📍 7930 Indian Village Heights, Fountain, El Paso County, 80817
Prairie Heights Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Fountain, El Paso County. The school has 131 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hanover School District No. 28 in the county of El Paso an school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 7.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
Prairie Heights Elementary School enrolls 131 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 40% male and 60% female. A teaching staff of 7.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 61% White, 32% Hispanic or Latino and 3.8% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 80 | 61% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 42 | 32% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 5 | 3.8% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 2.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
75 of the school's 131 students (57%) 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 Heights Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Prairie Heights Elementary School is one of 3 schools in Hanover School District No. 28 in the county of El Paso an, based in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. The district serves 264 students district-wide and employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 131 students, Prairie Heights Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 88 students per school.
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