Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy

As an one-room-style elementary campus in Markham, Illinois, Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy serves 102 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Prairie-Hills ESD 144. That puts it 73% leaner than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Across the 9 schools in Prairie-Hills ESD 144 (2,473 students total), Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (80%). Beyond that, the school shows 11% Hispanic, 5% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy higher than the state norm the norm. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy sits in the top 10% of Illinois schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 14.9%; actual is 30.3%, +15.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, Cook County reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Prairie-Hills Junior High School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 19.3%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

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