📍 0455 S 1150 e, LaGrange, LaGrange County, 46761
Prairie Heights Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in LaGrange, LaGrange County. The school has 518 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Prairie Heights Community Sch Corp school district. It serves grades K–4 in a rural setting. The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Prairie Heights Elementary School enrolls 518 students across grades K–4. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 29 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% White, 2.7% Two or more races and 2.1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 489 | 94% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 2.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 2.1% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
232 of the school's 518 students (45%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 206 qualify for free lunch and 26 for a reduced price. 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.
Prairie Heights Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 IN-30, state senate district 13, state house district 51.
Prairie Heights Elementary School is one of 3 schools in Prairie Heights Community Sch Corp, based in LaGrange, Indiana. The district serves 1,346 students district-wide and employs 88 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 518 students, Prairie Heights Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 449 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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