Enrollment
72
Elementary
DISTRICT 82 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRAIRIE SCHOOL DISTRICT RE-11J·NCES 080672001157
Prairie Elementary School
42315 WCR 133, NEW RAYMER, CO 80742 · (970) 437-5351 · Weld County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL72 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Colorado public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
18 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 6 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 8 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 9 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 12 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 9 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 17 | 24% |
| Grade 5 | 11 | 15% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Prairie Elementary School→Prairie Junior-Senior High School
Based on grade levels within Prairie School District RE-11J. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
22.6%
CO avg 44.9% . -8.8pp since 2023
Math
12.9%
CO avg 36.1% . -7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.6% | 12.9% |
| 2023-24 | 31.4% | 20.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-29.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 52% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Prairie Elementary School
Prairie Elementary School's state test result (21.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Elementary School this school | 72 | 25.0% | 21.7% |
| Jefferson Academy Coal Creek Canyon GOLDEN | 59 | 16.9% | 50.3% |
| Ouray Elementary School OURAY | 79 | 29.1% | 40.2% |
| Briggsdale Elementary School BRIGGSDALE | 79 | 20.3% | N/A |
| The Grove BVSD's Early Learning Program BUENA VISTA | 60 | 31.7% | N/A |
| Georgetown Community School GEORGETOWN | 78 | 35.9% | 38.0% |
Matched among Colorado elementary 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 Prairie Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Weld County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 72 | #1,019 of 1,056 | #62 of 62 |
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. 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
72
-24 (-25%) vs 2020
+50% since 1990-91, when it was 48
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 72 | 7.5 | 9.7:1 | 25% (18) |
| 2023-24 | 79 | 9 | 8.8:1 | 30% (24) |
| 2022-23 | 85 | 8 | 10.7:1 | 13% (11) |
| 2020-21 | 96 | 8 | 12.0:1 | 17% (16) |
| 2017-18 | 107 | 8.4 | 12.8:1 | 33% (35) |
| 2015-16 | 109 | 8 | 13.6:1 | 27% (29) |
| 2010-11 | 93 | 9 | 10.3:1 | 29% (27) |
| 2000-01 | 65 | 9 | 7.2:1 | 38% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 48 | 8 | 6.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (107 to 72); teachers down 11% (8.4 to 7.5).
About Prairie Elementary School
Prairie Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in NEW RAYMER, Colorado. It enrolls 72 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. That is 81% below the average of about 379 students for elementary schools in Colorado.
The 2 schools of Prairie School District RE-11J, including Prairie Elementary School, enroll 163 students.
The share of White students at Prairie Elementary School is 90%. Next come 6% Hispanic and 4% Asian. The county population is about 73% White. The diversity index for Prairie Elementary School is 18%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 9.7:1 is based on 7.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1, 6.9 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 25%. On average, public schools in Weld County report 47%.
Prairie Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 6% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Prairie Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Colorado schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.6%. The school's actual rate is 21.7%, 29.8 points lower.
Census data for Weld County show median household income comes to about $97,097, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 116 public schools in the county, enrolling about 61,274, Prairie Elementary School among them.
Prairie Junior-Senior High School is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Prairie Elementary School at 5th of 6.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Remote. That means it sits in rural territory far from an urban area.
A 25% decline took enrollment from 96 in 2020-21 to 72 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (9.7:1) than in 2020-21 (12.0:1).
Prairie Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Weld County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
350,396
Census ACS
Median income
$97,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
116
61,274 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prairie School District RE-11J
- Prairie Junior-Senior High SchoolHigh · 91 students
Other Prairie Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 11 states are named Prairie Elementary. Prairie Elementary School is the 14th largest of the 15.
- Prairie ElementarySacramento, CA · 858 students
- PRAIRIE ELEMENTARYWORTHINGTON, MN · 690 students
- Prairie Elementary SchoolLafayette, LA · 663 students
- Prairie Elementary SchoolNaperville, IL · 515 students
- Prairie Elementary SchoolOrland Park, IL · 507 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie Junior-Senior High School0.0 mi · 91
- Weldon Valley Jr/Sr High School20.3 mi · 96
- Weldon Valley Elementary School20.3 mi · 119
- Fort Morgan High School24.5 mi · 945
- Green Acres Elementary School24.6 mi · 320
- Columbine Elementary School24.7 mi · 421
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Prairie Elementary School?
Prairie Elementary School enrolls approximately 72 students in grades PK-05.
Is Prairie Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Prairie Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Prairie Elementary School have?
Prairie Elementary School employs 7 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Prairie Elementary School?
At Prairie Elementary School, the student body is approximately 90% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Asian.
Who oversees Prairie Elementary School?
Prairie Elementary School is overseen by Prairie School District RE-11J in Weld County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.