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Prairie Heights Middle School

Public Grades 6-8

418^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 476 Colorado Middle Schools

Better than 12% of Colorado middle schools

Summary

Prairie Heights Middle School is a midsized public school in Evans, CO, serving 537 students in grades 6–8 as part of Greeley School District No. 6. The school currently ranks 411th of 469 Colorado middle schools (12th percentile, 1 star), and roughly 74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. One of the most striking findings is the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 45.7% — meaning nearly half of all students are chronically absent. That compares to a district average of 34.6% and a state average of 28.4%, making it one of the highest rates in the area.

Academically, Prairie Heights is well below state averages across every subject. Only 12.9% of students are proficient in math, versus 20.7% for the district and 37.3% for the state, and 7th-grade math proficiency is just 6.2%. ELA had been a relative strength for three years, matching or exceeding the district average, but it dropped sharply to 22.9% in the most recent year. Science proficiency has also declined steadily from 22.4% to 14.0% over the past few years. The school's state ranking has fallen from the 34th percentile in 2022–2023 to the 12th percentile today, a clear negative trend.

The comparison with nearby Brentwood Middle School is especially telling. Brentwood, just 3.7 miles away, serves nearly the same population (74.1% free/reduced lunch) and sits in the same district, yet it ranks in the 31st percentile and posts substantially higher proficiency rates in both math (21.8%) and ELA (29.8%). The main observable difference is chronic absenteeism: 32.4% at Brentwood versus 45.7% at Prairie Heights. Similarly, North Valley Middle School, with 66.9% free/reduced lunch, outperforms Prairie Heights in every subject. This suggests poverty alone does not explain the outcomes — improving attendance appears to be the highest-leverage opportunity for turning the school around.

537

Students ?

15.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,553

Per pupil spending ?

73.7%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in Colorado receive free school meals.

3737 65th Avenue
Evans, CO 80620-8902

(970) 348-3600

District: GreeleySchool District No. 6

Students who attend Prairie Heights Middle School usually attend:

High:

Greeley West High School

Feeder schools for Prairie Heights Middle School:

Elementary:	Centennial Elementary School
	Dos Rios Elementary School
	Heiman Elementary School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

70.8%

White:

19.7%

Asian:

3.9%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 8th percentile in 2016 → 12th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Colorado average (17% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (12th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (40% vs 28% Colorado)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school17%

District avg24%

Colorado avg41%

418^th of 476

Colorado public middle schools ?

Bottom 12%▲ up 4 pts since 2016

From bottom 8% (2016) to bottom 12% (2026)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 4Middle Schools in the GreeleySchool District No. 6

97^th of 114GreeleySchool District No. 6 among Colorado districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	15.0	418 of 476	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	19.0	378 of 469	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.7	363 of 485	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.5	315 of 480	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	25.9	311 of 448	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	25.5	290 of 369	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.3	332 of 458	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.0	346 of 418	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	11.2	395 of 424	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	13.8	366 of 400	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	11.9	417 of 436	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	7.1	441 of 461	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	6.5	432 of 454	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	3.9	414 of 425	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	4.4	410 of 422	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	3.2	402 of 409	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	3.8	367 of 377	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	3.1	358 of 362	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	4.1	351 of 360	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	4.7	331 of 346	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	2.7	333 of 340	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	3.7	324 of 336	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	13.3	332 of 368	9.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	13.8	314 of 347	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.4	290 of 350	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.5	247 of 363	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	22.2	250 of 326	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	27.2	187 of 254	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.1	280 of 352	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.8	277 of 315	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2019	65.6	42 of 134	68.7%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	22.1	170 of 208	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	26.0	173 of 218	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.7	129 of 199	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.7	115 of 198	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.4	102 of 169	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	35.5	56 of 83	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	34.9	141 of 220	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	29.4	117 of 165	29.1%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	20.5	195 of 231	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	24.7	197 of 241	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.4	176 of 244	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	55.3	81 of 241	66.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	45.5	89 of 197	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	37.8	69 of 114	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	41.0	135 of 240	43.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	26.6	174 of 222	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	14.6	322 of 372	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	17.9	288 of 352	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.0	283 of 357	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.4	242 of 356	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	22.1	243 of 328	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.6	230 of 249	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	26.0	244 of 343	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.7	276 of 317	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2024	11.7	250 of 273	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	27.3	210 of 286	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.1	217 of 265	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.6	211 of 283	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Gifted and Talented (2019)69th percentile+41 vs school

Hispanic (2026)18th percentile+6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)16th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2026)13th percentile~ school

Female (2026)10th percentile~ school

White (2024)8th percentile-17 vs school

By subject vs Colorado (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts23%-22 vs state

Science14%-21 vs state

Math13%-24 vs state

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by a teacher
Saturday, March 24, 2018

