Prairie Middle School

Prairie Middle School

Public Middle School | Grade 6-8
12600 E Jewell Ave,  Aurora, CO
Heather Ridge Neighborhood
Cherry Creek School District
4.4
2.8
1,479 Students
B-
Niche Grade

School Details

Student Teacher Ratio
15:1
Math Proficiency
10%
Reading Proficiency
19%

Niche Grade

C+
Academics
B
Teachers
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Academics
Reading Proficiency
19%
Math Proficiency
10%
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
15:1
Teachers
92
Full Time Teachers
92
Teachers in First or Second Year
23.6%

GreatSchools Rating

2
Test Scores
2
Equity
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Test Scores

Math
15.8%
State Average
25%
Science
19%
State Average
30.7%
GreatSchools Test Scores Rating
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The Test Score Rating reflects annual state test results for this school compared with scores statewide.

Teachers and Staff

Students Per Counselor
390:1

Student Diversity

Male
53.7%
Female
46.3%
Hispanic
41.5%
Black
25.7%
White
18.5%
Two or more races
8.4%
Asian or Pacific Islander
4.4%
Native American
<1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
<1%
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Specialty School Programs

Free/Reduced Lunch Offered

This School’s Reviews

Niche Reviews
4.4 9 Reviews
4.0 Middle School Student
5/1/2017
It was a great school, filled with very lovely teachers and staff, who are always eager to help you with all sorts of problems. One thing that I would change are the regulations that you can't be in the hallways during lunch or anything like that. Plus, the cafeterias are kinda uncomfortable. There's no such thing as privacy. Other than that, it's fine!!!
5.0 NicheUser
11/11/2014
Extra curriculum activities are very fun in Praire Middle School. We have fun sports like Track, Basketball etc. Our community works hard on fitting everyone to the activities they will succeed in. We also have great programs like AVID. It makes sure that you enter a college or a university of your choice with the hard work you put in. 95% of AVID kids go to college.
5.0 NicheUser
11/11/2014
The Community. Praire Middle School is a very artistic school. In Praire Middle School we work together and help each other to succeed in every way. We work hard every day and use every possible moment that we have to access to more education. The thing that makes Praire Middle School so special and would want me to redo everything is that the staff/teachers do everything in their power into making you smarter from every year to every moment, and that is why i would redo the moments i had with this school.
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2.8 15 Reviews
1.0 student
3/28/2025
Im currently a student and i must say, this school is quite honeslty not the school you might be looking for. The counselor and mental support team here is great. However most of the students are HIGHLY racist to one another. I cant even go 50 seconds in recess without being called a racial slur. So...
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2.0 student
8/12/2023
So I’m a student here at prairie and there’s a lot to unpack. There is absolutely no punishment for kids who bully,fight,harass, etc. Of course there’s the usual suspension but when they come back they go right back to behaving the same way and the teachers make no note of it and it seems like they...
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1.0 parent
5/9/2023
Kids constantly harrass the other students that are apart of the LGBTQ+ community, I hear kids calling eachother slurs, lots o students are very racist to eachother, the students never listen to teachers, some of the teachers don't discipline students, some students are wrongly accused and get in tr...
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1.0 parent
2/12/2023
I have been an active parent/guardian in this community for almost 20 years. The administration at this school is truly terrible, mainly the principal. It has to be a crime for the way the current principal has run this school into the ground since his arrival. It's pretty obvious he does not care a...
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