Prairie Heights Middle School

Set in EVANS, Colorado, Prairie Heights Middle School is an average-sized middle-grades school, one of the schools within GreeleySchool District No. 6 in the county of Weld and Sta. It works with 537 students across grades 6 through 8.

Across the 34 schools in GreeleySchool District No. 6 in the county of Weld and Sta (22,917 students total), Prairie Heights Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Prairie Heights Middle School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 20% White, 4% Asian, 3% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 74% of students at Prairie Heights Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Weld County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Prairie Heights Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Weld County) reports that median household income runs about $97,097, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Prairie Heights Middle School is one of 116 public schools in Weld County (combined enrollment of about 61,274 students).

Nearest neighbor: Heiman Elementary School, around 2.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Prairie Heights Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 24.1%.

Prairie Heights Middle School operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 25%: 719 students in 2018 compared to 537 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 62% to 71% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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