📍 820 Borden Ave, Sycamore, DeKalb County, 60178
South Prairie Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Sycamore, DeKalb County. The school has 306 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Thomas Rucker. It is part of the Sycamore CUSD 427 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
South Prairie Elementary School enrolls 306 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 75% White, 14% Hispanic or Latino and 4.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 230 | 75% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 44 | 14% |
| Black or African American | 14 | 4.6% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 4.2% |
| Asian | 4 | 1.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
108 of the school's 306 students (35%) 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.
South Prairie Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Small). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 35, state house district 70.
South Prairie Elementary School is one of 7 schools in Sycamore CUSD 427, based in Sycamore, Illinois. The district serves 3,720 students district-wide and employs 254 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 306 students, South Prairie Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 531 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Small
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