Enrollment
264
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THOMPSON SCHOOL DISTRICT R-2J·NCES 080540001285
Sarah Milner Elementary School
743 JOCELYN DRIVE, LOVELAND, CO 80537 · (970) 613-6700 · Larimer County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL264 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% 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.
- DBeats 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
14.8:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
141 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 | 53 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 22 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (22) is 44% smaller than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
52%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
28.8%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
19.6%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 29 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 have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.8% | 19.6% |
| 2023-24 | 29.1% | 18.8% |
% 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
25.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Sarah Milner Elementary School
Sarah Milner Elementary School's state test result (25.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Milner Elementary School this school | 264 | 53.4% | 25.0% |
| Ridgeview Elementary School CRAIG | 233 | 52.8% | 32.1% |
| Florida Mesa Elementary School DURANGO | 293 | 52.6% | 31.6% |
| Sanford Elementary School SANFORD | 218 | 55.5% | 43.9% |
| Sunset Elementary School CRAIG | 261 | 57.9% | 35.3% |
| Trailblazer Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 211 | 55.5% | 33.5% |
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 Sarah Milner Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #678 of 931 | #49 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #720 of 940 ▲ 6 | #51 of 53 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #676 of 946 ▼ 11 | #47 of 53 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 264 | #801 of 1,056 | #41 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #349 of 896 | #28 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.9% | #391 of 896 | #13 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.4% | #438 of 983 | #10 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #348 of 664 | #26 of 41 |
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
264
+18 (+7%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 406
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 264 | 17.8 | 14.8:1 | 53% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 272 | 15.8 | 17.2:1 | 72% (197) |
| 2022-23 | 282 | 15.8 | 17.8:1 | 61% (173) |
| 2020-21 | 246 | 15 | 16.4:1 | 50% (122) |
| 2017-18 | 316 | 18.8 | 16.8:1 | 70% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 298 | 20 | 14.9:1 | 64% (192) |
| 2010-11 | 312 | 21 | 14.9:1 | 56% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 492 | 23 | 21.4:1 | 24% (117) |
| 1990-91 | 406 | 14 | 29.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sarah Milner Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (316 to 264); teachers down 5% (18.8 to 17.8).
About Sarah Milner Elementary School
Sarah Milner Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Thompson School District R-2J in LOVELAND, Colorado. A total of 264 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. Against the 379-student average for elementary schools in Colorado, enrollment here is 30% lower.
The district, Thompson School District R-2J, operates 32 schools serving 14,580 students.
White students account for 61% of enrollment at Sarah Milner Elementary School. Enrollment also includes 33% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. The school's White share is 22 points below the 82% share among Larimer County residents. By the diversity index, Sarah Milner Elementary School comes in at 52%.
Sarah Milner Elementary School's 17.8 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 14.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 53%. That is 18 points above the 35% average for public schools in Larimer County.
The allk12 Grade for Sarah Milner Elementary School is D. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 14% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, Sarah Milner Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 25.0%; the prediction is 34.3%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Larimer County, median household income is about $93,765, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sarah Milner Elementary School is one of 94 public schools in Larimer County, which together enroll about 47,159 students.
Walt Clark Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Sarah Milner Elementary School is 7th of 8 on proficiency.
Sarah Milner Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Small.
Sarah Milner Elementary School saw enrollment rise 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.4:1 to 14.8:1 over the same years.
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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
- Walt Clark Middle School0.3 mi · 340
- Thompson Valley High School0.4 mi · 1,005
- B F Kitchen Elementary School1.1 mi · 159
- Loveland Classical School1.2 mi · 1,032
- Namaqua Elementary School1.2 mi · 236
- Garfield Elementary School1.5 mi · 213
Frequently asked questions
About Sarah Milner Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sarah Milner Elementary School?
Sarah Milner Elementary School enrolls approximately 264 students in grades PK-05.
Is Sarah Milner Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sarah Milner Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Sarah Milner Elementary School have?
Sarah Milner Elementary School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Sarah Milner Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sarah Milner Elementary School are roughly 61% White, 33% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Sarah Milner Elementary School in?
Sarah Milner Elementary School is part of Thompson School District R-2J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.