1
What do you wish you knew before starting at Indian Prairie Elem School?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
496
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRYSTAL LAKE CCSD 47·NCES 171135005586
Indian Prairie Elementary School
651 Village Rd, Crystal Lake, IL 60014 · (815) 459-2124 · McHenry County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL496 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
183 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
59.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +22.5pp since 2023
Math
49.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +21.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 21 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.3% | 49.3% |
| 2023-24 | 36.8% | 28.2% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Indian Prairie Elementary School
Indian Prairie Elementary School's state test result (52.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Prairie Elementary School this school | 496 | 36.9% | 52.7% |
| Anderson Elementary School Saint Charles | 460 | 34.3% | 55.0% |
| Woodview School Grayslake | 450 | 34.9% | 54.4% |
| Beecher Elementary School Beecher | 459 | 38.8% | 54.1% |
| Central Elementary School Plainfield | 544 | 36.8% | 57.6% |
| Mark DeLay School Darien | 453 | 34.0% | N/A |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Indian Prairie Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McHenry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #509 of 1,925 | #17 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #687 of 2,077 ▲ 191 | #20 of 44 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #698 of 2,077 ▲ 201 | #26 of 44 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 496 | #571 of 2,419 | #18 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #765 of 2,035 | #18 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.6% | #870 of 2,042 | #20 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.9% | #1,623 of 2,132 | #23 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #1,365 of 1,461 | #27 of 31 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
496
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
-40% since 2000-01, when it was 823
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 496 | 39.3 | 12.6:1 | 37% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 482 | 37.8 | 12.8:1 | 38% (185) |
| 2022-23 | 504 | 37.6 | 13.4:1 | 34% (170) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 506 | 39.4 | 12.8:1 | 26% (133) |
| 2015-16 | 508 | 38 | 13.4:1 | 28% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 600 | 33 | 18.2:1 | 14% (85) |
| 2000-01 | 823 | 41 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Indian Prairie Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (506 to 496); teachers unchanged (39.4 to 39.3).
About Indian Prairie Elementary School
Indian Prairie Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school based in Crystal Lake, Illinois. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 496 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Across its 12 schools, Crystal Lake CCSD 47 enrolls 6,889 students. Indian Prairie Elementary School is one of those schools.
About 66% of the student body at Indian Prairie Elementary School is White. Smaller groups are 20% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. County-wide, 80% of McHenry County residents are White. A diversity index of 52% means there is a 52% chance two randomly chosen students at Indian Prairie Elementary School are from different groups.
Its staff includes 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.6 students per teacher. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is lower. Roughly 37% of students at Indian Prairie Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in McHenry County is similar, at 35%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Indian Prairie Elementary School would be expected to post about 50.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 52.7%.
The county, McHenry County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $104,802 a year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. McHenry County has 89 public schools with about 50,123 students, including Indian Prairie Elementary School.
Glacier Ridge Elementary School is about 0.9 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Indian Prairie Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 45.1%; Indian Prairie Elementary School's is 52.7%, ranking 3rd of 9.
Indian Prairie Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment went from 486 in 2020-21 to 496 in 2024-25, a change of 10 students.
People who know Indian Prairie Elementary School can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
McHenry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
312,591
Census ACS
Median income
$104,802
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
50,123 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Crystal Lake CCSD 47
- Hannah Beardsley Middle SchoolMiddle · 829 students
- Lundahl Middle SchoolMiddle · 797 students
- Richard F Bernotas Middle SchoolMiddle · 737 students
- North Elementary SchoolElementary · 638 students
- Coventry Elementary SchoolElementary · 629 students
- West Elementary SchoolElementary · 520 students
Other schools in Crystal Lake
- Crystal Lake Central High SchoolHigh · 1,443 students
- Crystal Lake South High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Prairie Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,133 students
- Hannah Beardsley Middle SchoolMiddle · 829 students
- Lundahl Middle SchoolMiddle · 797 students
- Richard F Bernotas Middle SchoolMiddle · 737 students
Other Indian Prairie Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Indian Prairie Elementary. Indian Prairie Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Indian Prairie Elementary SchoolKALAMAZOO, MI · 169 students
Nearby schools
- Glacier Ridge Elementary School0.9 mi · 360
- Lincoln Prairie Elementary School1.0 mi · 479
- Woods Creek Elementary School1.0 mi · 489
- Crystal Lake South High School1.3 mi · 1,279
- Lake in the Hills Elementary School1.7 mi · 502
- Harry D Jacobs High School1.8 mi · 2,056
Frequently asked questions
About Indian Prairie Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Indian Prairie Elementary School?
Indian Prairie Elementary School enrolls approximately 496 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Indian Prairie Elementary School serve?
Indian Prairie Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Indian Prairie Elementary School have?
Indian Prairie Elementary School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Indian Prairie Elementary School?
Student demographics at Indian Prairie Elementary School are roughly 66% White, 20% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Indian Prairie Elementary School?
Indian Prairie Elementary School is overseen by Crystal Lake CCSD 47 in McHenry County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.