Prairie-Hills ESD 144

Public school district · Cook County · Illinois · NCES district ID 1724720

Prairie-Hills ESD 144 spent $19,068 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 58% of the other Illinois districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $18,127). Its 9 schools enrolled 2,473 students in 2024-25; 55.6% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $16,227 per student, down 14.9% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Illinois districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Prairie-Hills ESD 144 in enrollment (2,487 to 2,521 students) and Prairie-Hills ESD 144 itself.

Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Prairie-Hills ESD 144, FY23Rich Township High School District 227 $34,994; Zion-Benton Township High School District 126 $21,137; Aptakisic-Tripp School District 102 $20,960; Berwyn North SD 98 $20,692; Summit Hill SD 161 $19,549; Prairie-Hills ESD 144 $19,068; Harvard CUSD 50 $18,744; Indian Springs SD 109 $18,573; Lansing SD 158 $15,578; O'Fallon Township High School District 203 $15,425; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30k40kRich Township High School Dist…$34,994Zion-Benton Township High Scho…$21,137Aptakisic-Tripp School Distric…$20,960Berwyn North SD 98$20,692Summit Hill SD 161$19,549Prairie-Hills ESD 144$19,068Harvard CUSD 50$18,744Indian Springs SD 109$18,573Lansing SD 158$15,578O'Fallon Township High School …$15,425State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Prairie-Hills ESD 144, FY23Rich Township High School District 227 $34,994; Zion-Benton Township High School District 126 $21,137; Aptakisic-Tripp School District 102 $20,960; Berwyn North SD 98 $20,692; Summit Hill SD 161 $19,549; Prairie-Hills ESD 144 $19,068; Harvard CUSD 50 $18,744; Indian Springs SD 109 $18,573; Lansing SD 158 $15,578; O'Fallon Township High School District 203 $15,425; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30k40kRich Township High School District …$34,994Zion-Benton Township High School Di…$21,137Aptakisic-Tripp School District 102$20,960Berwyn North SD 98$20,692Summit Hill SD 161$19,549Prairie-Hills ESD 144$19,068Harvard CUSD 50$18,744Indian Springs SD 109$18,573Lansing SD 158$15,578O'Fallon Township High School Distr…$15,425State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Prairie-Hills ESD 144, FY23Rich Township High School District 227 $34,994; Zion-Benton Township High School District 126 $21,137; Aptakisic-Tripp School District 102 $20,960; Berwyn North SD 98 $20,692; Summit Hill SD 161 $19,549; Prairie-Hills ESD 144 $19,068; Harvard CUSD 50 $18,744; Indian Springs SD 109 $18,573; Lansing SD 158 $15,578; O'Fallon Township High School District 203 $15,425; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30k40kRich Township High School District 227$34,994Zion-Benton Township High School District 1…$21,137Aptakisic-Tripp School District 102$20,960Berwyn North SD 98$20,692Summit Hill SD 161$19,549Prairie-Hills ESD 144$19,068Harvard CUSD 50$18,744Indian Springs SD 109$18,573Lansing SD 158$15,578O'Fallon Township High School District 203$15,425State median, 1,000+ students $18,127
Current spending per student, Illinois districts closest in size to Prairie-Hills ESD 144, FY23Rich Township High School District 227 $34,994; Zion-Benton Township High School District 126 $21,137; Aptakisic-Tripp School District 102 $20,960; Berwyn North SD 98 $20,692; Summit Hill SD 161 $19,549; Prairie-Hills ESD 144 $19,068; Harvard CUSD 50 $18,744; Indian Springs SD 109 $18,573; Lansing SD 158 $15,578; O'Fallon Township High School District 203 $15,425; State median, 1,000+ students $18,127.10k20k30k40kRich Township High School District 227$34,994Zion-Benton Township High School Distri…$21,137Aptakisic-Tripp School District 102$20,960Berwyn North SD 98$20,692Summit Hill SD 161$19,549Prairie-Hills ESD 144$19,068Harvard CUSD 50$18,744Indian Springs SD 109$18,573Lansing SD 158$15,578O'Fallon Township High School District…$15,425State median, 1,000+ students $18,127

