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What's the biggest difference between Turner Middle School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
448
Middle
DISTRICT 501 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THOMPSON SCHOOL DISTRICT R-2J·NCES 080540001354
Turner Middle School
950 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, BERTHOUD, CO 80513 · (970) 613-7400 · Larimer County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL448 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
78 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 156 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 148 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 144 | 32% |
Student demographics
38%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
54.3%
CO avg 44.9% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
46.3%
CO avg 36.1% . +5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.3% | 46.3% |
| 2023-24 | 50.3% | 40.9% |
% 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
46.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 →
Where Turner Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #62 of 241 | #6 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #50 of 244 | #5 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #71 of 246 | #6 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 448 | #144 of 278 | #9 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #115 of 227 | #8 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.5% | #185 of 227 | #11 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.4% | #228 of 246 | #12 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #145 of 169 | #11 of 12 |
Ranked against other public middle 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
448
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 401
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 448 | 28.1 | 15.9:1 | 17% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 448 | 29 | 15.5:1 | 24% (109) |
| 2022-23 | 461 | 28.9 | 16.0:1 | 19% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 460 | 27 | 17.0:1 | 15% (69) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 25.7 | 18.6:1 | 23% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 438 | 23 | 19.0:1 | 23% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 407 | 25 | 16.3:1 | 22% (89) |
| 2000-01 | 493 | 28 | 17.6:1 | 7% (36) |
| 1990-91 | 401 | 23 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Turner Middle School.
About Turner Middle School
Turner Middle School operates as a medium-sized middle-grades school in BERTHOUD, Colorado. A federal count lists 448 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8.
Across its 32 schools, Thompson School District R-2J enrolls 14,580 students. Turner Middle School is one of those schools.
White students account for 77% of enrollment at Turner Middle School. Smaller groups are 15% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Turner Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 38%.
Turner Middle School's 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 15.9:1. Across middle schools in Colorado, the average ratio is about 15.9:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 17%. That rate is below the 35% average among public schools in Larimer County.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Turner Middle School is -9.4 points: 46.8% actual, 56.2% predicted.
Across Larimer County, median household income is about $93,765, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The public schools of Larimer County number 94 and enroll about 47,159.
The nearest public school is Berthoud Early Childhood, at less than a tenth of a mile. Turner Middle School has 6 other public schools within five miles. Turner Middle School comes in 4th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Turner Middle School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Turner Middle School saw enrollment fall 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 17.0 to 15.9 over 4 years.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Turner Middle School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 BERTHOUD
- Berthoud High SchoolHigh · 722 students
- Berthoud Elementary SchoolElementary · 495 students
- Ivy Stockwell Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- Berthoud Early ChildhoodElementary · 26 students
Nearby schools
- Berthoud Early Childhood0.0 mi · 26
- Ivy Stockwell Elementary School0.4 mi · 426
- Berthoud Elementary School0.5 mi · 495
- Berthoud High School0.5 mi · 722
- Carrie Martin Elementary School3.1 mi · 247
- B F Kitchen Elementary School4.7 mi · 159
Frequently asked questions
About Turner Middle SchoolHow large is Turner Middle School?
Turner Middle School enrolls approximately 448 students in grades 06-08.
Is Turner Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Turner Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Turner Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Turner Middle School is approximately 15.9:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Turner Middle School?
Turner Middle School reports a student body of 77% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Turner Middle School?
Turner Middle School is overseen by Thompson School District R-2J in Larimer County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.