📍 500 North Ave, Winthrop Harbor, Lake County, 60096
North Prairie Jr High is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Winthrop Harbor, Lake County. The school has 256 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Summer Poepping. It is part of the Winthrop Harbor SD 1 school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 20.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
North Prairie Jr High enrolls 256 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 20.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% White, 38% Hispanic or Latino and 8.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 118 | 46% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 97 | 38% |
| Black or African American | 22 | 8.6% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 5.5% |
| Asian | 5 | 2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
122 of the school's 256 students (48%) 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.
North Prairie Jr High 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 31, state house district 61.
North Prairie Jr High is one of 2 schools in Winthrop Harbor SD 1, based in Winthrop Harbor, Illinois. The district serves 586 students district-wide and employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 256 students, North Prairie Jr High is close to the district average of about 293 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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