Enrollment
380
Elementary
DISTRICT 395 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTER CASS SD 66·NCES 170897004020
Prairieview Elementary School
699 Plainfield Rd, Downers Grove, IL 60516 · (630) 783-5100 · DuPage County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL380 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
69 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 126 | 33% |
| Grade 4 | 131 | 34% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 32% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Prairieview Elementary School→Lakeview Jr High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Center Cass SD 66. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
53.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.4pp since 2023
Math
59.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.5% | 59.9% |
| 2023-24 | 45.1% | 50.0% |
% 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
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 (55.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairieview Elementary School this school | 380 | 18.2% | 55.3% |
| Elizabeth Ide Elementary School Darien | 410 | 15.6% | N/A |
| Banner Elementary School Dunlap | 375 | 14.4% | 70.3% |
| Field Elementary School Elmhurst | 433 | 12.5% | 78.1% |
| Countryside Elementary School Barrington | 375 | 12.5% | 68.8% |
| Westfield Elementary School Glen Ellyn | 311 | 18.6% | 60.9% |
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 | 55.3% | #440 of 1,925 | #61 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #419 of 2,077 ▼ 113 | #74 of 141 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #884 of 2,077 ▼ 250 | #105 of 141 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 380 | #1,100 of 2,419 | #85 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #1,796 of 2,035 | #133 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.8% | #860 of 2,042 | #96 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.2% | #1,990 of 2,132 | #100 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.9% | #306 of 615 | #26 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
380
+21 (+6%) vs 2020
-15% since 2000-01, when it was 449
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 | 380 | 23 | 16.5:1 | 18% (69) |
| 2023-24 | 364 | 21.5 | 16.9:1 | 16% (57) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 19.4 | 17.3:1 | 17% (57) |
| 2020-21 | 359 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 349 | 23.3 | 14.9:1 | 16% (57) |
| 2015-16 | 319 | 23 | 13.9:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2010-11 | 370 | 22 | 16.8:1 | 8% (29) |
| 2000-01 | 449 | 27 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairieview Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (349 to 380); teachers down 1% (23.3 to 23).
About Prairieview Elementary School
Prairieview Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Downers Grove, Illinois. Enrolled students number 380 students, in grades 3 through 5.
In Center Cass SD 66, 3 schools enroll a combined 1,130 students.
At Prairieview Elementary School, White students make up 67% of the student body. Next come 15% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. The White share in DuPage County as a whole is similar, at about 65%. Pick two students at random and there is a 52% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 23 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 16.5:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The school's lunch program data list 18% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in DuPage County average 34%.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Prairieview Elementary School's results are 5.8 points below predicted: 55.3% against 61.0%.
DuPage County has about 930,024 residents, and the median household income is $112,096, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. In all, DuPage County has 277 public schools and roughly 138,557 students.
Nearest public school: Lakeview Jr High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 58.7%; Prairieview Elementary School's is 55.3%, ranking 4th of 6.
Prairieview Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, Prairieview Elementary School's enrollment climbed 6%, to 380.
Community posts for Prairieview Elementary School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Center Cass SD 66
- Elizabeth Ide Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Lakeview Jr High SchoolMiddle · 340 students
Other schools in Downers Grove
- Comm H S Dist 99 - South High SchoolHigh · 2,591 students
- Comm H S Dist 99 - North High SchoolHigh · 2,082 students
- Herrick Middle SchoolMiddle · 626 students
- Lester Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- O Neill Middle SchoolMiddle · 403 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 382 students
Other Prairieview Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Prairieview Elementary. Prairieview Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Prairieview Elementary SchoolBartlett, IL · 681 students
Nearby schools
- Lakeview Jr High School0.1 mi · 340
- Elizabeth Ide Elementary School0.7 mi · 410
- Cass Jr High School1.1 mi · 313
- Eisenhower Jr High School1.4 mi · 407
- Concord Elementary School1.5 mi · 460
- Lace Elementary School1.6 mi · 377
Frequently asked questions
About Prairieview Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Prairieview Elementary School?
Prairieview Elementary School enrolls approximately 380 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Prairieview Elementary School serve?
Prairieview Elementary School serves grades 03-05.
How many students per teacher at Prairieview Elementary School?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Prairieview Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Prairieview Elementary School?
At Prairieview Elementary School, the student body is approximately 67% White, 15% Hispanic, 3% Black, 12% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Prairieview Elementary School in?
Prairieview Elementary School is part of Center Cass SD 66.
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