Enrollment
357
Middle
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRAIRIE GROVE CSD 46·NCES 173252003735
Prairie Grove Junior High School
3225 IL Route 176, Crystal Lake, IL 60014 · (815) 459-3557 · McHenry County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL357 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Illinois public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
81 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 80 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 91 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 91 | 25% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Prairie Grove CSD 46. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
59.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.3pp since 2023
Math
40.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.8% | 40.3% |
| 2023-24 | 52.5% | 26.5% |
% 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
51.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Prairie Grove Junior High School
Prairie Grove Junior High School's state test result (51.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Grove Junior High School this school | 357 | 22.7% | 51.6% |
| Pleasantdale Middle School Burr Ridge | 352 | 18.2% | 76.7% |
| O Neill Middle School Downers Grove | 403 | 21.6% | 62.1% |
| Mt Zion Jr High School Mount Zion | 378 | 26.7% | 49.6% |
| Willowbrook Middle School South Beloit | 348 | 15.8% | 68.1% |
| Byron Middle School Byron | 366 | 21.0% | 63.7% |
Matched among Illinois middle 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 Prairie Grove Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In McHenry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #177 of 578 | #6 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #230 of 640 ▲ 69 | #5 of 17 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #294 of 640 ▼ 34 | #7 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 357 | #405 of 691 | #15 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #78 of 558 | #2 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.3% | #375 of 560 | #14 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.7% | #504 of 581 | #14 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +38.4% | #7 of 127 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
357
+141 (+65%) vs 2020
+3% since 2000-01, when it was 347
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 | 357 | 33.1 | 10.8:1 | 23% (81) |
| 2023-24 | 345 | 33.6 | 10.3:1 | 24% (83) |
| 2022-23 | 321 | 30.6 | 10.5:1 | 19% (60) |
| 2020-21 | 216 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 258 | 22.4 | 11.5:1 | 13% (34) |
| 2015-16 | 288 | 25 | 11.5:1 | 14% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 378 | 22 | 17.2:1 | 13% (51) |
| 2000-01 | 347 | 20 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie Grove Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 38% (258 to 357); teachers up 48% (22.4 to 33.1).
About Prairie Grove Junior High School
Federal records list Prairie Grove Junior High School as a middle school in Crystal Lake, Illinois. Enrolled students number 357 students, in grades 5 through 8. Enrollment is 23% lower than the average for middle schools in Illinois, which is about 462.
Prairie Grove Junior High School is part of a district of 2 schools: Prairie Grove CSD 46, with 909 students.
The student body at Prairie Grove Junior High School is 80% White. Enrollment also includes 11% Hispanic and 4% Asian. The county population is about 80% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 34%, meaning two students picked at random have a 34% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 33.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.8:1. On average, middle schools in Illinois have 13.0:1, compared with 10.8:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 23% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in McHenry County is 35%.
Measured against Illinois public middle schools, Prairie Grove Junior High School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Prairie Grove Junior High School is 58.4%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 51.6%.
McHenry County has these Census figures: the median household income is $104,802, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. In all, McHenry County has 89 public schools and roughly 50,123 students.
The closest other public school is Prairie Grove Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Prairie Grove Junior High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Prairie Grove Junior High School at 5th of 9.
Locale data from NCES put Prairie Grove Junior High School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment was 216 in 2020-21 and 357 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves.
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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 Prairie Grove CSD 46
- Prairie Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 552 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 Prairie Grove Junior High schools
One other US public school is named Prairie Grove Junior High. Prairie Grove Junior High School is the largest of the 2.
- PRAIRIE GROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLPRAIRIE GROVE, AR · 326 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie Grove Elementary School0.1 mi · 552
- Deer Path Elementary School2.1 mi · 452
- Cary Jr High School2.3 mi · 761
- Hannah Beardsley Middle School2.4 mi · 829
- Cary-Grove Community High School2.8 mi · 1,348
- Prairie Ridge High School2.8 mi · 1,133
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie Grove Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Prairie Grove Junior High School?
Prairie Grove Junior High School enrolls approximately 357 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Prairie Grove Junior High School serve?
Prairie Grove Junior High School serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Prairie Grove Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Prairie Grove Junior High School is approximately 10.8:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Prairie Grove Junior High School?
At Prairie Grove Junior High School, the student body is approximately 80% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Prairie Grove Junior High School in?
Prairie Grove Junior High School is part of Prairie Grove CSD 46.
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