IllinoisSchoolsPrairie Trails School

Prairie Trails School

PublicRegular
Mt Prospect, Illinois · River Trails SD 26
Teachers17.0FTE
Ratio10.5:1students per teacher
Students179enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students179
Grade Span
Student:Teacher10.5:1
Free/Reduced Lunch24%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
3.8%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
16
5.9%vs prior yr
Enrollment
175
2.2%vs prior yr
Years of Data
4
2021–2024
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250
Trends & 5-year history below

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

9.4:110.7:112.0:113.2:114.5:115.8:1202120222023202411.8:19.8:110.5:110.9:1Prairie Trails SchoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

173179185191197203161617171818202120222023202420117717917517181716EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric2021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment201177179175
Teacher FTE17181716
Pupil : Teacher ratio11.8:19.8:110.5:110.9:115.4:1

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20212024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.