Walt Clark Middle School

Located at 2605 CARLISLE DRIVE, in LOVELAND, Colorado, Walt Clark Middle School is a cozy middle school that teaches 340 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within Thompson School District R-2J. That puts it 26% smaller than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 462 students.

Thompson School District R-2J comprises 32 schools with combined enrollment of 14,580 students; Walt Clark Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Walt Clark Middle School reports that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 24% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Walt Clark Middle School lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 39% of students at Walt Clark Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Walt Clark Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.1%.

Around the school, census data for Larimer County shows median household earnings sit near $93,765, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), Walt Clark Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sarah Milner Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 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), Walt Clark Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 32.8%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Walt Clark Middle School has declined 31%, going from 495 students in 2018 to 340 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 75% to 71%. Class-load math has fell: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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