Prairie Jr High School

Prairie Jr High School is a 6-8 campus of low-enrollment scale in Alsip, Illinois, part of Alsip-Hazlgrn-Oaklwn SD 126, teacheing 303 students in grades 7 through 8. That puts it 34% smaller than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 462 students.

Within Alsip-Hazlgrn-Oaklwn SD 126, which oversees 5 schools and 1,595 students, Prairie Jr High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Prairie Jr High School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 32% White, 16% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Prairie Jr High School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Prairie Jr High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.8%, the actual is 45.3%, a residual of +4.4 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cook County) shows that median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Prairie Jr High School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Stony Creek Elem School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Prairie Jr High School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Prairie Jr High School's enrollment has edged down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 371 (now 303). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 38% to 47%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Prairie Jr High School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.