27 public K-12 schools in Loveland from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.
National city placement
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Loveland has more public-school enrollment than 84% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Loveland sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.
12 of Loveland's 27 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.
The 41-point gap between Thompson Integrated Early Childhood and High Plains School shows the range hidden by Loveland's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.
Loveland school enrollment ranges from 85 students (lowest) to 1,354 students (highest), a spread of 1,269 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Loveland is typically wider than the Loveland-aggregate figure suggests.
| # | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Thompson Integrated Early Childhood | 71 |
| 2. | Bamford Elementary School | 52 |
| 3. | Walt Clark Middle School | 51 |
| 4. | Laurene Edmondson Elementary School | 51 |
| 5. | Lincoln Elementary School | 50 |
| 6. | Harold Ferguson High School | 50 |
| 7. | Namaqua Elementary School | 49 |
| 8. | Winona Elementary School | 48 |
| 9. | Mary Blair Elementary School | 46 |
| 10. | Lucile Erwin Middle School | 45 |
| 11. | Centennial Elementary School | 45 |
| 12. | Garfield Elementary School | 45 |
| 13. | B F Kitchen Elementary School | 42 |
| 14. | Conrad Ball Middle School | 40 |
| 15. | Bill Reed Middle School | 39 |
| 16. | Monroe Elementary School | 39 |
| 17. | Big Thompson Elementary School | 39 |
| 18. | Loveland High School | 38 |
| 19. | Mountain View High School | 37 |
| 20. | Loveland Classical School | 37 |
| 21. | Thompson Valley High School | 37 |
| 22. | Ponderosa Elementary | 37 |
| 23. | Truscott Elementary School | 37 |
| 24. | Carrie Martin Elementary School | 35 |
| 25. | Sarah Milner Elementary School | 32 |
| 26. | New Vision Charter School | 31 |
| 27. | High Plains School | 30 |
Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.
Thompson Integrated Early Childhood has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Loveland schools in this federal-data comparison at 71/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.
Loveland has 27 public schools with a total enrollment of 11,872 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.4:1.
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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.
