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Thompson School District R-2J

Thompson School District R-2J in Colorado: 32 public schools with 14,580 students and 15.6 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $14,924 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 32; 2 charter
Students: 14,580
Students per teacher: 15.6; CO 16.2 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $14,924; CO $15.8K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 933
Counselors (FTE): 75.0
Students per counselor: 194; CO 246 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 12.4; Librarians (FTE): 7.0

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Colorado's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Colorado: 45%

44%proficient

+1.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 69% of school districts in Colorado

Median 36% · 169 school districts compared

5,881 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5

Math

Colorado: 36%

34%proficient

+1.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 71% of school districts in Colorado

Median 28% · 165 school districts compared

5,884 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$8.5K15

$8.7K16

$9.0K17

$9.3K18

$10.3K19

$12.1K20

$13.8K21

$15.0K22

$14.7K23

$14.9K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 8.0% · $21.1M
State: 30% · $80M
Local: 62% · $163.3M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $7,787
Support services: $6,564
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $17.1M
Long-term debt: $196.6M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Pre-K centers: 2Elementary schools: 20Middle schools: 4High schools: 5Other schools: 1

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math	City or town
Berthoud Early ChildhoodFree meals for all	Pre-K	26	10.2	—	—	Berthoud
Thompson Integrated Early Childhood	Pre-K	85	2.9	—	—	Loveland
B F Kitchen Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	159	12.1	26%	33%	Loveland
Berthoud Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	495	17.3	63%	62%	Berthoud
Big Thompson Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	179	12.8	44%	37%	Loveland
Carrie Martin Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	247	15.7	47%	45%	Loveland
Centennial Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	324	15.9	51%	37%	Loveland
Cottonwood Plains Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	330	13.6	33%	34%	Ft Collins
Coyote Ridge Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	242	14.1	69%	62%	Fort Collins
Garfield Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	213	13.2	50%	36%	Loveland
High Plains SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	495	17.7	54%	42%	Loveland
Ivy Stockwell Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	426	17.6	56%	56%	Berthoud
Laurene Edmondson Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	235	14.7	21%	20%	Loveland
Lincoln Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	196	16.0	42%	35%	Loveland
Namaqua Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	236	14.1	44%	40%	Loveland
New Vision Charter SchoolCharterFree meals for all	K–8	1,005	19.7	55%	47%	Loveland
Peakview Academy at Conrad BallFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	536	14.1	21%	14%	Loveland
Ponderosa ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	335	15.7	60%	47%	Loveland
Riverview PK-8Free meals for all	Pre-K–8	757	17.0	44%	26%	Johnstown
Sarah Milner Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	264	14.8	29%	20%	Loveland
Truscott Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	194	10.6	20%	12%	Loveland
Winona Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	246	14.6	27%	25%	Loveland
Bill Reed Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	530	14.4	32%	17%	Loveland
Lucile Erwin Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	686	15.3	40%	20%	Loveland
Turner Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	448	15.9	54%	46%	Berthoud
Walt Clark Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	340	15.0	45%	26%	Loveland
Berthoud High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	722	19.7	—	—	Berthoud
Harold Ferguson High SchoolAlternative	9–12	164	10.0	—	—	Loveland
Loveland High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	1,354	18.9	—	—	Loveland
Mountain View High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	1,074	18.5	—	—	Loveland
Thompson Valley High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	1,005	19.3	—	—	Loveland
Loveland Classical SchoolCharter	K–12	1,032	16.8	49%	41%	Loveland

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Address: 800 South Taft Avenue, Loveland, CO 80537
Phone: (970)613-5000

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.