Summary:
Weld County School District No. Re-7 in Colorado has only one high school, Platte Valley High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school has a 3-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger, ranking 155th out of 328 Colorado high schools in the 2024-2025 school year.
Platte Valley High School's performance is mixed, with strengths in science and mathematics assessments, where it exceeds the state averages. However, the school's reading and writing proficiency, particularly on the PSAT9 and PSAT10, is lower than the state averages, suggesting an area for improvement. The school's 4-year graduation rate of 84.2% is slightly below the state average, while its dropout rate of 1.9% is lower than the state average. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 27.7% is higher than the state average, which may be a contributing factor to its slightly lower graduation rate.
Platte Valley High School serves a significant population of students from low-income families, with a free and reduced-price lunch rate of 46.08%. This socioeconomic challenge may present unique obstacles in terms of academic support and resources. Overall, Weld County School District No. Re-7 has a single high school that performs relatively well in certain areas but faces some challenges related to reading and writing proficiency, chronic absenteeism, and serving a population with significant economic disadvantages.
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