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Prairie Central Elem School

Regular School · Fairbury, IL

Prairie Central Elem School is a regular school school in Fairbury, Illinois, serving grades 02–04 with 367 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 12.4:1.

Level
Elementary
Grades
02 – 04
Enrollment
367
Teachers (FTE)
29.7
Student–Teacher Ratio
12.4:1
Status
Open
Lunch Program Participation
Yes participating without using any Provision or the CEO

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity Students Share
White 314 86%
Hispanic/Latino 32 9%
Two or more races 18 5%
Black or African American 3 1%
Total enrollment 367 193M / 174F

English Language Learners: 13 (4% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric This School State Avg Tested
Math Proficiency 35.0% +7.3pp 27.7% 210
Reading Proficiency 21.0% -11.7pp 32.7% 211

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
None offered
Out-of-School Suspensions
0
Chronically Absent
19
5.2% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category Students % of School
Total enrollment (est.) 367 100%

Contact & Location

600 S 1st St

Fairbury, IL 61739

Phone: (815)692-2623

http://www.prairiecentral.org

District

Prairie Central CUSD 8

Per-pupil expenditure: $17,975

District enrollment: 1,725

Other Schools in District

Related Data

NCES ID

170000505129

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD