Elementary · Regular · Grades 1 to 3
Nelson Prairie School, New Lenox, IL
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 388
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21.0
- Students per teacher
- 18.5
- Grades
- 1 to 3
This school's ratio is 2.0 higher than the district figure of 16.5. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 2366 Nelson Rd, New Lenox, IL 60451
- Phone
- (815)462-2874
- District
- New Lenox SD 122
- County
- Will County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- NCES school ID
- 172814003777
School meals
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 5313.7% of enrollment.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- No
Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.
Related schools
Other elementary schools in New Lenox SD 122
- Spencer Pointe 437 students
- Arnold J Tyler School 372 students
- Spencer Trail 367 students
- Haines Elementary School 358 students
- Cherry Hill Elementary and EC Center 141 students
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.