The top reported proficiency rate is 20% in English language arts. The lowest is 12% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Truscott Elementary School
Truscott Elementary is a regular public school in Loveland, Colorado, serving kindergarten through fifth grade within the Thompson School District R-2J. It is not a charter or magnet school. The school has a modest enrollment, and the student body is majority Hispanic, with a large white population and a small share of students who identify as two or more races.
A large majority of students at Truscott qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places the school in a high-poverty context. This is a relevant factor for families thinking about the peer environment and the kinds of challenges and supports a school may need to address. Data on the share of students receiving special education services or classified as English learners was not reported in the available information, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those populations and the specific supports in place.
On state assessments, Truscott’s proficiency rates are well below the midpoint among districts in Larimer County. In math, approximately one in nine students scored at the proficient or advanced level. In English language arts, about one in five students met that bar. Science results for fifth graders were suppressed for privacy reasons, so no proficiency rate is available for that subject. The school did have high participation rates on testing, meaning the results reflect nearly the whole student population. The overall picture is that academic performance, as measured by these state tests, is soft. A parent interested in the school would want to look into how the school is working to improve achievement and what academic interventions or supports are available for students who are below grade level.
Truscott is a neighborhood school in downtown Loveland. Loveland itself is a mid-sized city that was founded as an agricultural town and has since diversified into manufacturing, healthcare, and retail. It functions partly as a bedroom community for commuters to Fort Collins, Denver, and other Front Range employment centers. The city has expanded aggressively eastward toward the Interstate 25 interchange, where large-scale commercial development has taken place, but the historic downtown, where Truscott is located, retains a more traditional, walkable character with a grid street pattern, shops, and civic buildings. The city has an extensive network of parks and trails.
The school’s parent district, Thompson R-2J, has seen significant recent investment. Voters approved a bond measure and a mill levy override in 2022, and then a separate bond issue and mill levy override in 2024. These funds are intended for facility improvements, safety upgrades, technology, staffing, and program support across the district. That means Truscott may see tangible benefits from these measures, though the timing and scope of improvements at this specific school are not detailed in the available information.
Housing in the area is priced at a level that is above the national median, and rents are also relatively high. This reflects the broader Front Range housing market, where demand has been strong. The economic context includes a moderate unemployment rate and a median household income that is roughly in line with national trends.
For a family considering Truscott, the school offers a small, neighborhood setting in a historic part of Loveland, within a district that has committed additional funding to its schools. The student body is economically diverse in a high-poverty sense, and the academic results on state tests are low relative to other schools in the county. A parent should investigate what the school is doing to raise achievement, what academic support programs exist, and how the school’s special education and English learner services are structured, since the data did not provide that information.
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