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Alumni: what's one memory from Prairie View Grade School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
615
Elementary
DISTRICT 580 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL CUSD 301·NCES 170783004063
Prairie View Grade School
10N630 Nesler Rd, Elgin, IL 60124 · (847) 464-6014 · Kane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL615 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
100 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 35 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 110 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (110).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Based on grade levels within Central CUSD 301. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
75.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +25.9pp since 2023
Math
60.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +17.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 26 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.2% | 60.7% |
| 2023-24 | 49.3% | 42.8% |
% 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
61.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% 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 View Grade School
Prairie View Grade School's state test result (61.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie View Grade School this school | 615 | 16.3% | 61.3% |
| Sauganash Elementary School Chicago | 693 | 14.7% | 72.8% |
| Grove Avenue Elementary School Barrington | 511 | 16.6% | 74.8% |
| Country Trails Elementary School Elgin | 751 | 17.6% | 67.0% |
| Grove Elementary School Normal | 519 | 14.6% | 71.3% |
| Corron Elementary School South Elgin | 487 | 14.6% | 69.8% |
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 Grade School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #291 of 1,925 | #14 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #397 of 2,077 ▲ 80 | #20 of 83 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #223 of 2,077 ▲ 282 | #7 of 83 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 615 | #251 of 2,419 | #11 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #1,643 of 2,035 | #56 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.2% | #576 of 2,042 | #17 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.3% | #2,022 of 2,132 | #69 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #1,174 of 1,461 | #39 of 51 |
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
615
+9 (+1%) vs 2020
+26% since 2000-01, when it was 489
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 | 615 | 39.7 | 15.5:1 | 16% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 679 | 38 | 17.9:1 | 17% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 724 | 39.5 | 18.3:1 | 14% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 606 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 650 | 39.9 | 16.3:1 | 6% (39) |
| 2015-16 | 578 | 35 | 16.5:1 | 7% (38) |
| 2010-11 | 558 | 32 | 17.4:1 | 5% (27) |
| 2000-01 | 489 | 23 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie View Grade School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (650 to 615); teachers down 1% (39.9 to 39.7).
About Prairie View Grade School
Prairie View Grade School is a large elementary school in Central CUSD 301, located in Elgin, Illinois. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 615 students. It has 61% more students than the average for elementary schools in Illinois (about 381).
Across its 7 schools, Central CUSD 301 enrolls 5,082 students. Prairie View Grade School is one of those schools.
About 58% of the student body at Prairie View Grade School is White. Other groups make up 21% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. Kane County residents are about 58% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.
Classroom staffing at Prairie View Grade School totals 39.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.5:1. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 16% of students (100) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Kane County is 48%.
Prairie View Grade School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 61.3%, compared with a predicted 62.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Kane County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $103,163, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 167 public schools in the county, enrolling about 87,252, Prairie View Grade School among them.
Among nearby public schools, Prairie Knolls Middle School is closest at about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Prairie View Grade School is 4th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Prairie View Grade School as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
In 2020-21, Prairie View Grade School enrolled 606; in 2024-25, 615.
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Kane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
517,255
Census ACS
Median income
$103,163
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
167
87,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Central CUSD 301
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,575 students
- Prairie Knolls Middle SchoolMiddle · 770 students
- Country Trails Elementary SchoolElementary · 751 students
- Howard B Thomas Grade SchoolElementary · 678 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 418 students
- Lily Lake Grade SchoolElementary · 275 students
Other schools in Elgin
- Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Larkin High SchoolHigh · 2,174 students
- Prairie Knolls Middle SchoolMiddle · 770 students
- Country Trails Elementary SchoolElementary · 751 students
- Lords Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 655 students
- Coleman Elementary SchoolElementary · 641 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie Knolls Middle School0.5 mi · 770
- Country Trails Elementary School2.3 mi · 751
- Otter Creek Elementary School2.7 mi · 437
- Hillcrest Elementary School2.8 mi · 509
- Corron Elementary School3.2 mi · 487
- Creekside Elementary School3.5 mi · 469
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie View Grade SchoolHow many students attend Prairie View Grade School?
Prairie View Grade School enrolls approximately 615 students in grades PK-05.
Is Prairie View Grade School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Prairie View Grade School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Prairie View Grade School have?
Prairie View Grade School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Prairie View Grade School?
Student demographics at Prairie View Grade School are roughly 58% White, 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 21% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Prairie View Grade School public or private?
Prairie View Grade School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Central CUSD 301.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.