Total enrollment
1,630
-90 (-5%) vs SY 2020-21
5 schools in Markham
Illinois · Public K-12
Markham, Illinois runs a public-school system of 5 schools with combined enrollment around 1,630 (4 elementary and 1 middle).
4-year change in Markham
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
5
+1 (+25%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
Residents
11,355
all ages · ACS 5-yr
Students
1,630
public K-12 · NCES
Schools
5
public K-12
| Name | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barack H Obama Learning Academy | Elementary | PK-08 | 466 |
| Markham Park Elem School | Elementary | PK-05 | 292 |
| Prairie-Hills Junior High School | Middle | 06-08 | 766 |
| Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy | Elementary | PK-05 | 102 |
| Primary Learning Center | Elementary | PK-PK | 4 |
About Markham
Markham, Illinois is home to 5 public schools, with combined enrollment of approximately 1,630 students. By school count, it is a thinly populated city.
For a sense of the school types, the city consists of 4 elementary, and 1 middle.
Per-school enrollment runs near 326, below the state mean of about 480.
Over the past 4-year window. Combined enrollment now sits at 1,630 students, shrank 5% from the 1,720 reported in SY 2020-21. The school count climbed from 4 to 5 across the same 4-year window.
On this page, the community for Markham discusses comparison threads between local schools and program reviews. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.