Greeley-Evans School District 6

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Greeley-Evans School District 6
Greeley-Evans School District 6.svg
Address
1025 Ninth Avenue
, Colorado, 80631
United States
Coordinates 40°25′17″N104°41′35″W / 40.42139°N 104.69306°W / 40.42139; -104.69306
District information
Type Unified school district
MottoI'm District 6.
Grades P12
SuperintendentDeidre Pilch [1]
School board7 members
Chair of the boardNatalie Mash [2]
Schools34
Budget$350,668,000 [3]
NCES District ID 0804410 [3]
Students and staff
Students22,505 [3]
Teachers1,271.60 (on an FTE basis) [3]
Staff2,757.62 (on an FTE basis) [3]
Student–teacher ratio17.70 [3]
Other information
Website www.greeleyschools.org

Greeley-Evans School District 6 is a school district headquartered in Greeley, Colorado, United States. The district serves most of the City of Greeley, the City of Evans, the Town of Garden City, and unincorporated areas in Weld County, including Auburn.

Contents

Schools

The following schools are operated by or through Greeley-Evans School District 6: [4]

High schools

Zoned schools

Other high schools

  • Greeley Alternative Program (Greeley)
  • Jefferson High School (Greeley)
  • Early College Academy (Greeley)

K-8

The following schools teach kindergarten through eighth grade:

Extraction Oil and Gas has been operating a fracking platform of 24 wells within 700 feet from the playground of the Bella Romero 4-8 Academy at 1400 East 20th Street east of the city limits of Greeley. The controversial business activity has also been featured in stories from The New York Times, Mother Jones, and others. [5] In June 2020, a petition was submitted to shut down the fracking platform. [6] Children and teachers were exposed to benzene levels from the fracking operations almost seven times higher than the lifetime safe exposure level for benzene by the World Health Organization. [7] [8]

Middle schools

Zoned schools

  • Brentwood Middle School (Greeley)
  • Franklin Middle School (Greeley)
  • Heath Middle School (Greeley)
  • Prairie Heights Middle School (Greeley)

Other middle schools

  • Jefferson Junior High School (Greeley)

Elementary schools

Preschool sites

The school district operates preschools in Martinez, Scott, and Shawsheen elementary schools. Additionally, it has the following sites: [9]

Affiliated charter schools

Former Schools

References

  1. "Our Leadership Team - Greeley-Evans School District 6" . Retrieved April 12, 2025.
  2. "Meet the Board - Greeley Evans School District 6" . Retrieved April 12, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for GreeleySchool District No. 6 in the county of Weld and Sta". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved April 12, 2025.
  4. "School Directory". www.greeleyschools.org. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  5. Tyler Silvy (January 29, 2019). "Watch: Greeley's Bella Romero fracking fight featured on The Daily Show". Greeley tribune. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  6. Bonifazi, Steven (June 25, 2020). "Petition to Shut Down Bella Romero Academy Fracking Site Submitted" . Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  7. "New Report Reveals Bella Romero Academy Exposed to Unsafe Levels of Benzene from Extraction Fracking and Production". 350 Colorado. March 11, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  8. Herrick, John (March 11, 2020). "Report: Cancer-causing benzene spiked more than once at Bella Romero". Colorado Independent. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  9. "Early Childhood Sites". www.greeleyschools.org. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  10. "Prairie Heights Middle School opens, officially replacing 50-year-old John Evans Middle School (video)" . Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  11. "East Memorial Elementary School in Greeley History". www.greeleyhistory.org. Retrieved August 7, 2018.