Prairie View Grade School

As a large elementary school in Elgin, Illinois, Prairie View Grade School works with 615 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Central CUSD 301. Enrollment runs roughly 61% larger than the state mean of about 381.

Within Central CUSD 301, which oversees 7 schools and 5,082 students, Prairie View Grade School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Prairie View Grade School lists that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 21% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. Compared to Kane County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 16% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Kane County's rate of about 48%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Prairie View Grade School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.1%; this one delivers 61.3%.

In the surrounding community, Kane County reports that median household earnings sit near $103,163, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Kane County runs 167 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,252 students), of which Prairie View Grade School is one.

Prairie Knolls Middle Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Prairie View Grade School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Prairie View Grade School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 44.9%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Prairie View Grade School's enrollment has declined 5% since 2018, when it stood at 650 (now 615). White enrollment moved from 68% to 58% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.