📍 11910 S Kostner Ave, Alsip, Cook County, 60803
Prairie Jr High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Alsip, Cook County. The school has 336 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Maureen Paulmeyer. It is part of the Alsip-Hazlgrn-Oaklwn SD 126 school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 14% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Prairie Jr High School enrolls 336 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 23 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Hispanic or Latino, 32% White and 17% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 151 | 45% |
| White | 109 | 32% |
| Black or African American | 58 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 3.3% |
| Asian | 7 | 2.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
191 of the school's 336 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Prairie Jr High School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL-60, state senate district 14, state house district 27.
Prairie Jr High School is one of 5 schools in Alsip-Hazlgrn-Oaklwn SD 126, based in Alsip, Illinois. The district serves 1,595 students district-wide and employs 113 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 336 students, Prairie Jr High School is close to the district average of about 319 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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