Lucile Erwin Middle School

Set in LOVELAND, Colorado, Lucile Erwin Middle School is a medium-sized intermediate school, part of Thompson School District R-2J. It educates 686 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 48% larger than the state mean of about 462.

Lucile Erwin Middle School is one of 32 schools operated by Thompson School District R-2J, a district that enrolls 14,580 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lucile Erwin Middle School records that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 29% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Lucile Erwin Middle School has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Lucile Erwin Middle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 44.4%; actual is 29.3%, a gap of -15.1 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Larimer County indicate median household earnings sit near $93,765, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lucile Erwin Middle School is one of 94 public schools in Larimer County (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students).

Nearest neighbor: Ponderosa Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Lucile Erwin Middle School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 34.7%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lucile Erwin Middle School has decreased 23%, going from 890 students in 2018 to 686 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 69% to 63%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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