Prairie Ridge Elementary School

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in FIRESTONE, Colorado, Prairie Ridge Elementary School instructs 387 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J.

Within St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J, which oversees 54 schools and 31,607 students, Prairie Ridge Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Prairie Ridge Elementary School logs that 63% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 27% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Prairie Ridge Elementary School shows 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Prairie Ridge Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Prairie Ridge Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.6%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Weld County put median household earnings sit near $97,097, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Weld County runs 116 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,274 students), of which Prairie Ridge Elementary School is one.

Coal Ridge Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Prairie Ridge Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Prairie Ridge Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 34.2%.

Prairie Ridge Elementary School operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 18%: 473 students in 2018 compared to 387 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 73% to 63% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.