Greeley-Evans School District 6

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.

Greeley-Evans School District 6
Address
1025 Ninth Avenue Greeley , Colorado, 80631 United States
Coordinates	40°25′17″N 104°41′35″W
District information
Type	Unified school district
Motto	I'm District 6.
Grades	P–12
Superintendent	Deidre Pilch[1]
School board	7 members
Chair of the board	Natalie Mash[2]
Schools	34
Budget	$350,668,000[3]
NCES District ID	0804410[3]
Students and staff
Students	22,505[3]
Teachers	1,271.60 (on an FTE basis)[3]
Staff	2,757.62 (on an FTE basis)[3]
Student–teacher ratio	17.70[3]
Other information
Website	www.greeleyschools.org

Schools

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

High schools

Zoned schools

• Greeley Central High School (Greeley)
• Greeley West High School (Greeley)
• Northridge High School (Greeley)

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:

• Bella Romero Academy (Greeley, split into K-3 and 4–8)

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]

• Chappellow K-8 Arts Magnet School (Evans)
• Fred Tjardes School of Innovation (Greeley)
• James Madison STEAM Academy (Greeley)
• S. Christa McAuliffe S.T.E.M. Academy (Greeley)
• Tointon Academy of Pre-Engineering (Greeley)
• Winograd K-8 (Greeley)

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

• Centennial Elementary (Evans)
• Dos Rios Elementary (Evans)
• Heiman Elementary (Evans)
• Jackson Elementary (Greeley)
• James Madison STEAM Academy (Greeley)
• Maplewood Elementary (Greeley)
• Martinez Elementary (Greeley)
• Meeker Elementary School (Greeley)
• Monfort Elementary School (Greeley)
• Scott Elementary (Greeley)
• Shawsheen Elementary (Greeley)

Preschool sites

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

• Early Childhood University (Greeley)
• ABC East (Greeley)
• District 6 Early Childhood Preschool, Aims Campus (Greeley)

Affiliated charter schools

• Frontier Academy (Greeley, K-5, 6–12)
• Salida Del Sol Academy (Greeley, K-8)
• Union Colony Elementary (Greeley, K-5)
• Union Colony Preparatory (Greeley, 6–12)
• University Schools (Greeley, K-5, 6–8, 9–12)
• West Ridge Academy (Greeley, K-8)

Former Schools

• John Evans Middle School (Greeley, closed and students transferred to Prairie Heights Middle School in 2015)^[10]
• East Memorial Elementary School (Greeley, now Bella Romero Academy's K-3 building)^[11]