Bill Reed Middle School

Bill Reed Middle School operates as a mid-sized intermediate school in LOVELAND, Colorado, part of Thompson School District R-2J. Current enrollment sits at 530 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Thompson School District R-2J runs 32 schools in total, collectively educating 14,580 students. Bill Reed Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Bill Reed Middle School shows that White students make up the majority at 61%; the rest reads as 31% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Bill Reed Middle School has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 47% of students at Bill Reed Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Larimer County's rate of about 35%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bill Reed Middle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 38.2%; actual is 24.6%, a gap of -13.7 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Larimer County indicate median household income runs about $93,765, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Larimer County runs 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students), of which Bill Reed Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Truscott Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Bill Reed Middle School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 30.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Bill Reed Middle School's enrollment has decreased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 628 (now 530). White enrollment moved from 70% to 61% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.