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What's the biggest difference between Prairieview Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
681
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SD U-46·NCES 171371000070
Prairieview Elementary School
285 Mayflower Ln, Bartlett, IL 60103 · (630) 213-5603 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL681 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
188 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 30 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 85 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 18% larger than its 6th grade class (85).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
55.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.9pp since 2023
Math
53.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.7% | 53.1% |
| 2023-24 | 44.8% | 41.9% |
% 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
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Prairieview Elementary School
Prairieview Elementary School's state test result (52.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairieview Elementary School this school | 681 | 27.6% | 52.6% |
| Hunting Ridge Elementary School Palatine | 639 | 23.8% | 59.9% |
| The Wheatlands Elementary School Aurora | 613 | 29.7% | 64.2% |
| Steeple Run Elementary School Naperville | 622 | 21.1% | 68.8% |
| Howard B Thomas Grade School Burlington | 678 | 19.3% | 60.6% |
| Fairview South Elementary School Skokie | 718 | 34.3% | 66.0% |
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 Prairieview Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #513 of 1,925 | #67 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #583 of 2,077 ▼ 83 | #94 of 141 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #814 of 2,077 ▼ 167 | #103 of 141 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 681 | #144 of 2,419 | #5 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #1,862 of 2,035 | #137 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #411 of 2,042 | #38 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.6% | #1,825 of 2,132 | #82 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +102.7% | #10 of 615 | #1 of 57 |
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
681
+384 (+129%) vs 2020
-32% since 2000-01, when it was 997
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 | 681 | 39.7 | 17.1:1 | 28% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 660 | 31.3 | 21.1:1 | 23% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 444 | 23.6 | 18.8:1 | 28% (124) |
| 2020-21 | 297 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 336 | 17.5 | 19.2:1 | 17% (57) |
| 2015-16 | 383 | 17 | 22.5:1 | 10% (40) |
| 2010-11 | 430 | 21 | 20.5:1 | 8% (36) |
| 2000-01 | 997 | 46 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairieview Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 103% (336 to 681); teachers up 127% (17.5 to 39.7).
About Prairieview Elementary School
Prairieview Elementary School is a large elementary school in Illinois, located in Bartlett. It serves 681 students in kindergarten through 6. The average among elementary schools in Illinois is roughly 381 students; this school is 79% bigger than that.
Prairieview Elementary School is run by SD U-46, whose 51 schools enroll 34,036 students.
Roughly 52% of students at Prairieview Elementary School are White. The rest of enrollment is 26% Asian, 15% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Among all residents of DuPage County, the White share is about 65%. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 39.7 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 17.1:1. That is 3.2 students per teacher above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Prairieview Elementary School reports 28% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Prairieview Elementary School would be expected to post about 55.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 52.6%.
Federal survey data for DuPage County show that the median household income is $112,096, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 277 public schools in DuPage County, enrolling about 138,557 students in all.
The school nearest to Prairieview Elementary School is Spring Trail Elementary School, at a distance of about 1.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Prairieview Elementary School is 5th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place Prairieview Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school counted 297 students in 2020-21 and 681 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference.
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DuPage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,024
Census ACS
Median income
$112,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
138,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SD U-46
- South Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,665 students
- Elgin High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Larkin High SchoolHigh · 2,174 students
- Bartlett High SchoolHigh · 2,037 students
- Streamwood High SchoolHigh · 1,890 students
- Kenyon Woods Middle SchoolMiddle · 873 students
Other schools in Bartlett
- Bartlett High SchoolHigh · 2,037 students
- Eastview Middle SchoolMiddle · 757 students
- Bartlett Elementary SchoolElementary · 613 students
- Centennial SchoolElementary · 514 students
- Nature Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
- Sycamore Trails Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
Other Prairieview Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Prairieview Elementary. Prairieview Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Prairieview Elementary SchoolDowners Grove, IL · 380 students
Nearby schools
- Spring Trail Elementary School1.1 mi · 486
- Bartlett High School1.1 mi · 2,037
- Centennial School1.2 mi · 514
- Sycamore Trails Elementary School1.3 mi · 424
- Horizon Elementary School1.7 mi · 436
- Elsie C Johnson Elementary School1.8 mi · 253
Frequently asked questions
About Prairieview Elementary SchoolHow large is Prairieview Elementary School?
Prairieview Elementary School enrolls approximately 681 students in grades KG-06.
Is Prairieview Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Prairieview Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Prairieview Elementary School have?
Prairieview Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Prairieview Elementary School?
Student demographics at Prairieview Elementary School are roughly 52% White, 15% Hispanic, 2% Black, 26% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Prairieview Elementary School in?
Prairieview Elementary School is part of SD U-46.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.