

35^th of 114Thompson School District R-2j among Colorado districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	29.7	627 of 946	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2025	22.9	697 of 950	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.5	724 of 943	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.8	738 of 933	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.9	698 of 921	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.0	715 of 965	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.4	654 of 917	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	30.7	627 of 929	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2016	43.6	474 of 914	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2015	50.2	426 of 938	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2014	56.5	434 of 962	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2013	59.2	413 of 954	56.7%	★★★☆☆
2012	50.5	505 of 935	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2011	53.2	486 of 935	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2010	39.4	610 of 925	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2009	44.7	533 of 872	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2008	39.7	564 of 849	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2007	53.7	443 of 852	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2006	53.5	420 of 829	49.3%	★★☆☆☆
2005	58.0	378 of 823	54.1%	★★★☆☆
2004	57.7	374 of 808	53.7%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	24.7	509 of 694	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.1	545 of 684	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.7	554 of 758	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.4	529 of 690	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	33.4	237 of 337	29.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.8	135 of 203	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	39.8	199 of 308	35.4%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	18.3	566 of 700	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.4	597 of 683	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.7	542 of 764	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.1	565 of 693	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2019	12.7	558 of 596	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)30th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)27th percentile~ school

Male (2025)19th percentile-7 vs school

White (2019)6th percentile-20 vs school

By subject vs Colorado (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts40%-5 vs state

Math21%-16 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CMAS English Language Arts (2026)							CMAS Math (2026)							CMAS Science (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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
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%)	29.7	627^th of 946 public elementary schools	33.7%		22.9	697^th of 950 public elementary schools	26.6%	70	23.7	56.7	43.8				40.0	13.2	33.3	18.8				21.0	720.0		$17,802
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%)	29.8	626^th of 946 public elementary schools	33.8%		34.5	576^th of 950 public elementary schools	39.4%	50	33.3	24.0	36.7				31.6	50.0	16.0	30.0				31.6	23.3		$22,463
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%)	40.7	510^th of 946 public elementary schools	46.1%		50.4	439^th of 950 public elementary schools	53.8%	71	32.5	41.7	61.1				44.6	32.5	19.4	30.6				27.7	41.7		$18,776
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%)	49	440^th of 946 public elementary schools	53.5%		51.6	433^rd of 950 public elementary schools	54.4%	7	64.5	59.1	30.3				51.9	48.4	40.9	25.0				38.3	18.2		$19,748
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%)	20.4	739^th of 946 public elementary schools	21.9%		13.6	824^th of 950 public elementary schools	13.3%	85	32.1	30.3	33.3				31.8	32.1	9.1	11.1				17.0	22.2		$21,141
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%)	46.4	461^st of 946 public elementary schools	51.3%		54.1	414^th of 950 public elementary schools	56.4%	47	40.0	42.5	56.3				45.8	30.6	40.0	38.7				36.4	34.4		$17,735
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%)	25.3	678^th of 946 public elementary schools	28.3%		21.5	718^th of 950 public elementary schools	24.4%	40	707.0	32.6	734.0				28.3	706.0	720.0	29.0				17.7	20.7		$20,105
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%)	57.1	387^th of 946 public elementary schools	59.1%		47.4	469^th of 950 public elementary schools	50.6%	82	715.0	52.0	747.0				39.4	717.0	36.0	739.0				28.8	47.4		$21,045
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%)	45.2	466^th of 946 public elementary schools	50.7%		53.6	417^th of 950 public elementary schools	56.1%	49	33.3	54.0	57.6				48.5	22.2	42.0	30.5				31.3	36.2		$17,238
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%)	67.4	290^th of 946 public elementary schools	69.3%		67.2	297^th of 950 public elementary schools	68.7%	7	51.0	62.0	54.6	45.2	53.0	55.3	53.7	57.4	55.6	56.5	32.6	43.0	48.2	49.3	38.0	44.0	$11,023

Frequently Asked Questions about Sarah Milner Elementary School

How many students attend Sarah Milner Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 264 students attended Sarah Milner Elementary School.

What schools do graduates of Sarah Milner Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Sarah Milner Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Walt Clark Middle School
High : Thompson Valley High School

What is the racial makeup of Sarah Milner Elementary School?

Students at Sarah Milner Elementary School are 61% White, 33% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races.

Is Sarah Milner Elementary School a good school?

Sarah Milner Elementary School ranks 627^th of 946 Colorado elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What district is Sarah Milner Elementary School in?

Thompson School District R-2j

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2025–26 attendance dataNewOct 6, 2026

2025–26 CMAS, PSAT10, PSAT9 & SAT test scoresAug 19, 2026

2024–25 school spending dataJun 13, 2026

2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesJan 13, 2026

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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