Prather Elementary School

In Granite City, Illinois, Prather Elementary School is a large elementary school. Total enrollment is 612 students, and the grades served are pre-K through kindergarten. It has 61% more students than the average for elementary schools in Illinois (about 381).

Granite City CUSD 9 runs 8 schools with a combined 5,747 students. Prather Elementary School is one of them.

Of every 100 students at Prather Elementary School, about 50 are White, the largest group. Smaller groups are 20% Black, 18% Hispanic, and 12% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Madison County is roughly 83% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 67, compared with 70 nationally.

There are 37 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.5:1. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is 2.6 students per teacher. On the income side, 60% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 15 points above the 46% average for public schools in Madison County.

In Madison County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $75,793, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The county has 84 public schools and about 35,253 students.

Venice Elementary School, about 1.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

NCES describes the area around Prather Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

The school's size has been steady, with 621 students in 2020-21 and 612 in 2024-25.

The allk12 page for Prather Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.