East Prairie Elem School

East Prairie Elem School is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Skokie, Illinois, run under East Prairie SD 73. The school caters to 513 students in grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 35% bigger than the state mean of about 381.

East Prairie SD 73 is the operating authority for East Prairie Elem School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, East Prairie Elem School logs that the largest single group is Asian at 33%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 29% White, 24% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

Looking at school resources, East Prairie Elem School shows 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 43% of students at East Prairie Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, East Prairie Elem School sits in the top 10% of Illinois schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 46.5%; actual is 62.5%, +16.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household income runs about $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which East Prairie Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Oliver McCracken Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts East Prairie Elem School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 63.0%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. East Prairie Elem School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 516 (now 513). The White share of enrollment fell from 39% to 29% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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