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Enrollment at Prairie View Middle School decreased by 0.4% in 2024-25 school year compared to previous school year
Among the student body, 51.4% were boys and 48.6% were girls.
Data also showed that most of the students were Hispanic or Latino (378), representing 55.7% of the Prairie View Middle School total enrollment. White students comprised the second-largest ethnic group, with 227 students (33.4%).
The grade level with the highest enrollment was sixth grade, with 236 students enrolled that year, accounting for 34.8% of the total student body.
The school is located in School District 27J, and has a central office in Henderson.
In total, there were 881,065 students enrolled in Colorado during the 2024-25 school year.
Colorado’s K–12 enrollment has gradually declined each year since the pandemic, with about 3–4% fewer students in 2024 than the state’s peak enrollment in 2019.
The declines are concentrated in the early grades and certain rural areas, while some metro districts are holding steady or growing. Lower birth rates and pandemic disruptions are driving the trend. Colorado’s public schools are now serving the smallest number of students in a decade, a shift that has implications for funding and planning even as per-pupil resources increase to compensate.
Colorado’s teacher workforce faces persistent shortages and pay challenges. In the 2023–24 school year, nearly 7,000 teaching positions were vacant statewide at some point. Districts managed to fill only about 75% of those openings with fully qualified hires, leaving many to be filled by short-term substitutes, retirees, or emergency credentials for the rest, while 9% remained unfilled for the entire school year.
| School | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|
| Prairie View High School | 1,809 |
| Riverdale Ridge High School | 1,784 |
| Brighton High School | 1,733 |
| Bromley East Charter School | 1,214 |
| Rodger Quist Middle School | 855 |
| Otho E. Stuart Middle School | 794 |
| Foundations Academy | 763 |
| Landmark Academy at Reunion | 758 |
| Turnberry Elementary | 742 |
| Reunion Elementary School | 742 |
| Second Creek Elementary School | 697 |
| West Ridge Elementary | 690 |
| Prairie View Middle School | 679 |
| Elaine S. Padilla | 672 |
| Eagle Ridge Academy | 593 |
| Mary E. Pennock Elementary School | 592 |
| Overland Trail Middle School | 581 |
| Brantner Elementary School | 574 |
| John W. Thimmig Elementary School | 531 |
| Vikan Middle School | 528 |
| Southeast Elementary School | 527 |
| Belle Creek Charter School | 519 |
| Northeast Elementary School | 470 |
| The STEAD School | 421 |
| Henderson Elementary School | 357 |
| South Elementary School | 337 |
| 27J Online Academy | 336 |
| Innovations & Options | 235 |
| SD 27J Preschool at the Brighton LRC | 72 |