Enrollment
91
High
DISTRICT 82 · STATE 627
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRAIRIE SCHOOL DISTRICT RE-11J·NCES 080672001158
Prairie Junior-Senior High School
42315 WCR 133, NEW RAYMER, CO 80742 · (970) 437-5351 · Weld County
GRADES 06–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL91 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Colorado public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 16.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
25 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 13 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 15 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 14 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 10 | 11% |
| Grade 10 | 14 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 15 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 10 | 11% |
Student demographics
16%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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Prairie School District RE-11J. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
28.6%
CO avg 44.9% . -11.4pp since 2023
Math
21.4%
CO avg 36.1% . -6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.6% | 21.4% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
29.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% 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 Junior-Senior High School
Prairie Junior-Senior High School's state test result (29.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Junior-Senior High School this school | 91 | 27.5% | 29.5% |
| Fleming High School FLEMING | 90 | 31.1% | 47.6% |
| Soroco High School OAK CREEK | 103 | 26.2% | 58.0% |
| Peetz Junior-Senior High School PEETZ | 90 | 27.8% | 38.3% |
| Haxtun Jr/Sr High School HAXTUN | 142 | 32.4% | 32.5% |
| Merino Junior Senior High School MERINO | 155 | 32.3% | N/A |
Matched among Colorado high 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 Junior-Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Weld County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 91 | #342 of 409 | #21 of 23 |
Ranked against other public high 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
91
-24 (-21%) vs 2020
+78% since 1990-91, when it was 51
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 91 | 8.8 | 10.3:1 | 27% (25) |
| 2023-24 | 99 | 9.2 | 10.7:1 | 26% (26) |
| 2022-23 | 104 | 9 | 11.6:1 | 13% (13) |
| 2020-21 | 115 | 9 | 12.8:1 | 26% (30) |
| 2017-18 | 98 | 8.9 | 11.0:1 | 20% (20) |
| 2015-16 | 98 | 6 | 16.3:1 | 21% (21) |
| 2010-11 | 81 | 7 | 11.6:1 | 32% (26) |
| 2000-01 | 59 | 9 | 6.6:1 | 42% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 51 | 7 | 7.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie Junior-Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (98 to 91); teachers down 1% (8.9 to 8.8).
About Prairie Junior-Senior High School
Prairie Junior-Senior High School is a small high school serving families in NEW RAYMER, Colorado. The school's enrollment of 91 students covers grades 6 through 12. For comparison, high schools in Colorado average about 627 students.
The 2 schools in Prairie School District RE-11J enroll 163 students altogether, Prairie Junior-Senior High School among them.
White students make up 91% of enrollment at Prairie Junior-Senior High School. The remaining shares are 8% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Weld County's population at about 73%. Pick two students at random and there is a 16% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 10.3:1 comes from the school's 8.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 6.6 students per teacher below the 16.9:1 average for high schools in Colorado. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 27% in 2024-25. Among public schools in Weld County, the average eligibility rate is 47%.
Prairie Junior-Senior High School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 27% of Colorado public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Prairie Junior-Senior High School is -20.6 points, in the bottom 10% of Colorado. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 29.5%, and the predicted rate is 50.1%.
Weld County census figures show that the median household income is $97,097, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 116 public schools in Weld County, enrolling about 61,274 students in all.
The school nearest to Prairie Junior-Senior High School is Prairie Elementary School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Prairie Junior-Senior High School ranks 3rd of 6 on average proficiency.
Prairie Junior-Senior High School falls in the Rural: Remote locale category, used for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
2024-25 enrollment was 91, a 21% decrease from 115 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 12.8 to 10.3 over 4 years.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Elementary SchoolElementary · 72 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie Elementary School0.0 mi · 72
- 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 Junior-Senior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Prairie Junior-Senior High School?
Prairie Junior-Senior High School enrolls approximately 91 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does Prairie Junior-Senior High School serve?
Prairie Junior-Senior High School serves grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at Prairie Junior-Senior High School?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at Prairie Junior-Senior High School.
What is the student diversity at Prairie Junior-Senior High School?
Student demographics at Prairie Junior-Senior High School are roughly 91% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Asian.
Who oversees Prairie Junior-Senior High School?
Prairie Junior-Senior High School is overseen by Prairie School District RE-11J in Weld County.
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