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Prairie-Hills ESD 144, IL: schools, enrollment and spending
Prairie-Hills ESD 144 runs 9 public schools with 2,473 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 21.1 students per teacher is 7.4 higher than the Illinois figure of 13.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 2,473
- Teachers (FTE)
- 117
- Students per teacher
- 21.1
- IL: 13.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 3015 W 163rd St, Markham, IL 60428
- Phone
- (708)210-2898
- County
- Cook County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1724720
- State district ID
- IL-07-016-1440-02
- Total staff (FTE)
- 338
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 2,473 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 16.0
Students per teacher compared
This district21.1
Illinois13.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,633), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $49.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.9 million
- State revenue
- $29.8 million
- Local revenue
- $16.4 million
- Total spending
- $54.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $20,695
- Salaries
- $20.5 million37.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $53.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.8%
- State: 60.7%
- Local: 33.5%
Illinois overall
- Federal: 7.7%
- State: 39.1%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$20,695
Illinois$20,743
United States$16,826
Schools in Prairie-Hills ESD 144
By level: 1 middle, 7 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Chateaux SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 249 | 19.2 |
| Fieldcrest Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 217 | 16.7 |
| Highlands Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 311 | 28.3 |
| Mae Jemison SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 368 | 20.4 |
| Markham Park Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 292 | 24.3 |
| Nob Hill Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 164 | 16.4 |
| Prairie-Hills Junior High SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 766 | 25.5 |
| Prairie-Hills STEAM AcademyCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 102 | 17.0 |
| Primary Learning CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 4 | 2.0 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.