Prairie Junior-Senior High School

Prairie Junior-Senior High School is an one-room-style high school in NEW RAYMER, Colorado, one of the schools within School District No. Re-11 in the county of Weld and State of. The school caters to 91 students in grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 627 students each, so Prairie Junior-Senior High School sits 85% smaller than that benchmark.

School District No. Re-11 in the county of Weld and State of comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 163 students; Prairie Junior-Senior High School is among them.

Demographically, Prairie Junior-Senior High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Other groups include 8% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Prairie Junior-Senior High School has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Weld County (around 47%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Prairie Junior-Senior High School is in the bottom 10% of Colorado public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.1%; Prairie Junior-Senior High School posts 29.5%, -20.6 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Weld County shows median household income runs about $97,097, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Prairie Junior-Senior High School is one of 116 public schools in Weld County (combined enrollment of about 61,274 students).

The closest other public school is Prairie Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Prairie Junior-Senior High School at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 30.8%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Prairie Junior-Senior High School has fell 7%, going from 98 students in 2018 to 91 in 2025.

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