Middle · Illinois
North Prairie Jr High
North Prairie Jr High, a public middle school in Winthrop Harbor, Illinois: grades 5–8, 240 students, 10.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Winthrop Harbor SD 1.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 240
- Teachers (FTE)
- 24.0
- Students per teacher
- 10.0
- Grades
- 5–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 89% of middle schools in Illinois
Median 12.7 · 689 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 91% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 75% of middle schools in Illinois
Median 428 · 691 schools compared
Smaller than 82% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Illinois's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Illinois: 53%Not published: too few students tested.
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Illinois: 39%43%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A higher share proficient than 71% of middle schools in Illinois
Median 31% · 631 middle schools compared
105 students tested, grades 5, 6 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 5–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- Winthrop Harbor SD 1
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Winthrop Harbor SD 1.
Location
- Address
- 500 North Ave, Winthrop Harbor, IL 60096
- Phone
- (847)731-3089
- City or town
- Winthrop Harbor
- County
- Lake County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Shiloh Park Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 358 | 13.5 |
Zion Central Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 330 | 11.2 |
Beach Park Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 715 | 14.6 |
Lance MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 899 | 15.8 |
Jack Benny Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 475 | 12.5 |
Mahone MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 1,025 | 15.3 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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