Enrollment
303
Middle
DISTRICT 319 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALSIP-HAZLGRN-OAKLWN SD 126·NCES 170348000031
Prairie Jr High School
11910 S Kostner Ave, Alsip, IL 60803 · (708) 371-3080 · Cook County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL303 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% 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.
- B+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
11.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
161 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 7 | 136 | 45% |
| Grade 8 | 167 | 55% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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 Alsip-Hazlgrn-Oaklwn SD 126. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
60.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.5pp since 2023
Math
28.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.7% | 28.1% |
| 2023-24 | 45.2% | 19.3% |
% 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
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Jr High School
Prairie Jr High School's state test result (45.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Jr High School this school | 303 | 53.1% | 45.3% |
| Plano Middle School Plano | 358 | 57.3% | 33.5% |
| Jewel Middle School North Aurora | 490 | 50.4% | 36.2% |
| Viking School Gurnee | 461 | 54.4% | 22.1% |
| Wood Dale Jr High School Wood Dale | 277 | 56.7% | 41.3% |
| Hamlin Upper Grade Center Alsip | 182 | 55.5% | 39.4% |
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 Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #259 of 578 | #40 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #379 of 640 ▲ 23 | #77 of 146 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #282 of 640 ▲ 66 | #64 of 146 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 303 | #451 of 691 | #121 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #125 of 558 | #46 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.9% | #88 of 560 | #27 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.1% | #263 of 581 | #79 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #117 of 440 | #29 of 97 |
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
303
-64 (-17%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, 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 | 303 | 26.5 | 11.4:1 | 53% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 24 | 14.0:1 | 54% (180) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 23 | 14.6:1 | 57% (191) |
| 2020-21 | 367 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 371 | 22.6 | 16.4:1 | 54% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 331 | 22 | 15.1:1 | 46% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 381 | 24 | 15.9:1 | 40% (154) |
| 2000-01 | 387 | 22 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 347 | 19 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (371 to 303); teachers up 18% (22.6 to 26.5).
About Prairie Jr High School
In Alsip, Illinois, part of Cook County, Prairie Jr High School is a middle school. Enrollment is 303 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 7 through 8. The average for middle schools in Illinois is about 462 students, so this school is 34% smaller than average.
Prairie Jr High School is one school in a 5-school district, Alsip-Hazlgrn-Oaklwn SD 126, which enrolls 1,595 students.
Enrollment at Prairie Jr High School is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 47%. Other reported shares: 32% White, 16% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 27% Hispanic among all Cook County residents. By the diversity index, Prairie Jr High School comes in at 65%.
Prairie Jr High School counts 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 11.4 students for each one. The 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Illinois is higher than this school's figure. About 53% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. It compares with 66% for public schools in Cook County.
allk12 grades Prairie Jr High School a B. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 45.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 40.8%.
Across Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The public schools of Cook County number 1,406 and enroll about 697,934.
The nearest public school is Stony Creek Elementary School, at about 0.3 miles. Prairie Jr High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 41.5%, lower than Prairie Jr High School's 45.3%.
Under the NCES locale system, Prairie Jr High School is Suburb: Large.
Prairie Jr High School had 367 students in 2020-21 and 303 in 2024-25, a 17% decrease.
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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 Alsip-Hazlgrn-Oaklwn SD 126
- Stony Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 652 students
- Hazelgreen Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
- Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 228 students
- District 126 Early Childhood CenterElementary · 122 students
Other schools in Alsip
- Stony Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 652 students
- Hazelgreen Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
- Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 228 students
- Hamlin Upper Grade CenterMiddle · 182 students
- District 126 Early Childhood CenterElementary · 122 students
Nearby schools
- Stony Creek Elementary School0.3 mi · 652
- District 126 Early Childhood Center0.4 mi · 122
- Lane Elementary School0.4 mi · 228
- Hazelgreen Elementary School0.7 mi · 290
- Hamlin Upper Grade Center0.9 mi · 182
- Chicago HS for Agricult Sciences1.2 mi · 827
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie Jr High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Prairie Jr High School?
Prairie Jr High School enrolls approximately 303 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Prairie Jr High School serve?
Prairie Jr High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Prairie Jr High School have?
Prairie Jr High School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
How diverse is Prairie Jr High School?
Prairie Jr High School reports a student body of 32% White, 47% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Prairie Jr High School public or private?
Prairie Jr High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Alsip-Hazlgrn-Oaklwn SD 126.
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