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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Prairie-Hills STEAM Academy, Markham, IL

CEP schoolPrairie-Hills STEAM Academy is a public elementary school in Markham, part of Prairie-Hills ESD 144. It enrolled 102 students in 2024-25, with 17.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
102
Teachers (FTE)
6.0
Students per teacher
17.0
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 4.1 lower than the district figure of 21.1. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.0
District21.1
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
3055 W 163Rd St, Markham, IL 60428
Phone
(708)210-2888
District
Prairie-Hills ESD 144
County
Cook County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
172472006892
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free or reduced-price lunch
10098.0% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

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 Prairie-Hills ESD 144

Elementary schools elsewhere in Markham

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.