State/Public Elementary Open

CICS - Prairie Campus

๐Ÿ“ 11530 S Prairie Ave, Chicago, Cook County, 60628

399
Pupils
18.1
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

CICS - Prairie Campus is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 399 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Rachael Beucher. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades Kโ€“8 in an urban setting. The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.1:1. It operates as a public charter school. 6% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Rachael Beucher
School district
City of Chicago SD 299

Enrollment & staffing

CICS - Prairie Campus enrolls 399 students across grades Kโ€“8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 22 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.

Male students
205 (51%)
Female students
194 (49%)
Teachers (FTE)
22
Student-teacher ratio
18.1:1
Grade span
Kโ€“8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 66% Black or African American, 34% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American26266%
Hispanic or Latino13434%
White2<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

370 of the school's 399 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

City, LargeGrades Kโ€“8Charter schoolTitle I

CICS - Prairie Campus is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. 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-20, state senate district 17, state house district 34.

School district: Chicago Public Schools Dist 299

CICS - Prairie Campus is one of 644 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, based in Chicago, Illinois. The district serves 324,130 students district-wide and employs 22,932 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 399 students, CICS - Prairie Campus is smaller than the district average of about 503 students per school.

324,130
District students
644
Schools
22,932
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

6%
Reading proficient
32%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: City - Large

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