📍 16315 Richmond, Markham, Cook County, 60428
Prairie-Hills Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Markham, Cook County. The school has 825 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Matthew Sugrue. It is part of the Prairie-Hills ESD 144 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.9:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. 7% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Prairie-Hills Junior High School enrolls 825 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 82% Black or African American, 16% Hispanic or Latino and 1.6% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 673 | 82% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 128 | 16% |
| White | 13 | 1.6% |
| Asian | 7 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
767 of the school's 825 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.
Prairie-Hills Junior 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-20, state senate district 19, state house district 38.
Prairie-Hills Junior High School is one of 9 schools in Prairie-Hills ESD 144, based in Markham, Illinois. The district serves 2,473 students district-wide and employs 137 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 825 students, Prairie-Hills Junior High School is larger than the district average of about 275 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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