Summary:
Middle Schools located in zip code 80640 serve grades 6–8 and include just one school: Prairie View Middle School in Henderson, Colorado, part of School District 27J. Because this ZIP code has only one middle school, there are no direct comparisons within the area, but Prairie View can be compared to its district and the state of Colorado.
Prairie View Middle School enrolls 679 students with a student-teacher ratio of 18.7, and about 58.91% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Academically, the school trails its district and the state in every tested subject. For example, math proficiency is 20.2% versus 26.8% in the district and 37.3% statewide, while ELA proficiency is 29.1% compared to 34.2% in the district and 44.7% statewide. Chronic absenteeism is also a concern: 31.0% of students are chronically absent, which is above the district rate of 29.7% and the state rate of 28.4%. The school’s dropout rate was last reported at 0.0% for 2021–2022.
There are some encouraging signs. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, math proficiency rose from 16.8% to 20.2%, ELA rose from 28.0% to 29.1%, and science rose from 19.9% to 21.4%. The school’s state percentile also improved from the 21st to the 29th, though it remains in the bottom third of Colorado middle schools with a 1-star rating. The weakest subject area is 7th-grade math, where only 17.0% of students are proficient. Chronic absenteeism affects nearly one in three students and likely contributes to the school’s academic challenges. Prairie View remains low-performing overall, but the recent upward trend in test scores suggests it may be moving in a positive direction.
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