Is Prairie Junior High School a good school?

Prairie Junior High School ranks 629 th of 1363 Illinois middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Prairie Junior High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 336 students attended Prairie Junior High School.

What is the racial makeup of Prairie Junior High School?

Students at Prairie Junior High School are 45% Hispanic, 32% White, 17% African American, 3% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

What high school do graduates of Prairie Junior High School attend?

Students who attend Prairie Junior High School usually go on to attend DD Eisenhower High School (Campus)

Prairie Junior High School

Summary:

Prairie Junior High School is a public middle school located in Alsip, Illinois, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 336 students. The school is part of the Alsip-Hazlgrn-Oaklwn School District 126, which is ranked 597 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Prairie Junior High School has consistently ranked in the middle range of Illinois middle schools, with 45.2% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 19.3% proficient or better in Mathematics in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's performance on the Illinois Science Assessment is stronger, with 53.9% of students proficient or better. The school has a diverse student population, with 34.5% African American, 33.9% Hispanic, and 27.1% White students, as well as a high percentage of English Language Learners and students with disabilities. However, the school has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 18.9% in 2019-2020 to 48.0% in 2020-2021, and remaining high at 30.9% in 2022-2023.

Compared to nearby schools, Prairie Junior High School generally performs better than Elden D Finley Junior High School and Kellar School, but lags behind the higher-performing Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle School and Independence Junior High School. The nearby Hamlin Upper Grade Center has significantly higher academic performance, with 58.4% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 15.3% in Mathematics.

Detail:

Public 7-8

11910 S Kostner Ave
Alsip, IL 60803-2307

(708) 371-3080

District: Alsip-Hazlgrn-Oaklwn School District 126

SchoolDigger Rank:
629^th of 1,363 Illinois Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $20,908

Students who attend Prairie Junior High School usually attend:

High:

DD Eisenhower High School (Campus)

Feeder schools for Prairie Junior High School:

Elementary:	Hazelgreen Elementary School
	Lane Elementary School
	Stony Creek Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 14.6

Number of students: 336

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

44.9%

White:

32.4%

African American:

17.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 56.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Prairie Junior High School ranks better than 53.9% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 47.34. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Prairie Junior High School is $20,908.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Prairie Junior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Prairie Junior High School 629^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Prairie Junior High School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Alsip-Hazlgrn-Oaklwn School District 126:

SchoolDigger ranks Alsip-Hazlgrn-Oaklwn School District 126 597^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Prairie Junior High School

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Rank History for all students at Prairie Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	54.33	611^th	1185	48.4%
2004	68.73	424^th	1204	64.8%
2005	71.63	378^th	1209	68.7%
2006	74.93	304^th	1272	76.1%
2007	66.29	480^th	1287	62.7%
2008	75.94	287^th	1293	77.8%
2009	63.41	544^th	1318	58.7%
2010	66.95	482^nd	1327	63.7%
2011	63.55	557^th	1344	58.6%
2012	68.20	451^st	1365	67.0%
2013	60.69	539^th	1367	60.6%
2014	65.96	426^th	1322	67.8%
2015	58.08	440^th	1302	66.2%
2016	63.26	395^th	1294	69.5%
2017	65.46	378^th	1293	70.8%
2018	61.13	445^th	1293	65.6%
2019	64.98	421^st	1356	69.0%
2021	47.96	547^th	1241	55.9%
2022	58.53	465^th	1369	66.0%
2023	53.24	543^rd	1367	60.3%
2024	47.34	629^th	1363	53.9%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Prairie Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	68.70	27^th	285	90.5%
2021	44.89	123^rd	277	55.6%
2022	58.57	85^th	454	81.3%
2023	73.83	43^rd	480	91.0%
2024	56.69	122^nd	486	74.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Prairie Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	55.24	179^th	602	70.3%
2019	42.42	348^th	792	56.1%
2021	44.01	233^rd	548	57.5%
2022	38.87	408^th	781	47.8%
2023	44.19	344^th	805	57.3%
2024	37.52	431^st	802	46.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Prairie Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	69.08	255^th	1161	78.0%
2019	75.54	184^th	1217	84.9%
2021	52.29	384^th	1019	62.3%
2022	60.48	354^th	1221	71.0%
2023	58.71	383^rd	1234	69.0%
2024	47.97	551^st	1219	54.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Prairie Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	63.72	393^rd	1226	67.9%
2019	64.85	400^th	1276	68.7%
2021	51.21	431^st	1017	57.6%
2022	58.06	428^th	1286	66.7%
2023	55.00	479^th	1275	62.4%
2024	42.01	672^nd	1251	46.3%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Prairie Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	46.39	282^nd	674	58.2%
2024	49.17	234^th	639	63.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Prairie Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	53.85	505^th	1223	58.7%
2019	63.53	401^st	1296	69.1%
2021	39.55	568^th	1048	45.8%
2022	58.08	445^th	1286	65.4%
2023	49.32	573^rd	1292	55.7%
2024	51.85	517^th	1264	59.1%

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Rank History for African American students at Prairie Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	69.50	101^st	511	80.2%
2019	74.31	84^th	565	85.1%
2021	50.38	134^th	385	65.2%
2022	65.94	113^th	573	80.3%
2023	47.59	239^th	569	58.0%
2024	52.60	194^th	548	64.6%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Prairie Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	69.97	126^th	590	78.6%
2019	74.69	98^th	639	84.7%
2021	51.53	202^nd	517	60.9%
2022	67.45	140^th	662	78.9%
2023	68.88	140^th	661	78.8%
2024	63.46	184^th	643	71.4%

