There were 927 Black students enrolled in Weld County in the 2024-25 school year, 9.6% more than the previous year, according to the Colorado Department of Education.
Data showed that Weld County welcomed 58,630 students during the 2024-25 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 1.6% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 106 schools in Weld County, Greeley Central High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2024-25 school year, with a total of 79 students.
Colorado’s K–12 enrollment has gradually declined each year since the pandemic, with about 3–4% fewer students in 2024 than the state’s peak enrollment in 2019.
The declines are concentrated in the early grades and certain rural areas, while some metro districts are holding steady or growing. Lower birth rates and pandemic disruptions are driving the trend. Colorado’s public schools are now serving the smallest number of students in a decade, a shift that has implications for funding and planning even as per-pupil resources increase to compensate.
Colorado’s teacher workforce faces persistent shortages and pay challenges. In the 2023–24 school year, nearly 7,000 teaching positions were vacant statewide at some point. Districts managed to fill only about 75% of those openings with fully qualified hires, leaving many to be filled by short-term substitutes, retirees, or emergency credentials for the rest, while 9% remained unfilled for the entire school year.
| School name | % Black Students | Black Student Enrollment | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial Elementary School | 10% | 48 | 481 |
| Maplewood Elementary School | 8.1% | 44 | 544 |
| Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology | 8% | 70 | 876 |
| Jackson Elementary School | 6.3% | 32 | 508 |
| Greeley Central High School | 5.2% | 79 | 1,507 |
| Monfort Elementary School | 4.8% | 18 | 373 |
| Union Colony Elementary School | 4.4% | 15 | 342 |
| Heath Middle School | 3.8% | 19 | 499 |
| Scott Elementary School | 3.5% | 20 | 566 |
| Shawsheen Elementary School | 3.5% | 14 | 405 |
| Prairie Heights Middle School | 3.4% | 18 | 537 |
| Brentwood Middle School | 3.2% | 18 | 565 |
| Franklin Middle School | 3% | 11 | 367 |
| Jefferson Junior/Senior High | 2.8% | 17 | 614 |
| Dos Rios Elementary School | 2.8% | 14 | 499 |
| Madison Elementary School | 2.5% | 19 | 768 |
| Greeley West High School | 2.5% | 49 | 1,938 |
| Union Colony Preparatory School | 2.4% | 8 | 333 |
| Skyview Elementary School | 2.3% | 10 | 440 |
| District 6 Online Academy | 2.3% | 6 | 257 |
| Northridge High School | 2% | 26 | 1,322 |
| Martinez Elementary School | 1.9% | 9 | 469 |
| Meadow Ridge Elementary School | 1.8% | 8 | 440 |
| Early College Academy | 1.7% | 5 | 293 |
| Severance High School | 1.6% | 15 | 944 |
| Carbon Valley Academy | 1.6% | 4 | 245 |
| Spark! Discovery Preschool | 1.5% | 4 | 274 |
| Thunder Valley PK-8 | 1.4% | 12 | 880 |
| Windsor Charter Academy Early College High School | 1.4% | 6 | 435 |
| Legacy Elementary School | 1.4% | 6 | 430 |
| Erie Middle School | 1.3% | 10 | 763 |
| Frontier Charter Academy | 1.3% | 22 | 1,650 |
| Lochbuie Elementary School | 1.3% | 3 | 239 |
| Windsor High School | 1.3% | 14 | 1,096 |
| Highlands Elementary School | 1.3% | 7 | 528 |
| Mountain View Elementary School | 1.2% | 3 | 256 |
| S. Christa McAuliffe STEM Academy | 1.2% | 11 | 932 |
| Severance Middle School | 1.2% | 8 | 670 |
| Winograd K-8 Elementary School | 1.2% | 8 | 691 |
| Black Rock Elementary | 1.2% | 7 | 597 |
| Frederick Senior High School | 1.1% | 17 | 1,494 |
| Leo William Butler Elementary School | 1.1% | 4 | 355 |
| Windsor Charter Academy Middle School | 1% | 4 | 397 |
| Kenneth Homyak PK-8 | 1% | 3 | 311 |
| Centennial Elementary | 1% | 5 | 525 |
| Letford Elementary School | 1% | 6 | 618 |
| Fort Lupton Middle School | 0.9% | 4 | 438 |
| Mead Elementary School | 0.9% | 8 | 879 |
| Platte Valley Elementary School | 0.9% | 5 | 528 |
| Range View Elementary | 0.9% | 5 | 584 |
| Grand View Elementary | 0.9% | 4 | 446 |
| Windsor Middle School | 0.9% | 7 | 785 |
| Highland Middle School | 0.9% | 2 | 234 |
| Aspen Ridge Preparatory School | 0.9% | 5 | 581 |
| Soaring Heights PK-8 | 0.8% | 10 | 1,211 |
| Platte Valley Middle School | 0.8% | 2 | 255 |
| University Schools | 0.8% | 15 | 1,784 |
| Pete Mirich Elementary School | 0.8% | 3 | 358 |
| Erie High School | 0.8% | 13 | 1,728 |
| North Valley Middle School | 0.8% | 2 | 248 |
| Fort Lupton High School | 0.8% | 6 | 721 |
| Mead High School | 0.8% | 9 | 1,175 |
| Heiman Elementary School | 0.8% | 5 | 602 |
| Knowledge Quest Academy | 0.8% | 3 | 395 |
| Highland High School | 0.7% | 2 | 299 |
| Hudson Elementary School | 0.7% | 2 | 303 |
| Mead Middle School | 0.7% | 4 | 571 |
| Weld Central Middle School | 0.7% | 3 | 403 |
| Grandview Elementary School | 0.7% | 4 | 542 |
| Benjamin Eaton Elementary School | 0.6% | 2 | 357 |
| Windsor Charter Academy Elementary School | 0.6% | 5 | 780 |
| Tozer Elementary School | 0.6% | 2 | 308 |
| Chappelow K-8 Magnet School | 0.6% | 4 | 693 |
| Coal Ridge Middle School | 0.6% | 4 | 727 |
| Roosevelt High School | 0.6% | 7 | 1,184 |
| Little Trappers Preschool | 0.6% | 1 | 157 |
| Eaton Middle School | 0.6% | 3 | 485 |
| Pioneer Ridge Elementary School | 0.6% | 3 | 528 |
| Prairie Ridge Elementary School | 0.5% | 2 | 387 |
| Firestone Charter Academy | 0.5% | 3 | 600 |
| Eaton High School | 0.4% | 2 | 567 |
| Milliken Middle School | 0.4% | 3 | 695 |
| Meeker Elementary School | 0.4% | 2 | 475 |
| Platteville Elementary School | 0.3% | 1 | 317 |
| Platte Valley High School | 0.3% | 1 | 331 |
| West Ridge Academy | 0.3% | 1 | 329 |
| Eaton Elementary School | 0.2% | 1 | 484 |
| Weld Central Senior High School | 0.2% | 1 | 651 |
