Elementary school profileUnited States/Colorado/Fountain/Schools/Prairie Heights Elementary School

Prairie Heights Elementary School

Prairie Heights Elementary School school profile in Fountain, Colorado with TractSignal score, achievement history, enrollment trends, FRL trend, and tract-linked housing and crime context.

TractSignal score
33/100
upward momentum with thin current academics · high confidence
Enrollment
120
Enrollment has declined 8% over the available history.
FRL Share
44.6%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
718.2
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Prairie Heights Elementary School

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Academic Quality

23

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

35

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

76

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

34

Surrounding tract conditions connected to the campus.

Benchmarks

School and place compared

School metrics compare against peers; place metrics compare the linked tract against Fountain and Colorado.

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 50 · Colorado 50
33 50
2 Academic average
Peer 737.4 · Colorado 737.4
718.2 737.4
3 ELA
Peer 741 · Colorado 741
722.5 741
4 Math
Peer 736.9 · Colorado 736.9
710.1 736.9
5 Science
Peer 734.5 · Colorado 734.5
722 734.5
6 Enrollment
Peer 394 · Colorado 394
120 394
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Fountain 4.7 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
4.7 / 1k 4.7 / 1k
2 Market rent
Fountain $2,051 · Colorado $1,977
$2,016 $2,051
3 Home price
Fountain $399,188 · Colorado $556,199
$395,928 $399,188
4 Poverty rate
Fountain 10.4% · Colorado 10.1%
11.1% 10.4%
5 Median income
Fountain $81,715 · Colorado $101,131
$62,443 $81,715
6 Renter share
Fountain 26.2% · Colorado 32.6%
17.9% 26.2%
Research notes

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Academic picture

Prairie Heights Elementary School currently posts a blended academic reading around 718.2, with ELA at 722.5, Math at 710.1, and Science at 722. Against Colorado elementary schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 23/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has declined 8% over the available history. ELA has moved down 9.9 points over the available history. Math has moved down 11.7 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 35/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Prairie Heights Elementary School currently serves about 120 students. FRL share sits near 44.6%, which is treated as support context rather than a penalty in the school score.

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What the surrounding tract looks like

Tract 004516 carries violent crime around 4.7 / 1k, market rent near $2,016, median income near $62,443, and home-price context near $395,928. That surrounding tract context supports the school score rather than standing alone as a disconnected local stat block.

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Housing and safety around the school

The school maps into ZIP 80817 where rent context currently sits near $2,016 and home-price context near $395,928. Nearby violent crime has moved up 21% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

Prairie Heights Elementary School currently reads as upward momentum with thin current academics. The total TractSignal school score is 33/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.