Where the money came from

$61,200,000 in revenue: 55.6% state, 27.3% local and 17.1% federal. Total spending including $9,737,000 of capital outlay was $61,038,000, or $24,308 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Prairie-Hills ESD 144 revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $34,004,000; Local $16,704,000; Federal $10,492,000; total $61,200,000.
  • State$34,004,000 56%
  • Local$16,704,000 27%
  • Federal$10,492,000 17%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 377 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

2,511 students in 2022-23, 2,542 students in 2023-24, 2,473 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Prairie-Hills ESD 144 enrollment by school year2022-23: 2,511, 2023-24: 2,542, 2024-25: 2,47301k2k3k2022-232,5112023-242,5422024-252,473
Prairie-Hills ESD 144 enrollment by school year2022-23: 2,511, 2023-24: 2,542, 2024-25: 2,47301k2k3k2022-232,5112023-242,5422024-252,473
Prairie-Hills ESD 144 enrollment by school year2022-23: 2,511, 2023-24: 2,542, 2024-25: 2,47301k2k3k2022-232,5112023-242,5422024-252,473
Prairie-Hills ESD 144 enrollment by school year2022-23: 2,511, 2023-24: 2,542, 2024-25: 2,47301k2k3k2022-232,5112023-242,5422024-252,473

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-232,511137.018.3
2023-242,542161.215.8
2024-252,473117.021.1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Prairie-Hills ESD 144 scored proficient or above: 13% in reading, against 29.9% in reading across Illinois. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Illinois, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtIllinoisStudents tested
Reading and language arts13%29.9%1,688

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

7 elementary schools, 1,703 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Mae Jemison School36819.7All free (CEP)Schoolwide program
Highlands Elementary School31128.3All free (CEP)Schoolwide program
Markham Park Elementary School29223.4All free (CEP)Schoolwide program
Chateaux School24919.2All free (CEP)Schoolwide program
Fieldcrest Elementary School21716.7All free (CEP)Schoolwide program
Nob Hill Elementary School16415.6All free (CEP)Schoolwide program
Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy10216.2All free (CEP)Not reported

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 middle school, 766 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Prairie-Hills Junior High School76625.5All free (CEP)Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 other school, 4 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Primary Learning Center42.0All free (CEP)Not reported

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

One more school on file: small, closed or in an earlier directory

These records carry fewer federal fields than a full school page needs, so each is summarized here with what NCES reports.

Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy

Elementary school in Markham; open in 2024-25; 102 students; 16.2 students per teacher.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and earlier directories: the last year each school was listed, its students and its teachers.

Contact Prairie-Hills ESD 144

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Prairie-Hills ESD 144

  1. Illinois districts by spending per studentPrairie-Hills ESD 144 ranks 158 of 377 Illinois districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($19,068).#158 of 377
  2. Every school district in IllinoisPrairie-Hills ESD 144 is the number 159 by size of 865 Illinois districts, with 2,511 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#159 of 865
  3. Lansing SD 158The next larger Illinois district: 2,517 students in fall 2022, $15,578 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$15,578
  4. Harvard CUSD 50The next smaller Illinois district: 2,510 students in fall 2022, $18,744 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$18,744
  5. Compare Prairie-Hills ESD 144 with Lansing SD 158Enrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Prairie-Hills ESD 144

  1. How many schools and students are in Prairie-Hills ESD 144?
    9 schools were open in 2024-25 (7 elementary, 1 middle, 1 other), enrolling 2,473 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Prairie-Hills ESD 144 spend per student?
    $19,068 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Illinois median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $18,127 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $16,227 per student, down 14.9% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Prairie-Hills ESD 144's money come from?
    $61,200,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 55.6% state, 27.3% local and 17.1% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Prairie-Hills ESD 144 live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 819 of the 2,655 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 30.8%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How do students in Prairie-Hills ESD 144 do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Prairie-Hills ESD 144 scored proficient or above: 13% in reading, against 29.9% in reading across Illinois. Illinois's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  6. What is Prairie-Hills ESD 144's NCES district ID?
    1724720. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

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Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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