B F Kitchen Elementary School

Set in LOVELAND, Colorado, B F Kitchen Elementary School is a compact elementary campus, one of the schools within Thompson School District R-2J. It teaches 159 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 58% smaller than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Across the 32 schools in Thompson School District R-2J (14,580 students total), B F Kitchen Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, B F Kitchen Elementary School logs that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 28% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 47% of students at B F Kitchen Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Larimer County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, B F Kitchen Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.8%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Larimer County indicate median household earnings sit near $93,765, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Larimer County's 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students), B F Kitchen Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Thompson Valley High School, around 1.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, B F Kitchen Elementary School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 32.8%.

B F Kitchen Elementary School operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at B F Kitchen Elementary School has declined 33%, going from 237 students in 2018 to 159 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 73% to 61% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for B F Kitchen Elementary School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.