Prairie City’s public schools score below 75% of Illinois districts
The public schools Prairie City’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 75% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
Prairie City’s schools, in brief
Prairie City shares its schools with neighboring towns
Every school on Prairie City’s path is shared: Bushnell-Prairie City Elem Sch, Bushnell-Prairie City Jr High Sch and Bushnell-Prairie City High Sch. The high school earns the best grade on the path (C+); the elementary school earns the lowest (D−). See the path ↓
Less money per student than most
Prairie City spends 14% less per student than the state average. Test scores ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution; the grade rests on only 47 tested students.
How Prairie City compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Illinois’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2018.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Illinois only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Prairie City.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Every school in Prairie City
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Prairie City families are saying about school.
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Colleges near Prairie City
There’s no college in Prairie City, but 5 are within 30 miles. The closest is Western Illinois University in Macomb, 15.7 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Prairie City. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Illinois. Stars are from neighbors.