Turner Middle School

Turner Middle School is an intermediate school of reasonably sized scale in BERTHOUD, Colorado, overseen by Thompson School District R-2J, educateing 448 students in grades 6 through 8.

Thompson School District R-2J runs 32 schools in total, collectively educating 14,580 students. Turner Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Turner Middle School reports that White students make up the majority at 77%. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Turner Middle School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Larimer County (around 35%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Turner Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.8%.

Zooming out to the county, Larimer County reports that the typical household earns roughly $93,765 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Larimer County runs 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students), of which Turner Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Berthoud Early Childhood, around 0.0 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Turner Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Turner Middle School's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 477 (now 448). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 87% to 77% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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