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Rank History for White students at Prairie Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	50.98	416^th	889	53.2%
2019	52.81	408^th	905	54.9%
2021	45.07	413^th	813	49.2%
2022	50.24	413^th	898	54.0%
2023	43.94	483^rd	895	46.0%
2024	33.22	592^nd	875	32.3%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Prairie Junior High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	284	n/a	3	8	1	n/a	n/a	0	296
1990	320	n/a	6	8	1	n/a	n/a	0	335
1991	326	0	10	11	0	n/a	n/a	0	347
1992	333	3	6	5	3	n/a	n/a	0	350
1993	325	6	7	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	346
1994	316	3	8	15	0	n/a	n/a	0	342
1995	338	4	11	12	4	n/a	n/a	0	369
1996	338	4	11	12	4	n/a	n/a	0	369
1997	329	5	7	14	1	n/a	n/a	0	356
1998	370	2	9	17	4	n/a	n/a	0	402
1999	338	4	21	28	5	n/a	n/a	0	396
2000	325	9	14	34	0	n/a	n/a	0	382
2001	325	13	14	33	2	n/a	n/a	0	387
2002	325	18	16	34	0	n/a	n/a	0	393
2003	325	18	16	34	0	n/a	n/a	0	393
2004	306	18	12	46	2	n/a	n/a	0	384
2005	295	28	13	45	1	n/a	n/a	0	382
2006	292	33	12	55	0	n/a	n/a	6	398
2007	247	37	10	73	0	n/a	n/a	15	382
2008	241	24	11	77	0	n/a	n/a	17	370
2009	236	25	14	83	0	n/a	n/a	17	375
2010	217	24	13	75	0	n/a	n/a	26	355
2011	226	49	10	71	0	0	25	0	381
2012	201	53	7	82	0	0	14	0	357
2013	177	45	7	96	0	0	3	0	328
2014	188	36	6	110	1	0	8	0	349
2015	169	47	5	110	1	0	6	0	338
2016	161	50	8	101	2	0	9	0	331
2017	146	59	12	145	0	0	4	0	366
2018	150	63	9	142	0	0	7	0	371
2019	145	61	4	154	0	0	9	0	373
2020	139	51	2	179	0	0	11	0	382
2021	147	52	2	155	0	0	11	0	367
2022	136	53	5	130	0	0	8	0	332
2023	109	58	7	151	0	0	11	0	336

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Prairie Junior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	296	17.0	17.4	n/a
1990	335	17.0	19.7	n/a
1991	347	19.0	18.2	n/a
1992	350	17.1	20.4	n/a
1993	346	18.0	19.2	n/a
1994	342	16.8	20.4	n/a
1995	369	18.6	19.8	n/a
1996	369	18.6	19.8	n/a
1997	356	19.0	18.7	n/a
1998	402	20.0	20.1	n/a
1999	396	20.0	19.8	n/a
2000	382	20.0	19.1	n/a
2001	387	22.0	17.6	n/a
2002	393	21.1	18.6	8.7
2003	393	21.1	18.6	8.7
2004	384	21.2	18.1	12.5
2005	382	22.2	17.2	15.2
2006	398	23.2	17.2	24.5
2007	382	26.0	14.7	26.4
2008	370	23.0	16.1	29.5
2009	375	23.2	16.2	29.9
2010	355	23.9	14.8	37.1
2011	381	24.2	15.7	40.4
2012	357	23.6	15.1	44
2013	328	27.1	12.0	47.9
2014	349	23.0	15.1	46.4
2015	338	22.0	15.3	60.4
2016	331	23.0	14.3	46.2
2017	366	22.4	16.2	54.1
2018	371	22.5	16.4	54.2
2019	373	23.6	15.8	54.4
2020	382	24.2	15.7	55.5
2021	367	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	332	22.2	14.9	51.2
2023	336	23.0	14.6	56.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Prairie Junior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	296	17.0	17.4	n/a
1990	335	17.0	19.7	n/a
1991	347	19.0	18.2	n/a
1992	350	17.1	20.4	n/a
1993	346	18.0	19.2	n/a
1994	342	16.8	20.4	n/a
1995	369	18.6	19.8	n/a
1996	369	18.6	19.8	n/a
1997	356	19.0	18.7	n/a
1998	402	20.0	20.1	n/a
1999	396	20.0	19.8	n/a
2000	382	20.0	19.1	n/a
2001	387	22.0	17.6	n/a
2002	393	21.1	18.6	8.7
2003	393	21.1	18.6	8.7
2004	384	21.2	18.1	12.5
2005	382	22.2	17.2	15.2
2006	398	23.2	17.2	24.5
2007	382	26.0	14.7	26.4
2008	370	23.0	16.1	29.5
2009	375	23.2	16.2	29.9
2010	355	23.9	14.8	37.1
2011	381	24.2	15.7	40.4
2012	357	23.6	15.1	44
2013	328	27.1	12.0	47.9
2014	349	23.0	15.1	46.4
2015	338	22.0	15.3	60.4
2016	331	23.0	14.3	46.2
2017	366	22.4	16.2	54.1
2018	371	22.5	16.4	54.2
2019	373	23.6	15.8	54.4
2020	382	24.2	15.7	55.5
2021	367	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	332	22.2	14.9	51.2
2023	336	23.0	14.6	56.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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