Prairie Lane Elementary

Prairie Lane Elementary is an average-sized elementary campus in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, overseen by Kenosha School District. The school hosts 451 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 40% bigger than the state mean of about 323.

Kenosha School District runs 41 schools in total, collectively educating 20,297 students. Prairie Lane Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Prairie Lane Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 69%. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Prairie Lane Elementary shows 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Kenosha County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Prairie Lane Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 60.2%; this one delivers 76.9%, a residual of +16.7 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Kenosha County shows median household income runs about $81,239, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Kenosha County's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,114 students), Prairie Lane Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Jeffery Elementary, roughly 1.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Prairie Lane Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Prairie Lane Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 50.5%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Prairie Lane Elementary's enrollment has edged up 7% since 2018, when it stood at 422 (now 451). White enrollment moved from 76% to 69% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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