Total enrollment
1,630
-76 (-4%) vs SY 2017-18
5 schools in Markham
Illinois · Public K-12
Markham, Illinois runs a public-school system of 5 campuses with combined enrollment around 1,630 (4 elementary and 1 middle).
7-year change in Markham
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
5
+2 (+67%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
21%
was 12%
% Black
75%
was 87%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
| 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-campus enrollment runs near 326, below the state mean of about 480.
Over the past 7-year window. Combined enrollment now sits at 1,630 students, shrank 4% from the 1,706 reported in SY 2017-18. The school count climbed from 3 to 5 across the same 7-year window. The Black share of public-school enrollment decreased from 87% to 75%.
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.