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Prairie Hills Elementary School

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

TractSignal score
50/100
supportive local context with fragile durability · high confidence
Enrollment
346
Enrollment has declined 23% over the available history.
FRL Share
30.9%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
745.0
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Prairie Hills Elementary School

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Academic Quality

61

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

38

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

29

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

66

Surrounding tract conditions connected to the campus.

Benchmarks

School and place compared

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

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 41 · Colorado 50
50 41
2 Academic average
Peer 729.6 · Colorado 737.4
745.0 729.6
3 ELA
Peer 732.4 · Colorado 741
742.4 732.4
4 Math
Peer 728 · Colorado 736.9
744.5 728
5 Science
Peer 728.4 · Colorado 734.5
748 728.4
6 Enrollment
Peer 443 · Colorado 394
346 443
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Thornton 2.9 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
2.8 / 1k 2.9 / 1k
2 Market rent
Thornton $2,042 · Colorado $1,977
$2,896 $2,042
3 Home price
Thornton $506,295 · Colorado $556,199
$645,390 $506,295
4 Poverty rate
Thornton 5.7% · Colorado 10.1%
6.3% 5.7%
5 Median income
Thornton $109,958 · Colorado $101,131
$138,032 $109,958
6 Renter share
Thornton 21.3% · Colorado 32.6%
13.6% 21.3%
Research notes

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Academic picture

Prairie Hills Elementary School currently posts a blended academic reading around 745.0, with ELA at 742.4, Math at 744.5, and Science at 748. Against Thornton elementary schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 61/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has declined 23% over the available history. ELA has moved down 13 points over the available history. Math has moved down 6.9 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 38/100 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 Hills Elementary School currently serves about 346 students. FRL share sits near 30.9%, 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 008544 carries violent crime around 2.8 / 1k, market rent near $2,896, median income near $138,032, and home-price context near $645,390. 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 80602 where rent context currently sits near $2,896 and home-price context near $645,390. Nearby violent crime has moved down 10% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

Prairie Hills Elementary School currently reads as supportive local context with fragile durability. The total TractSignal school score is 50/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.