Prairie’s public schools beat 79% of Illinois districts
The public schools Prairie’s kids attend outperform 79% of Illinois’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
How Prairie compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Illinois’s state tests against the state average. 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.
- 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.
Parts of Prairie are served by Beecher City Community Unit School District 20.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well above the state in reading
Prairie vs. its neighbors
Prairie’s schools rank 2nd of 7 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Illinois districts.
Every school in Prairie
3 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Parents talk
What Prairie families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Prairie
There’s no college in Prairie, but 2 are within 30 miles. The closest is Lake Land College in Mattoon, 16.7 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Prairie. 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, graded within Illinois. Stars are from neighbors.