Enrollment
159
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THOMPSON SCHOOL DISTRICT R-2J·NCES 080540000924
B F Kitchen Elementary School
915 DEBORAH DRIVE, LOVELAND, CO 80537 · (970) 613-5500 · Larimer County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL159 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Colorado public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
74 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 23 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 19 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 25 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
26.4%
CO avg 44.9% . -2.9pp since 2023
Math
33.3%
CO avg 36.1% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.4% | 33.3% |
| 2023-24 | 29.3% | 27.3% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like B F Kitchen Elementary School
B F Kitchen Elementary School's state test result (28.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| B F Kitchen Elementary School this school | 159 | 46.5% | 28.8% |
| Lincoln Elementary School LOVELAND | 196 | 47.4% | 40.4% |
| Alta Vista Charter School LAMAR | 133 | 44.4% | 52.7% |
| Edith Teter Elementary School FAIRPLAY | 190 | 48.4% | 29.8% |
| Sargent Elementary School MONTE VISTA | 142 | 49.3% | 36.0% |
| Caliche Elementary School ILIFF | 139 | 48.9% | 26.3% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where B F Kitchen Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #602 of 931 | #46 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #497 of 940 ▲ 60 | #41 of 53 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #715 of 946 ▼ 53 | #50 of 53 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 159 | #934 of 1,056 | #53 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.5% | #513 of 983 | #20 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.9% | #80 of 664 | #3 of 41 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
159
-43 (-21%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 314
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 159 | 13.1 | 12.1:1 | 47% (74) |
| 2023-24 | 168 | 15.3 | 11.0:1 | 57% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 187 | 16.3 | 11.4:1 | 61% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 202 | 15 | 13.5:1 | 48% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 237 | 15.2 | 15.6:1 | 60% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 219 | 15 | 14.6:1 | 57% (125) |
| 2010-11 | 250 | 16 | 15.6:1 | 58% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 282 | 16 | 17.6:1 | 35% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 314 | 18 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for B F Kitchen Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (237 to 159); teachers down 14% (15.2 to 13.1).
About B F Kitchen Elementary School
The public elementary school B F Kitchen Elementary School is located in LOVELAND, Colorado. The school reports 159 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 58% smaller than the 379 average for elementary schools in Colorado.
B F Kitchen Elementary School is one school in a 32-school district, Thompson School District R-2J, which enrolls 14,580 students.
At 61%, White students outnumber all other groups at B F Kitchen Elementary School combined. Other students are 28% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. By comparison, Larimer County residents are about 82% White. B F Kitchen Elementary School has a diversity index of 54%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 13.1 full-time positions, a ratio of 12.1:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 47%. That rate is above the 35% average among public schools in Larimer County.
B F Kitchen Elementary School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 20% of Colorado public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 38.5% for a school in Colorado with B F Kitchen Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. B F Kitchen Elementary School posts 28.8%.
Within Larimer County, median household income is about $93,765, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Larimer County number 94 and enroll about 47,159.
Thompson Valley High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, B F Kitchen Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
B F Kitchen Elementary School had 202 students in 2020-21 and 159 in 2024-25, a 21% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.5:1 to 12.1:1.
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Larimer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
367,368
Census ACS
Median income
$93,765
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
94
47,159 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Thompson School District R-2J
- Loveland High SchoolHigh · 1,354 students
- Mountain View High SchoolHigh · 1,074 students
- Loveland Classical SchoolCombined · 1,032 students
- New Vision Charter SchoolElementary · 1,005 students
- Thompson Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,005 students
- Riverview PK-8Elementary · 757 students
Other schools in LOVELAND
- Loveland High SchoolHigh · 1,354 students
- Mountain View High SchoolHigh · 1,074 students
- Loveland Classical SchoolCombined · 1,032 students
- New Vision Charter SchoolElementary · 1,005 students
- Thompson Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,005 students
- Lucile Erwin Middle SchoolMiddle · 686 students
Nearby schools
- Thompson Valley High School1.1 mi · 1,005
- Sarah Milner Elementary School1.1 mi · 264
- Walt Clark Middle School1.3 mi · 340
- Bill Reed Middle School1.5 mi · 530
- Carrie Martin Elementary School1.7 mi · 247
- Garfield Elementary School1.7 mi · 213
Frequently asked questions
About B F Kitchen Elementary SchoolHow many students attend B F Kitchen Elementary School?
B F Kitchen Elementary School enrolls approximately 159 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does B F Kitchen Elementary School serve?
B F Kitchen Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does B F Kitchen Elementary School have?
B F Kitchen Elementary School employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the student diversity at B F Kitchen Elementary School?
Student demographics at B F Kitchen Elementary School are roughly 61% White, 28% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is B F Kitchen Elementary School in?
B F Kitchen Elementary School is part of Thompson School District R-2J.
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