📍 13801 Garfield Place, Thornton, Adams County, 80602
Prairie Hills Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Thornton, Adams County. The school has 449 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Adams 12 Five Star Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
Prairie Hills Elementary School enrolls 449 students across grades K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 24 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% White, 22% Hispanic or Latino and 12% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 264 | 59% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 97 | 22% |
| Asian | 53 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 29 | 6.5% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 1.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
101 of the school's 449 students (22%) 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 Hills Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large).
Prairie Hills Elementary School is one of 55 schools in Adams 12 Five Star Schools, based in THORNTON, Colorado. The district serves 34,466 students district-wide and employs 2,015 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 449 students, Prairie Hills Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 627 students per school.
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