Prairie Grove Junior High School
Crystal Lake, IL · Prairie Grove CSD 46
Regular public school · Grades 5 - 8 · Suburb, large
279th of 685 Illinois middle schools statewide · better than 59%▼ Declining
3225 IL Route 176, Crystal Lake, IL 60014
(815)459-3557NCES ID 173252003735Directory 2023–24
SchoolRow ranks Prairie Grove Junior High School 279th of 685 Illinois middle schools for 2024–25, based on Illinois Report Card 2024–25 English and Math results — better than 59% of middle schools statewide. Its statewide percentile went from 77th in 2019 to 59th in 2025 — declining.
Percent meeting or exceeding the state standard, Illinois Report Card 2024–25
Hispanic (last reported 2023) stops before 2025: IL suppresses a group once too few of its students are tested, so the line ends rather than the school having stopped testing.
Hispanic (last reported 2023) stops before 2025: IL suppresses a group once too few of its students are tested, so the line ends rather than the school having stopped testing.
Percent meeting or exceeding the state standard, by student race and ethnicity. Only groups IL reports for this school appear — small groups are suppressed at the source to protect student privacy, so a missing line means too few testers, not zero. Tap a group to compare it with the IL average for that same group.
Racial and ethnic breakdown of 345 students (2023–24, NCES) — history since 1999, with comparable seven-category changes from 2010
| Group | Trend | 2010 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | 89.2% | 80.3% | ▼ 8.9 pts | |
| Hispanic | 5.3% | 12.5% | ▲ 7.2 pts | |
| Asian | 2.4% | 3.2% | ▲ 0.8 pts | |
| Two or more races | 1.3% | 2.6% | ▲ 1.3 pts | |
| Black | 1.6% | 1.2% | ▼ 0.4 pts |
NCES history for this school begins in 1999. Race categories changed by 2010: earlier data combines Asian and Pacific Islander students and does not consistently identify multiracial students. The chart retains that history, while the change table uses 2010 onward.
Typical home value $371K in zip 60014 as of 2026-05 · trend since 2000
Data Provided by Zillow Group
Closest same-level schools, with 2024–25 state rank · ▲▼ = points better or worse than Prairie Grove Junior High School
- #308Cary Jr High SchoolCary CCSD 26 · 2.3 mi away308th of 685
ELA 59% = · Math 36% ▼4Compare - #325Hannah Beardsley Middle SchoolCrystal Lake CCSD 47 · 2.4 mi away325th of 685
ELA 57% ▼2 · Math 36% ▼4Compare - #373Richard F Bernotas Middle SchCrystal Lake CCSD 47 · 3.9 mi away373rd of 685
ELA 55% ▼4 · Math 30% ▼10Compare - #440Matthews Middle SchoolWauconda CUSD 118 · 4.4 mi away440th of 685
ELA 49% ▼10 · Math 26% ▼14Compare - #399Lundahl Middle SchoolCrystal Lake CCSD 47 · 4.6 mi away399th of 685
ELA 52% ▼7 · Math 29% ▼11Compare - #345Fox River Grove Middle SchoolFox River Grove Cons SD 3 · 4.9 mi away345th of 685
ELA 57% ▼2 · Math 34% ▼6Compare - #329Wauconda Middle SchoolWauconda CUSD 118 · 5.9 mi away329th of 685
ELA 55% ▼4 · Math 38% ▼2Compare - #397McHenry Middle SchoolMcHenry CCSD 15 · 6.5 mi away397th of 685
ELA 55% ▼4 · Math 26% ▼14Compare
What school district is Prairie Grove Junior High School in?
Prairie Grove Junior High School is part of the Prairie Grove CSD 46 district in Crystal Lake, Illinois.
Is Prairie Grove Junior High School a good school?
SchoolRow ranks Prairie Grove Junior High School 279th of 685 Illinois middle schools (better than 59% statewide) based on 2024–25 test results (Illinois Report Card 2024–25).
What is the racial makeup of Prairie Grove Junior High School?
White 80%, Hispanic 13%, Asian 3%, Two or more races 3% (345 students, 2023–24).
How much do homes near Prairie Grove Junior High School cost?
The typical home value in zip code 60014 is $371K as of 2026-05 (Zillow ZHVI).
Sources: state education department data (Illinois Report Card 2024–25, low-income, chronic absenteeism), National Center for Education Statistics via the Urban Institute (enrollment, demographics, staffing), Zillow Group (home values). Rankings are computed by SchoolRow from state English and Math results within grade level; they measure test performance, not everything that makes a school good.