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Carrie Martin Elementary School

Q: Is Carrie Martin Elementary School a good school?

Carrie Martin Elementary School ranks 414 th of 950 Colorado elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

414^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 950 Colorado Elementary Schools

Better than 56% of Colorado elementary schools

Summary

Carrie Martin Elementary School is a public elementary school in Loveland, Colorado, serving 252 students in grades PK-5 as part of the Thompson School District R-2j. The school has shown mixed academic performance, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Math exceeding district and state averages, but lagging in Science. Carrie Martin's performance has fluctuated over the years, ranking between 154 and 428 out of 917-965 Colorado elementary schools.

Carrie Martin has a relatively high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 42.46% receiving free or reduced-price lunch. The school's ranking for low socioeconomic status students was 9 out of 332 Colorado elementary schools in 2018-2019, indicating it is effectively supporting its high-need population. However, the school's performance for White students has been lower, ranking 261 out of 525 Colorado elementary schools in 2022-2023. Carrie Martin has also experienced high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 17.4% to 27.7% in the past three school years, which may be contributing to its academic challenges.

Compared to nearby schools, Carrie Martin generally outperforms Winona Elementary School, but lags behind higher-performing schools like Berthoud Elementary and Ivy Stockwell Elementary. Addressing attendance and engagement, as well as learning from the practices of higher-performing schools in the area, could help Carrie Martin improve its overall academic outcomes.

247

Students ?

15.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,974

Per pupil spending ?

32.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

4129 Joni Lane
Loveland, CO 80537-7431

(970) 613-5700

District: Thompson School District R-2j

Students who attend Carrie Martin Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Bill Reed Middle School
High:	Thompson Valley High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

70.4%

Hispanic:

21.1%

Two or more races:

5.3%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 57th percentile in 2015 → 56th in 2025

Strengths

✓Above the Colorado median (56th percentile)

Worth a look

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school44%

District avg39%

Colorado avg40%

414^th of 950

Colorado public elementary schools ?

Top 44%▼ down 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

7^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	54.1	414 of 950	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	75.8	202 of 943	78.6%	★★★★☆
2023	64.8	298 of 933	68.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	66.3	287 of 921	68.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	80.2	154 of 710	78.3%	★★★★☆
2019	62.0	343 of 965	64.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	48.4	428 of 917	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2017	54.3	379 of 929	59.2%	★★★☆☆
2016	51.5	406 of 914	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2015	53.1	400 of 938	57.4%	★★★☆☆
2014	51.8	481 of 962	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2013	58.7	419 of 954	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2012	66.8	330 of 935	64.7%	★★★☆☆
2011	68.3	310 of 935	66.8%	★★★☆☆
2010	70.3	279 of 925	69.8%	★★★★☆
2009	59.9	381 of 872	56.3%	★★★☆☆
2008	64.3	320 of 849	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2007	57.1	408 of 852	52.1%	★★★☆☆
2006	74.7	196 of 829	76.4%	★★★★☆
2005	72.9	237 of 823	71.2%	★★★★☆
2004	75.9	189 of 808	76.6%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2019	56.4	307 of 758	59.5%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2019	90.4	9 of 332	97.3%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2019	54.2	314 of 764	58.9%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2023	50.1	261 of 525	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	26.7	452 of 596	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆

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 (2019)97th percentile+33 vs school

Female (2019)59th percentile-5 vs school

Male (2019)59th percentile-6 vs school

White (2023)50th percentile-18 vs school

By subject vs Colorado (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts47%~ state avg

Math45%+9 vs state

Science33%-6 vs state

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 Carrie Martin Elementary School

What is the racial makeup of Carrie Martin Elementary School?

Students at Carrie Martin Elementary School are 70% White, 21% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 2% African American, 1% Asian.

How many students attend Carrie Martin Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 247 students attended Carrie Martin Elementary School.

Is Carrie Martin Elementary School a good school?

Carrie Martin Elementary School ranks 414^th of 950 Colorado elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What schools do graduates of Carrie Martin Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Carrie Martin Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Bill Reed Middle School
High : Thompson Valley High School

What district is Carrie Martin Elementary School in?

Thompson School District R-2j

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