Enrollment
221
Elementary
DISTRICT 223 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANDWICH CUSD 430·NCES 173537003692
Prairie View Elementary School
1201 Castle St, Sandwich, IL 60548 · (815) 786-8811 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL221 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
82 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 31 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 21% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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 View Elementary School→Herman E Dummer→Sandwich Middle School→Sandwich Community High School
Based on grade levels within Sandwich CUSD 430. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
62.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.8pp since 2023
Math
68.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.2% | 68.9% |
| 2023-24 | 51.4% | 67.6% |
% 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
63.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 View Elementary School
Prairie View Elementary School's state test result (63.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie View Elementary School this school | 221 | 37.1% | 63.5% |
| Alden Hebron Elementary School Hebron | 210 | 37.1% | 54.6% |
| Montmorency CCSD #145 Rock Falls | 209 | 37.8% | 44.1% |
| Pearl City Elementary School Pearl City | 213 | 39.9% | 40.3% |
| New Baden Elementary School New Baden | 246 | 40.7% | 70.0% |
| Hampton Elementary School Hampton | 225 | 40.0% | 39.1% |
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 View Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #239 of 1,925 | #2 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #241 of 2,077 ▼ 163 | #2 of 22 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #607 of 2,077 ▼ 165 | #5 of 22 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 221 | #1,975 of 2,419 | #22 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #1,915 of 2,035 | #22 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.0% | #1,350 of 2,042 | #21 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.1% | #1,617 of 2,132 | #18 of 23 |
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
221
+24 (+12%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 204
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 | 221 | 12.3 | 17.9:1 | 37% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 197 | 12.2 | 16.1:1 | 37% (72) |
| 2022-23 | 197 | 13.9 | 14.2:1 | 31% (62) |
| 2020-21 | 197 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 192 | 12 | 16.0:1 | 36% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 179 | 13 | 13.8:1 | 41% (74) |
| 2010-11 | 260 | 18 | 14.4:1 | 31% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 417 | 20 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 204 | 10 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie View Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (192 to 221); teachers up 3% (12 to 12.3).
About Prairie View Elementary School
A small elementary school in Sandwich, Illinois, Prairie View Elementary School is part of Sandwich CUSD 430. It had 221 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 3. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 42% lower.
Sandwich CUSD 430 is the local district for Prairie View Elementary School. It runs 6 schools with 1,872 students.
Prairie View Elementary School is 81% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 18% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Prairie View Elementary School scores 32%.
Teacher count: 12.3 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 17.9:1. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 37%. Compared with the 48% average for public schools in DeKalb County, the school's rate is lower.
Test results at Prairie View Elementary School are 13.4 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (63.5% actual, 50.1% predicted).
In DeKalb County, median household income comes to about $70,724, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 43, with about 16,328 students.
Among nearby public schools, W W Woodbury Elementary School is closest at about 0.9 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Prairie View Elementary School. On state test proficiency, Prairie View Elementary School ranks 3rd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The school's student count increased 12% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
100,703
Census ACS
Median income
$70,724
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
16,328 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sandwich CUSD 430
- Sandwich Community High SchoolHigh · 560 students
- Sandwich Middle SchoolMiddle · 420 students
- Herman E DummerElementary · 275 students
- Lynn G Haskin Elementary SchoolElementary · 226 students
- W W Woodbury Elementary SchoolElementary · 170 students
Other schools in Sandwich
- Sandwich Community High SchoolHigh · 560 students
- Sandwich Middle SchoolMiddle · 420 students
- Herman E DummerElementary · 275 students
- Lynn G Haskin Elementary SchoolElementary · 226 students
- W W Woodbury Elementary SchoolElementary · 170 students
- Indian Valley Area Voc CenterHigh
Other Prairie View Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 12 states are named Prairie View Elementary. Prairie View Elementary School is the 20th largest of the 22.
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 788 students
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolOTSEGO, MN · 755 students
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolRHOME, TX · 720 students
- PRAIRIE VIEW ELEM.O'FALLON, MO · 696 students
- PRAIRIE VIEW ELEMENTARYEDEN PRAIRIE, MN · 628 students
Nearby schools
- W W Woodbury Elementary School0.9 mi · 170
- Herman E Dummer1.2 mi · 275
- Sandwich Middle School1.3 mi · 420
- Lynn G Haskin Elementary School1.4 mi · 226
- Sandwich Community High School1.4 mi · 560
- James R Wood Elementary School3.5 mi · 298
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie View Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Prairie View Elementary School?
Prairie View Elementary School enrolls approximately 221 students in grades PK-03.
Is Prairie View Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Prairie View Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
How many teachers does Prairie View Elementary School have?
Prairie View Elementary School employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
How diverse is Prairie View Elementary School?
Prairie View Elementary School reports a student body of 81% White, 18% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Prairie View Elementary School?
Prairie View Elementary School is overseen by Sandwich CUSD 430 in DeKalb County.
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