Enrollment
235
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THOMPSON SCHOOL DISTRICT R-2J·NCES 080540001301
Laurene Edmondson Elementary School
307 WEST 49TH STREET, LOVELAND, CO 80538 · (970) 613-6300 · Larimer County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL235 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of Colorado public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.7:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
150 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 24 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 25 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
56%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
20.9%
CO avg 44.9% . -15.1pp since 2023
Math
19.8%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.9% | 19.8% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 19.3% |
% 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
25.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Laurene Edmondson Elementary School
Laurene Edmondson Elementary School's state test result (25.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurene Edmondson Elementary School this school | 235 | 63.8% | 25.8% |
| Sedalia Elementary School SEDALIA | 212 | 58.5% | 32.8% |
| Sanborn Elementary School LONGMONT | 209 | 62.7% | 37.5% |
| Winona Elementary School LOVELAND | 246 | 58.9% | 24.2% |
| Holyoke Elementary School HOLYOKE | 281 | 63.3% | 22.4% |
| Venetucci Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 272 | 67.6% | 31.5% |
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 Laurene Edmondson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #662 of 931 | #48 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #717 of 940 ▼ 5 | #50 of 53 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #813 of 946 ▼ 254 | #52 of 53 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 235 | #860 of 1,056 | #48 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #329 of 896 | #26 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.4% | #276 of 896 | #7 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.8% | #334 of 983 | #4 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.3% | #101 of 200 | #4 of 9 |
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
235
+24 (+11%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 351
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 235 | 16 | 14.7:1 | 64% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 241 | 15.5 | 15.6:1 | 66% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 261 | 16 | 16.3:1 | 56% (145) |
| 2020-21 | 211 | 15 | 14.1:1 | 57% (120) |
| 2017-18 | 213 | 13.6 | 15.7:1 | 69% (146) |
| 2015-16 | 210 | 15 | 14.0:1 | 60% (125) |
| 2010-11 | 227 | 14 | 16.2:1 | 47% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 338 | 17 | 19.9:1 | 22% (74) |
| 1990-91 | 351 | 17 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Laurene Edmondson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (213 to 235); teachers up 17% (13.6 to 16).
About Laurene Edmondson Elementary School
Laurene Edmondson Elementary School runs as a small elementary school in LOVELAND, Colorado. The student body numbers 235 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Colorado is about 379, so this school runs 38% smaller than that.
Thompson School District R-2J runs 32 schools with a combined 14,580 students. Laurene Edmondson Elementary School is one of them.
Roughly 54% of students at Laurene Edmondson Elementary School are White. Other reported shares: 37% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. Larimer County's residents are about 82% White, 28 points above the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 56% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 16 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Laurene Edmondson Elementary School was 14.7:1. On average, elementary schools in Colorado have 16.6:1, compared with 14.7:1 here. Laurene Edmondson Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 64%. Public schools in Larimer County average 35%.
The allk12 Grade for Laurene Edmondson Elementary School is C. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 27% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, Laurene Edmondson Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 25.8%; the prediction is 28.0%.
Larimer County has these Census figures: the median household income is $93,765, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. In all, Larimer County has 94 public schools and roughly 47,159 students.
The school nearest to Laurene Edmondson Elementary School is Thompson Integrated Early Childhood, at a distance of about 0.7 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 34.5%; Laurene Edmondson Elementary School's is 25.8%, ranking 7th of 8.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment at Laurene Edmondson Elementary School grew 11% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 211 to 235 students.
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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 Integrated Early Childhood0.7 mi · 85
- Lincoln Elementary School1.3 mi · 196
- Centennial Elementary School1.4 mi · 324
- Loveland High School1.6 mi · 1,354
- Lucile Erwin Middle School1.7 mi · 686
- Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball1.8 mi · 536
Frequently asked questions
About Laurene Edmondson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Laurene Edmondson Elementary School?
Laurene Edmondson Elementary School enrolls approximately 235 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Laurene Edmondson Elementary School serve?
Laurene Edmondson Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Laurene Edmondson Elementary School have?
Laurene Edmondson Elementary School employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Laurene Edmondson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Laurene Edmondson Elementary School are roughly 54% White, 37% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is Laurene Edmondson Elementary School public or private?
Laurene Edmondson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Thompson School District R-2J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.