Berthoud High School

Berthoud High School is a 9-12 campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in BERTHOUD, Colorado, part of Thompson School District R-2J, works with 722 students in grades 9 through 12.

Within Thompson School District R-2J, which oversees 32 schools and 14,580 students, Berthoud High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Berthoud High School records that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.9:1, putting Berthoud High School higher than the state norm the norm. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Larimer County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Berthoud High School is in the bottom 10% of Colorado public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 57.8%; Berthoud High School posts 36.1%, -21.7 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Larimer County shows the typical household earns roughly $93,765 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Berthoud High School is one of 94 public schools in Larimer County (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students).

Ivy Stockwell Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Berthoud High School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.8%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Berthoud High School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 715 (now 722). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 85% to 78%.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.