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What's the biggest difference between Loveland High School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
1,354
High
DISTRICT 864 · STATE 627
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THOMPSON SCHOOL DISTRICT R-2J·NCES 080540000935
Loveland High School
920 WEST 29TH AVENUE, LOVELAND, CO 80538 · (970) 613-5200 · Larimer County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,354 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 16.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
370 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 313 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 339 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 340 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 362 | 27% |
Student demographics
47%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
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
32.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Loveland High School
Loveland High School's state test result (32.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loveland High School this school | 1,354 | 27.3% | 32.1% |
| Durango High School DURANGO | 1,352 | 30.1% | 45.9% |
| Severance High School SEVERANCE | 943 | 28.3% | 28.9% |
| Mead High School LONGMONT | 1,174 | 26.1% | 28.6% |
| Thompson Valley High School LOVELAND | 1,005 | 31.5% | 27.4% |
| Roosevelt High School JOHNSTOWN | 1,184 | 31.5% | N/A |
Matched among Colorado high 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 Loveland High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #97 of 231 | #11 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,354 | #67 of 409 | #6 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #148 of 250 | #8 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.4% | #134 of 250 | #6 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.3% | #259 of 320 | #11 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.8% | #54 of 139 | #2 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,354
-206 (-13%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 1,392
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 20.0:1
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 | 1,354 | 71.7 | 18.9:1 | 27% (370) |
| 2023-24 | 1,479 | 72.9 | 20.3:1 | 36% (537) |
| 2022-23 | 1,525 | 73.6 | 20.7:1 | 28% (427) |
| 2020-21 | 1,560 | 78 | 20.0:1 | 24% (379) |
| 2017-18 | 1,628 | 75.9 | 21.5:1 | 34% (558) |
| 2015-16 | 1,530 | 74 | 20.7:1 | 29% (443) |
| 2010-11 | 1,553 | 81 | 19.2:1 | 23% (354) |
| 2000-01 | 1,554 | 81 | 19.2:1 | 12% (179) |
| 1990-91 | 1,392 | 75 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Loveland High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (1,628 to 1,354); teachers down 6% (75.9 to 71.7).
About Loveland High School
In LOVELAND, Colorado, Loveland High School is a high-enrollment high school. Enrollment is 1,354 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Colorado is about 627 students, so this school is 116% bigger than average.
Loveland High School belongs to Thompson School District R-2J, a district of 32 schools and 14,580 students.
At Loveland High School, White students make up 68% of the student body. Next come 26% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 82% White. The school's diversity index is 47%, meaning two students picked at random have a 47% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.9:1 at Loveland High School, with 71.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 2.0 above the 16.9:1 average for high schools in Colorado. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 27%.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 50.2% for Loveland High School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 32.1%. The 18.0-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Colorado schools.
In the county around the school, Larimer County, 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. Larimer County is home to 94 public schools and about 47,159 public school students.
The next-closest public school is Lincoln Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Loveland High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Loveland High School's average proficiency of 32.1% compares with 30.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment declined 13% from its 2020-21 level of 1,560. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 20.0:1 to 18.9:1.
Discussions about Loveland High School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- 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
- Berthoud High SchoolHigh · 722 students
Other schools in LOVELAND
- 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
- Peakview Academy at Conrad BallElementary · 536 students
Other Loveland High schools
One other US public school is named Loveland High. Loveland High School is the largest of the 2.
- Loveland High SchoolLoveland, OH · 1,203 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elementary School0.4 mi · 196
- Centennial Elementary School0.8 mi · 324
- Harold Ferguson High School1.0 mi · 164
- Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball1.3 mi · 536
- Thompson Integrated Early Childhood1.5 mi · 85
- Garfield Elementary School1.5 mi · 213
Frequently asked questions
About Loveland High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Loveland High School?
Loveland High School enrolls approximately 1,354 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Loveland High School serve?
Loveland High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Loveland High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Loveland High School is approximately 18.9:1 (72 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Loveland High School?
At Loveland High School, the student body is approximately 68% White, 26% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Loveland High School public or private?
Loveland High 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.