Prairieview School

Prairieview School, a moderately sized elementary-level community in Hainesville, Illinois, one of the schools within Grayslake CCSD 46, educates 400 students, covering grades K through 4.

Within Grayslake CCSD 46, which oversees 9 schools and 3,650 students, Prairieview School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Prairieview School logs that the most-represented group is White (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 37% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 8% Black, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

On the income-and-resources front, Prairieview School shows 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Prairieview School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.5%, the actual is 57.0%, a residual of +9.5 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Lake County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $110,416 per year, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Lake County's 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students), Prairieview School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Grayslake Early Childhood, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Prairieview School at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 56.5%.

Prairieview School operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Prairieview School's enrollment has edged up 7% since 2018, when it stood at 375 (now 400). White enrollment moved from 52% to 39% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

On allk12, members of the Prairieview School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.