Prairie Ridge High School

Prairie Ridge High School is a middle-of-the-pack four-year high school in Crystal Lake, Illinois, operated by CHSD 155. The school serves 1,133 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 36% larger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

CHSD 155 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 5,203 students. Prairie Ridge High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Prairie Ridge High School reports that White students make up the majority at 80%; the rest looks like 13% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Prairie Ridge High School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 22% of students at Prairie Ridge High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below McHenry County's rate of about 35%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Prairie Ridge High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.6%, the actual is 60.6%, a residual of +2.1 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for McHenry County put median household earnings sit near $104,802, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across McHenry County's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,123 students), Prairie Ridge High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Richard F Bernotas Middle Sch, around 2.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Prairie Ridge High School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 50.7%.

Prairie Ridge High School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Prairie Ridge High School's enrollment has decreased 21% since 2018, when it stood at 1,436 (now 1,133). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 5% to 13%.

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