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Prairie Ridge High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
6000 Dvorak Dr
Crystal Lake, IL 60012
Phone
(815) 479-0404
District
CHSD 155
County
MCHENRY COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1138
Classroom Teachers
73

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Illinois

9

(10 is best)

Better than 81.8% of all IL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Prairie Ridge High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

50 40 30 20 10 0
42%
27%
45%
29%
39%
24%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
16
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 280 24.6%
Grade 10 271 23.8%
Grade 11 295 25.9%
Grade 12 292 25.7%
Total 1138 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 82.8% 73.3% 48.2%
Black 1.2% 1.9% 17.2%
Hispanic 13.1% 21.5% 28.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.7% 2.8% 5.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.4% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 97,490 12,549,689
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,458.1 225
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.1% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.5% 19.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 30.9% 33.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.4% 25.5%
65 OR OLDER 14.1% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 35,066 5,001,904
Single Parent Households With Children 6.7% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.3% 90.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 44.2% 37.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 35.2% 23.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 21.5% 17.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.8% 12.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 13.4% 15.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 8.2% 13.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.7% 9.5%
$15,000 or less 4.2% 8.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $14,366 $76,714,000 58.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,028 $10,829,000 8.2%
Staff $1,403 $7,494,000 5.7%
General Administration $450 $2,404,000 1.8%
School Administration $849 $4,534,000 3.4%
Operation $1,547 $8,263,000 6.2%
Transportation $724 $3,866,000 2.9%
Other $1,224 $6,536,000 4.9%
Total Support $8,226 $43,926,000 33.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,175 $11,612,000 8.8%
Total Expenditures $24,766 $132,252,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,344 $21,011,381,000 52.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,455 $2,694,692,000 6.8%
Staff $716 $1,326,218,000 3.3%
General Administration $562 $1,041,380,000 2.6%
School Administration $995 $1,842,060,000 4.6%
Operation $1,579 $2,924,414,000 7.3%
Transportation $640 $1,185,247,000 3.0%
Other $822 $1,522,629,000 3.8%
Total Support $6,768 $12,536,640,000 31.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,433 $6,357,896,000 15.9%
Total Expenditures $21,545 $39,905,917,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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