State/Public Elementary Open

Prairie Elem School

๐Ÿ“ 500 S Charles Ave, Naperville, DuPage County, 60540

488
Pupils
13.0
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Prairie Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Naperville, DuPage County. The school has 488 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Brian Zallis. It is part of the Naperville CUSD 203 school district. It serves grades Kโ€“5 in an urban setting. The school employs 37.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1. 56% of students are proficient in reading. 49% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Brian Zallis
School district
Naperville CUSD 203

Enrollment & staffing

Prairie Elem School enrolls 488 students across grades Kโ€“5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 37.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.

Male students
238 (49%)
Female students
250 (51%)
Teachers (FTE)
37.5
Student-teacher ratio
13.0:1
Grade span
Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% White, 9.6% Asian and 7.6% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White36174%
Asian479.6%
Hispanic or Latino377.6%
Two or more races285.7%
Black or African American122.5%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander3<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

37 of the school's 488 students (7.6%) 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.

School setting & status

City, MidsizeGrades Kโ€“5

Prairie Elem School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 21, state house district 42.

School district: Naperville CUSD 203

Prairie Elem School is one of 22 schools in Naperville CUSD 203, based in Naperville, Illinois. The district serves 16,047 students district-wide and employs 1,163 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 488 students, Prairie Elem School is smaller than the district average of about 729 students per school.

16,047
District students
22
Schools
1,163
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

56%
Reading proficient
49%
Math proficient
1%
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 - Midsize

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