Enrollment
102
Elementary
DISTRICT 213 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRAIRIE-HILLS ESD 144·NCES 172472006892
Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy
3055 W 163Rd St, Markham, IL 60428 · (708) 210-2888 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL102 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% of Illinois public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
100 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 12 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 10 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 19 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 24% |
This year's kindergarten class (12) is 50% smaller than its 5th grade class (24).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy→Prairie-Hills Junior High School
Based on grade levels within Prairie-Hills ESD 144. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
49.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.2pp since 2023
Math
24.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.2% | 24.6% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 17.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
30.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 15% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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-Hills STEAM Academy
Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy's state test result (30.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy this school | 102 | 98.0% | 30.3% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Chicago Heights | 84 | 100.0% | 42.1% |
| White Elementary Career Academy Chicago | 116 | 92.2% | 22.3% |
| Riverdale School Riverdale | 137 | 99.3% | 28.9% |
| Cairo Elementary School Cairo | 148 | 99.3% | 9.8% |
| Nob Hill Elementary School Country Club Hills | 164 | 98.8% | 20.7% |
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 Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #1,261 of 1,925 | #392 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #1,474 of 2,077 ▼ 177 | #471 of 829 ▼ 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #1,026 of 2,077 ▼ 138 | #336 of 829 ▼ 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 102 | #2,331 of 2,419 | #893 of 901 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.0% | #68 of 2,132 | #47 of 804 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 102 | 6.3 | 16.2:1 | 98% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 105 | 6.7 | 15.7:1 | 98% (103) |
| 2022-23 | 3 | 4 | 0.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy.
About Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy
Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy operates as a small elementary school in Markham, Illinois. Enrollment is 102 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students, so this school is 73% smaller than average.
Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy is run by Prairie-Hills ESD 144, whose 9 schools enroll 2,473 students.
Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy's enrollment is 80% Black. Next come 11% Hispanic and 5% White. The county population is about 22% Black. Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy's diversity index is 34%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy is 6.3 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 16.2:1. That is higher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The school counts 100 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 98%. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
The allk12 Grade for Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy is B-. Compared with Illinois public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 54% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy is 14.9%. It actually posts 30.3%, which is 15.4 points higher and in the top 10% of Illinois schools.
Cook County has these Census figures: the median household income is $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
Prairie-Hills Junior High School is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy's location as Suburb: Large.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prairie-Hills ESD 144
- Prairie-Hills Junior High SchoolMiddle · 766 students
- Mae Jemison SchoolElementary · 368 students
- Highlands Elementary SchoolElementary · 311 students
- Markham Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
- Chateaux SchoolElementary · 249 students
- Fieldcrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 217 students
Other schools in Markham
- Prairie-Hills Junior High SchoolMiddle · 766 students
- Barack H Obama Learning AcademyElementary · 466 students
- Markham Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
- Primary Learning CenterElementary · 4 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie-Hills Junior High School0.1 mi · 766
- Primary Learning Center0.3 mi · 4
- Markham Park Elementary School0.8 mi · 292
- Highlands Elementary School1.0 mi · 311
- Nob Hill Elementary School1.0 mi · 164
- Jesse C White Learning Academy1.1 mi · 425
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie-Hills STEAM AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy?
Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy enrolls approximately 102 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy serve?
Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy have?
Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy employs 6 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy?
Student demographics at Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy are roughly 5% White, 11% Hispanic, 80% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy in?
Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy is part of Prairie-Hills ESD 144.
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