Prairiewood Elem Sch

Prairiewood Elem Sch operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Woodstock, Illinois, run under Woodstock CUSD 200. Current enrollment sits at 374 students spanning grades 1 through 5.

Across the 11 schools in Woodstock CUSD 200 (6,097 students total), Prairiewood Elem Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Prairiewood Elem Sch shows that White students make up the majority at 58%. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Prairiewood Elem Sch has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, McHenry County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Prairiewood Elem Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.6%, the actual is 46.0%, a residual of +0.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for McHenry County indicate median household earnings sit near $104,802, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across McHenry County's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,123 students), Prairiewood Elem Sch is one campus in the mix.

Creekside Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Prairiewood Elem Sch ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 50.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Prairiewood Elem Sch's enrollment has decreased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 431 (now 374). Over the same period, the White share edged up from 54% to 58%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.