Prairie View High School

Prairie View High School operates as a well-populated senior high in HENDERSON, Colorado, run under School District 27J. Current enrollment sits at 1,809 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 627 students per school, that is 189% above typical.

Across the 33 schools in School District 27J (24,044 students total), Prairie View High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Prairie View High School shows that 58% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 28% White, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 43% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 87 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.9:1 average. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Adams County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Prairie View High School is in the bottom 10% of Colorado public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 33.9%; Prairie View High School posts 12.1%, -21.9 points below that line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Adams County indicate median household income runs about $94,571, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Adams County's 171 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students), Prairie View High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Prairie View Middle School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Prairie View High School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 25.5%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 15%: 2,138 students in 2018 compared to 1,809 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 44% to 28% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.9:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 today.

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