Centennial Elementary School

Centennial Elementary School is a primary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in LOVELAND, Colorado, part of Thompson School District R-2J, enrolling 324 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

Looking at the student body, Centennial Elementary School shows that 67% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 22% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. 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, The school currently runs with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 31% of students at Centennial Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Centennial Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.2%; this one delivers 45.3%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Larimer County indicate the typical household earns roughly $93,765 per year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Larimer County's 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students), Centennial Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lincoln Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Centennial Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Centennial Elementary School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 32.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Centennial Elementary School has decreased 26%, going from 435 students in 2018 to 324 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 80% to 67% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.