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If you had an hour of school board time for Prairie Crossing Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
612
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE 1·NCES 080345001809
Prairie Crossing Elementary School
11605 SOUTH BRADBURY RANCH DRIVE, PARKER, CO 80134 · (303) 387-8200 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL612 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
100 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 25 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 87 | 14% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
69.5%
CO avg 44.9% . +4.1pp since 2023
Math
66.1%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 | 69.5% | 66.1% |
| 2023-24 | 65.4% | 65.2% |
% 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
64.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Prairie Crossing Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #110 of 931 | #22 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #86 of 940 | #18 of 58 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #90 of 946 | #23 of 58 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 612 | #102 of 1,056 | #12 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #684 of 896 | #47 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.4% | #522 of 896 | #35 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.3% | #878 of 983 | #28 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #544 of 664 | #35 of 45 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
612
-61 (-9%) vs 2020
+9% since 2010-11, when it was 564
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 612 | 35.5 | 17.2:1 | 16% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 610 | 37 | 16.5:1 | 16% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 679 | 39 | 17.4:1 | 10% (69) |
| 2020-21 | 673 | 41 | 16.4:1 | 11% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 657 | 31.5 | 20.9:1 | 7% (45) |
| 2015-16 | 653 | 36 | 18.1:1 | 9% (59) |
| 2010-11 | 564 | 29 | 19.4:1 | 5% (29) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie Crossing Elementary School.
About Prairie Crossing Elementary School
Prairie Crossing Elementary School, a high-enrollment elementary school, is located in PARKER, Colorado. The school's enrollment of 612 students covers pre-K through 6. Statewide, elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students each.
Douglas County School District No. Re 1 (89 schools, 61,550 students) runs Prairie Crossing Elementary School.
White students make up a majority at Prairie Crossing Elementary School, at 71%. The remaining shares are 12% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Douglas County's population at about 80%. Prairie Crossing Elementary School's diversity index is 47%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Prairie Crossing Elementary School is 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 17.2:1. That matches the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado fairly closely. About 16% of students, or 100, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Douglas County average 18%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Prairie Crossing Elementary School would be expected to post about 56.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 64.1%.
Census estimates describe Douglas County this way: the median household income is $149,594, about 62% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. In all, Douglas County has 92 public schools and roughly 63,841 students.
Gold Rush Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Prairie Crossing Elementary School. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Prairie Crossing Elementary School is 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Prairie Crossing Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Prairie Crossing Elementary School's enrollment declined 9%, to 612.
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Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
377,150
Census ACS
Median income
$149,594
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
62%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
92
63,841 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Douglas County School District No. Re 1
- American AcademyElementary · 2,803 students
- Rock Canyon High SchoolHigh · 2,325 students
- Legend High SchoolHigh · 2,206 students
- Mountain Vista High SchoolHigh · 2,169 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,007 students
- Castle View High SchoolHigh · 1,938 students
Other schools in PARKER
- Legend High SchoolHigh · 2,206 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,007 students
- Ponderosa High SchoolHigh · 1,406 students
- Leman Classical AcademyElementary · 1,390 students
- Cimarron MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
- Sagewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 816 students
Nearby schools
- Gold Rush Elementary0.9 mi · 639
- Cherokee Trail Elementary School1.2 mi · 553
- Pine Grove Elementary School1.3 mi · 480
- Legacy Point Elementary School1.9 mi · 499
- North Star Academy1.9 mi · 684
- Chaparral High School2.2 mi · 2,007
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie Crossing Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Prairie Crossing Elementary School?
Prairie Crossing Elementary School enrolls approximately 612 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Prairie Crossing Elementary School serve?
Prairie Crossing Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Prairie Crossing Elementary School have?
Prairie Crossing Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
How diverse is Prairie Crossing Elementary School?
Prairie Crossing Elementary School reports a student body of 71% White, 12% Hispanic, 3% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Prairie Crossing Elementary School public or private?
Prairie Crossing Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Douglas County School District No. Re 1.
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