Enrollment
340
Middle
DISTRICT 501 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THOMPSON SCHOOL DISTRICT R-2J·NCES 080540001286
Walt Clark Middle School
2605 CARLISLE DRIVE, LOVELAND, CO 80537 · (970) 613-5400 · Larimer County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of Colorado public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
133 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 109 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 115 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 116 | 34% |
Student demographics
44%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
45.3%
CO avg 44.9% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
26.2%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.3% | 26.2% |
| 2023-24 | 41.1% | 25.7% |
% 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
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Walt Clark Middle School
Walt Clark Middle School's state test result (34.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Clark Middle School this school | 340 | 39.1% | 34.1% |
| Bayfield Middle School BAYFIELD | 283 | 40.3% | 27.1% |
| Miller Middle School DURANGO | 360 | 35.3% | 43.8% |
| Escalante Middle School DURANGO | 461 | 42.7% | 41.7% |
| Salida Middle School SALIDA | 327 | 46.5% | 51.5% |
| Gunnison Middle School GUNNISON | 314 | 43.0% | 29.8% |
Matched among Colorado middle 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 Walt Clark Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #112 of 241 | #10 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #121 of 244 ▼ 6 | #11 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #104 of 246 ▲ 18 | #8 of 13 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 340 | #181 of 278 | #11 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #77 of 227 | #6 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.4% | #160 of 227 | #6 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.1% | #155 of 246 | #6 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.3% | #36 of 169 | #4 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. 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
340
-78 (-19%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 739
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 340 | 22.7 | 15.0:1 | 39% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 357 | 21 | 17.0:1 | 48% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 366 | 23.4 | 15.6:1 | 39% (141) |
| 2020-21 | 418 | 24 | 17.4:1 | 32% (134) |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 28.2 | 17.6:1 | 43% (211) |
| 2015-16 | 494 | 28 | 17.6:1 | 37% (184) |
| 2010-11 | 574 | 38 | 15.1:1 | 30% (172) |
| 2000-01 | 811 | 44 | 18.4:1 | 14% (115) |
| 1990-91 | 739 | 39 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walt Clark Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (495 to 340); teachers down 19% (28.2 to 22.7).
About Walt Clark Middle School
Walt Clark Middle School is a small middle school. Its address is in LOVELAND, Colorado. Enrollment totals 340 students across grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Colorado, the average enrollment is about 462.
In Thompson School District R-2J, 32 schools enroll a combined 14,580 students.
White students are 71% of those enrolled at Walt Clark Middle School. The remaining shares are 24% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Larimer County's population at about 82%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 44%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.0:1. The school has 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado is 0.9 students per teacher. In all, 39% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Walt Clark Middle School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 33% of Colorado public middle schools.
Walt Clark Middle School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 34.1% is 8.9 points below the 43.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the wider Larimer County area, median household income comes to about $93,765, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Larimer County counts 94 public schools with about 47,159 students.
About 0.3 miles separate Walt Clark Middle School from the closest public school, Sarah Milner Elementary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Walt Clark Middle School at 4th of 8.
Walt Clark Middle School is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 78 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 17.4:1 to 15.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
- Sarah Milner Elementary School0.3 mi · 264
- Thompson Valley High School0.6 mi · 1,005
- Loveland Classical School0.9 mi · 1,032
- Namaqua Elementary School1.1 mi · 236
- B F Kitchen Elementary School1.3 mi · 159
- Garfield Elementary School1.8 mi · 213
Frequently asked questions
About Walt Clark Middle SchoolHow many students attend Walt Clark Middle School?
Walt Clark Middle School enrolls approximately 340 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Walt Clark Middle School serve?
Walt Clark Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Walt Clark Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Walt Clark Middle School is approximately 15.0:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Walt Clark Middle School?
At Walt Clark Middle School, the student body is approximately 71% White, 24% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Walt Clark Middle School public or private?
Walt Clark Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Thompson School District R-2J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.