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Enrollment
455
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 308·NCES 173027005344
Prairie Point Elementary School
3650 Grove Rd, Oswego, IL 60543 · (630) 636-3600 · Kendall County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL455 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
78 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 4 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
64.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +20.8pp since 2023
Math
51.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +16.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 21 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.2% | 34.3% |
% 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
57.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Point Elementary School
Prairie Point Elementary School's state test result (57.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Point Elementary School this school | 455 | 17.1% | 57.3% |
| Walnut Trails Elementary School Shorewood | 475 | 20.2% | 62.9% |
| J B Nelson Elementary School Batavia | 482 | 21.0% | 55.7% |
| Louise White Elementary School Batavia | 440 | 18.4% | 64.3% |
| Edison Park Elementary School Chicago | 411 | 13.1% | 57.6% |
| Fox Ridge Elementary School Saint Charles | 424 | 17.2% | N/A |
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 Point Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kendall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #386 of 1,925 | #3 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #643 of 2,077 ▲ 30 | #7 of 22 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #538 of 2,077 ▲ 154 | #4 of 22 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 455 | #731 of 2,419 | #14 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #1,472 of 2,035 | #14 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #885 of 2,042 | #21 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.1% | #2,009 of 2,132 | #22 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.3% | #899 of 1,461 | #10 of 11 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
455
+42 (+10%) vs 2020
-19% since 2010-11, when it was 560
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 | 455 | 30.9 | 14.7:1 | 17% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 29.8 | 15.0:1 | 16% (73) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 29.7 | 15.4:1 | 17% (80) |
| 2020-21 | 413 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 507 | 34.8 | 14.6:1 | 10% (53) |
| 2015-16 | 525 | 30 | 17.5:1 | 8% (43) |
| 2010-11 | 560 | 26 | 21.5:1 | 11% (61) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie Point Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (507 to 455); teachers down 11% (34.8 to 30.9).
About Prairie Point Elementary School
Prairie Point Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Oswego, Illinois, under CUSD 308. It reports enrollment of 455 students in kindergarten through 5.
Prairie Point Elementary School is a school in CUSD 308. The district has 21 schools and 16,766 students.
White students are 66% of those enrolled at Prairie Point Elementary School. Other reported shares: 21% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is in line with Kendall County, where about 65% of residents are White. A diversity index of 51% means there is a 51% chance two randomly chosen students at Prairie Point Elementary School are from different groups.
The school lists 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 17% of the student body. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Kendall County is 32%.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Prairie Point Elementary School is 61.6%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 57.3%.
In the wider Kendall County area, the median household earns about $111,601 a year, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Kendall County, 50 public schools serve about 29,773 students.
Traughber Jr High School is about 0.7 miles from Prairie Point Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Prairie Point Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 455 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 413.
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Kendall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
137,675
Census ACS
Median income
$111,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
29,773 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 308
- Oswego High SchoolHigh · 2,870 students
- Oswego East High SchoolHigh · 2,758 students
- Traughber Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,070 students
- Thompson Jr High SchoolMiddle · 832 students
- Lakewood Creek ElementaryElementary · 767 students
- Murphy Junior High SchoolMiddle · 700 students
Other schools in Oswego
- Oswego High SchoolHigh · 2,870 students
- Oswego East High SchoolHigh · 2,758 students
- Traughber Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,070 students
- Thompson Jr High SchoolMiddle · 832 students
- Southbury Elementary SchoolElementary · 676 students
- Fox Chase Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
Other Prairie Point Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Prairie Point Elementary. Prairie Point Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- PRAIRIE POINT ELEM.KANSAS CITY, MO · 437 students
Nearby schools
- Traughber Jr High School0.7 mi · 1,070
- Oswego High School1.0 mi · 2,870
- Southbury Elementary School1.3 mi · 676
- Hunt Club Elementary School1.9 mi · 357
- Thompson Jr High School1.9 mi · 832
- Fox Chase Elementary School2.0 mi · 661
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie Point Elementary SchoolHow large is Prairie Point Elementary School?
Prairie Point Elementary School enrolls approximately 455 students in grades KG-05.
Is Prairie Point Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Prairie Point Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Prairie Point Elementary School have?
Prairie Point Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Prairie Point Elementary School?
Student demographics at Prairie Point Elementary School are roughly 66% White, 21% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Prairie Point Elementary School?
Prairie Point Elementary School is overseen by CUSD 308 in Kendall County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.