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Sarah Milner Elementary School

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Sarah Milner Elementary School ranks 697 th of 950 Colorado elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

697^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 950 Colorado Elementary Schools

Better than 27% of Colorado elementary schools

Summary

Sarah Milner Elementary School is a public elementary school in Loveland, Colorado, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 272 students. The school is part of the Thompson School District R-2j, which is ranked 43 out of 115 school districts in Colorado and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite being part of a relatively well-performing district, Sarah Milner Elementary School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Colorado elementary schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past 6 years. Across all grade levels and subject areas, the school significantly underperforms compared to the district and state averages. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 19.6% of students were proficient or better in CMAS Math, compared to 34.4% for the district and 35.9% for the state. Additionally, the school has had consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 25.0% to 27.7% over the past 3 school years, which is significantly higher than the state average.

When comparing Sarah Milner Elementary School to other nearby schools within the Thompson School District, it becomes clear that the school is an outlier in terms of academic performance. For example, New Vision Charter School and Carrie Martin Elementary School significantly outperform Sarah Milner in both English Language Arts and Math proficiency. The high percentage of low socioeconomic status students and the chronic absenteeism issues at Sarah Milner Elementary School may be contributing factors to the school's consistently low academic performance, and addressing these challenges could provide opportunities for improvement.

264

Students ?

14.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,823

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: Declining — 55th percentile in 2014 → 27th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Colorado average (23% vs 40% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 28 percentile points since 2014

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school23%

District avg39%

Colorado avg40%

697^th of 950

Colorado public elementary schools ?

Bottom 27%▼ down 28 pts since 2015

From top 45% (2015) to bottom 27% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

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

43^rd of 115Thompson 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
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 (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts29%-16 vs state

Math20%-16 vs state

Science20%-20 vs state

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Schools Near Sarah Milner Elementary School

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Frequently Asked Questions about Sarah Milner Elementary School

What district is Sarah Milner Elementary School in?

Thompson School District R-2j

Is Sarah Milner Elementary School a good school?

Sarah Milner Elementary School ranks 697^th of 950 Colorado elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Sarah Milner Elementary School?

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

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

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