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Platte Canyon RE-1 vs Weld County RE-8

This compares what homes cost in the Platte Canyon RE-1 and Weld County RE-8 school districts. There are 97 homes for sale in Platte Canyon RE-1 and 120 in Weld County RE-8 as this page loaded. Homes are more expensive in Platte Canyon RE-1: a median asking price of $575,000 against $469,990, about 22% higher. By the foot it is $324 in Platte Canyon RE-1 against $271 in Weld County RE-8. A typical home for sale is 1,976 square feet in one and 1,783 in the other. These are figures about houses. Symbio publishes no school ratings, and a home counts towards a district because its listing named a school there.

Side by side

MeasurePlatte Canyon RE-1Weld County RE-8
For sale today
Homes for sale97120
Median asking price$575,000$469,990
Cheapest home for sale$125,000$225,000
Dearest home for sale$2,100,000$2,999,900
Median price per sq ft$324$271
Median size (sq ft)1,9761,783
Median days on market8978
What sold, last 12 months
Homes sold235278
Median sold price$579,000$475,000
How big an area each covers
Towns with homes for sale43

The darker figure in each row is the lower price, the shorter wait or the bigger number. None of these rows is a judgement about the schools — they are about what it costs to buy a house in each district.

Platte Canyon RE-1

97
Homes for sale
$575,000
Median asking price
$324
Median per sq ft
89
Median days on market

Weld County RE-8

120
Homes for sale
$469,990
Median asking price
$271
Median per sq ft
78
Median days on market

Questions people ask

Is Platte Canyon RE-1 or Weld County RE-8 more expensive to buy in?

Platte Canyon RE-1. The median asking price is $575,000 against $469,990. Per square foot they run $324 and $271, which is the fairer comparison when the homes are different sizes.

Which district do homes sell faster in?

Homes for sale in Weld County RE-8 have been listed a median of 78 days against 89 in the other. Over the last twelve months 235 homes sold in Platte Canyon RE-1 and 278 in Weld County RE-8.

How many homes are for sale in each district?

97 in Platte Canyon RE-1 and 120 in Weld County RE-8 as this page loaded, recalculated from the live MLS feed rather than published on a schedule.

Does this say which district has better schools?

No, and it is worth being blunt about that. Symbio publishes no school ratings and no test scores. Every figure here describes the HOMES whose listings named a school in that district. That is a real answer to "what would I have to pay to buy in this district" and it is not an answer to "which schools are better". It is also not an attendance boundary — confirm the assigned school with the district before it decides anything.

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Look at either district on its own

Both districts are recalculated from the live MLS feed at the moment this page loads, and both are read at the same instant, so the two sides are always comparable. These are figures about HOMES, not about schools: Symbio publishes no school ratings and no test scores. A home counts towards a district because the listing agent recorded a school in that district against it on the MLS - that is not an attendance boundary, and district assignment should always be confirmed with the district itself before it decides anything. Figures cover residential homes; rentals, land and fractional co-ownership shares are excluded. Sold figures cover the last twelve months.

The listings these figures are drawn from were last changed at the MLS on October 30, 2026 at 9:40 PM Mountain time. The figures themselves are worked out again from scratch every time this page is opened.

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