Truscott Elementary School

Truscott Elementary School is an elementary-level community of cozy scale in LOVELAND, Colorado, operated by Thompson School District R-2J, caters to 194 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 49% below the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Within Thompson School District R-2J, which oversees 32 schools and 14,580 students, Truscott Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Truscott Elementary School logs that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 45% White, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Larimer County's rate of about 35%.

After controlling for student poverty, Truscott Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Colorado public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 36.1%; Truscott Elementary School posts 14.9%, -21.2 points below that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Larimer County put median household income runs about $93,765, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Larimer County's 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students), Truscott Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bill Reed Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Truscott Elementary School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 30.9%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Truscott Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 12% since 2018, when it stood at 221 (now 194). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 46% to 50% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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