📍 12600 East Jewell Avenue, Aurora, Arapahoe County, 80012
Prairie Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Aurora, Arapahoe County. The school has 1,383 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 91.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
Prairie Middle School enrolls 1,383 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 91.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% Hispanic or Latino, 26% Black or African American and 19% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 574 | 42% |
| Black or African American | 355 | 26% |
| White | 256 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 116 | 8.4% |
| Asian | 61 | 4.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 11 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 10 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
983 of the school's 1,383 students (71%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Prairie Middle School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Prairie Middle School is one of 70 schools in Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah, based in GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colorado. The district serves 51,980 students district-wide and employs 3,176 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,383 students, Prairie Middle School is larger than the district average of about 743 students per school.
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