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Middle · Regular · Grades 6 to 8

Prairie Middle School, Aurora, CO

CEP schoolPrairie Middle School is a public middle school in Aurora, part of Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah. It enrolled 1,491 students in 2024-25, with 15.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
1,491
Teachers (FTE)
98.0
Students per teacher
15.2
Grades
6 to 8

This school's ratio is 1.0 lower than the district figure of 16.2. The Colorado average across schools is 16.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.2
District16.2
Colorado16.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
12600 East Jewell Avenue, Aurora, CO 80012
Phone
(720)747-3000
District
Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah
County
Arapahoe County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
080291000201
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
944
Reduced-price lunch
74
Free or reduced-price lunch
1,01868.3% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other middle schools in Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah

Middle schools elsewhere in Aurora

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.