You can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig. Underneath the modern new building, Prairie Heights is still John Evans, and even more sad, the administration seems terrified to administer any actual discipline or consequences for unacceptable behavior, or raise the bar on behavioral expectations. Undoubtedly they and the parents will reap what they sow after they have raised and failed to educate a generation of entitled, unemployable, rude brats. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CMAS English Language Arts (2026)				CMAS Math (2026)				CMAS Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CMAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts All Grades	CMAS Math 6th Grade	CMAS Math 7th Grade	CMAS Math 8th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 8th Grade	Total
Prairie Heights Middle School	Public	6-8	3737 65th Avenue	Evans	80620	Weld County	GreeleySchool District No. 6	No	No	No	No	(970) 348-3600	537	34	15.7	73.7%	106 (19.7%)	18 (3.4%)	380 (70.8%)	21 (3.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (1.7%)	15	418^th of 476 public middle schools	12.2%		19	378^th of 469 public middle schools	19.4%	40	18.2	31.5	20.9	22.9	12.1	6.2	18.6	12.9	14.0	$19,553
Brentwood Middle School	Public	6-8	2600 24th Avenue Court	Greeley	80634	Weld County	GreeleySchool District No. 6	No	No	No	No	(970) 348-3000	564	31	18.4	74.1%	136 (24.1%)	18 (3.2%)	364 (64.5%)	29 (5.1%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	11 (2.0%)	25.4	328^th of 476 public middle schools	31.1%		22.1	345^th of 469 public middle schools	26.4%	17	21.5	29.2	38.9	29.8	19.7	12.4	32.6	21.8	17.9	$17,202
Franklin Middle School	Public	6-8	818 35th Avenue	Greeley	80634	Weld County	GreeleySchool District No. 6	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 348-3200	367	23	16.0	87.7%	45 (12.3%)	11 (3.0%)	286 (77.9%)	17 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	3 (0.8%)	14.8	419^th of 476 public middle schools	12.0%		21.1	352^nd of 469 public middle schools	24.9%	67	17.4	21.2	25.3	21.4	7.6	8.2	24.2	13.8	14.1	$20,301
Heath Middle School	Public	6-8	2223 16th Street	Greeley	80631	Weld County	GreeleySchool District No. 6	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 348-3400	499	33	15.1	80.4%	73 (14.6%)	19 (3.8%)	371 (74.3%)	26 (5.2%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	6 (1.2%)	11.4	444^th of 476 public middle schools	6.7%		10.5	439^th of 469 public middle schools	6.4%	5	17.5	17.4	17.0	17.3	12.3	10.3	14.4	12.3	9.9	$19,438
Valley Middle School	Public	7-8	1175 Birch Street	Gilcrest	80623	Weld County	Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-1	No	No	No	No	(970) 350-4201	248	19	13.3	66.9%	77 (31.0%)	2 (0.8%)	163 (65.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)	28.8	310^th of 476 public middle schools	34.9%		43.9	225^th of 469 public middle schools	52.0%	85		41.1	28.1	35.0		22.4	22.9	22.7	21.1	$16,548
Roosevelt Middle School	Public	6-8	616 N. 2nd Street	Johnstown	80543	Weld County	Weld County School District No. Re-5J	No	No	No	No	(970) 587-6300	695	43	16.3	29.2%	440 (63.3%)	3 (0.4%)	227 (32.7%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	16 (2.3%)	41.4	233^rd of 476 public middle schools	51.1%		39.5	245^th of 469 public middle schools	47.8%	12	33.5	41.0	44.4	39.0	23.7	26.3	37.4	28.5	35.8	$14,954
Windsor Charter Academy Middle School	Public, Charter	6-8	810 Automation Drive	Windsor	80550	Weld County	Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 833-5190	395	23	17.2	16.7%	308 (78.0%)	4 (1.0%)	64 (16.2%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	13 (3.3%)	79.1	90^th of 476 public middle schools	81.1%		90.5	35^th of 469 public middle schools	92.5%	55	61.7	69.8	57.3	62.9	42.2	51.6	65.2	53.1	42.0	$5,546
Severance Middle School	Public	6-8	1801 Avery Plaza Street	Windsor	80550	Weld County	Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4	No	No	No	No	(970) 833-7200	670	43	15.7	33.6%	444 (66.3%)	8 (1.2%)	190 (28.4%)	7 (1.0%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	16 (2.4%)	47.7	204^th of 476 public middle schools	57.1%		55.1	178^th of 469 public middle schools	62.0%	26	44.3	747.0	733.0	41.8	34.5	741.0	735.0	32.9	28.1	$14,931
Windsor Middle School	Public	6-8	900 Main Street	Windsor	80550	Weld County	Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4	No	No	No	No	(970) 686-8200	785	50	15.8	21.8%	613 (78.1%)	7 (0.9%)	135 (17.2%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.1%)	43	226^th of 476 public middle schools	52.5%		54.4	182^nd of 469 public middle schools	61.2%	44	31.7	38.1	46.0	38.7	24.6	23.3	42.3	30.5	36.1	$14,678
Ridgeline Middle School	Public	6-8	1100 N. 15th St	Windsor	80550	Weld County	Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(970) 833-7700	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	52.3	187^th of 476 public middle schools	60.7%					(n/a)	34.8	52.3	49.5	44.1	31.3	32.9	48.6	36.0	734.0

Frequently Asked Questions about Prairie Heights Middle School

How many students attend Prairie Heights Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 537 students attended Prairie Heights Middle School.

What district is Prairie Heights Middle School in?

GreeleySchool District No. 6

What high school do graduates of Prairie Heights Middle School attend?

Students who attend Prairie Heights Middle School usually go on to attend Greeley West High School

What is the racial makeup of Prairie Heights Middle School?

Students at Prairie Heights Middle School are 71% Hispanic, 20% White, 4% Asian, 3% African American, 2% Two or more races.

Is Prairie Heights Middle School a good school?

Prairie Heights Middle School ranks in the bottom 12.2% of Colorado middle schools.

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