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Enrollment
536
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THOMPSON SCHOOL DISTRICT R-2J·NCES 080540000925
Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball
2660 NORTH MONROE AVENUE, LOVELAND, CO 80538 · (970) 613-7300 · Larimer County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL536 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
336 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 36 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 78 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 37% smaller than its 8th grade class (78).
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
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
21.1%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
13.8%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.4pp 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 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.1% | 13.8% |
| 2023-24 | 21.3% | 13.4% |
% 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
18.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball
Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball's state test result (18.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball this school | 536 | 62.7% | 18.3% |
| Pagosa Springs Elementary School PAGOSA SPRINGS | 511 | 60.7% | 31.2% |
| Stevens Elementary School WHEAT RIDGE | 469 | 65.9% | 19.9% |
| Ellicott Elementary School ELLICOTT | 520 | 57.5% | 29.1% |
| Thomson Primary School BRUSH | 452 | 66.8% | N/A |
| Wray Elementary School WRAY | 409 | 63.6% | 48.6% |
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 Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #792 of 931 | #51 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.8% | #836 of 940 ▼ 16 | #52 of 53 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #808 of 946 ▼ 13 | #51 of 53 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 536 | #178 of 1,056 | #4 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #234 of 896 | #16 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #291 of 896 | #9 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.7% | #343 of 983 | #5 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.5% | #184 of 200 | #8 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
536
+111 (+26%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 827
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 536 | 38.1 | 14.1:1 | 63% (336) |
| 2023-24 | 624 | 36.2 | 17.3:1 | 69% (430) |
| 2022-23 | 294 | 20.2 | 14.6:1 | 63% (185) |
| 2020-21 | 425 | 30 | 14.2:1 | 53% (227) |
| 2017-18 | 528 | 35.3 | 15.0:1 | 53% (280) |
| 2015-16 | 638 | 38 | 16.8:1 | 48% (305) |
| 2010-11 | 646 | 40 | 16.1:1 | 46% (296) |
| 2000-01 | 749 | 40 | 18.7:1 | 29% (216) |
| 1990-91 | 827 | 43 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (528 to 536); teachers up 8% (35.3 to 38.1).
About Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball
A mid-sized elementary school in LOVELAND, Colorado, Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball is part of Thompson School District R-2J. There are 536 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 8. That puts enrollment 41% above the 379-student average for elementary schools in Colorado.
Thompson School District R-2J counts 32 schools and 14,580 students, including Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball.
The share of White students at Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball is 52%, a majority. It is also 41% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Larimer County is roughly 82% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 56%.
For every teacher at Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball, there are about 14.1 students; the school has 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Colorado, 16.6:1, is higher. There are 336 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 63% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Larimer County is 35%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 28.7% for Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball. The school posts 18.3%, 10.5 points below the prediction.
The school's county is Larimer County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $93,765 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Larimer County number 94, with about 47,159 students.
Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball's closest public school neighbor is Thompson Integrated Early Childhood, about 1.2 miles away. Within five miles of Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball is 7th of 8 on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 111 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Childhood1.2 mi · 85
- Lincoln Elementary School1.2 mi · 196
- Loveland High School1.3 mi · 1,354
- Truscott Elementary School1.6 mi · 194
- Garfield Elementary School1.7 mi · 213
- Laurene Edmondson Elementary School1.8 mi · 235
Frequently asked questions
About Peakview Academy at Conrad BallWhat is the total enrollment at Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball?
Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball enrolls approximately 536 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball serve?
Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball.
How diverse is Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball?
Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball reports a student body of 52% White, 41% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball in?
Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball is part of Thompson School District R-2J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.