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Prairie-Hills ESD 144

Markham, Illinois · Superintendent: Janeth K Giles · #160 of 376 Illinois districts by enrollment

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2,473

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$14,963

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 11% below the Illinois median

21.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Illinois median 13.6

Prairie-Hills ESD 144 is a public school district based in Markham, Illinois, serving 2,473 students in 9 schools. By enrollment it ranks #160 of the 376 Illinois districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 58% of them. Its schools average 275 students each, fewer than the Illinois median of 465. Its superintendent is Janeth K Giles. It spends about $14,963 per student on day-to-day operations, 11% less than the Illinois median. It has roughly 21.1 students per teacher.

How Prairie-Hills ESD 144 compares

Prairie-Hills ESD 144Illinois median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$14,963

Illinois median $16,815 · 11% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,820

Illinois median $10,013 · 22% below · FY2020-21

Students per school275

Illinois median 465 · 41% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher21.1

Illinois median 13.6 · 55% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor2,473

Illinois median 490 · 405% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$49.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 6%State 61%Local 33%

Measure	Prairie-Hills ESD 144	Illinois median	Year
Current spending per student	$14,963	$16,815	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,820	$10,013	FY2020-21
Total spending	$54.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$49.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	117	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	338	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	21.1	13.6	2024-25
Students per counselor	2,473	490	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Illinois median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Janeth K Giles

Superintendent, Prairie-Hills ESD 144

Source: Illinois State Board of Education, Directory of Educational Entities, checked 2026-10-19. Report a change

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Peer districts in Illinois

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Prairie-Hills ESD 144Markham · this district	2,473	9	$14,963	21.1	#160
Indian Springs School District 109Justice	2,453	6	$16,248	11.9	#161
Dixon USD 170Dixon	2,436	6	$14,309	15.5	#162
Berwyn North School District 98Berwyn	2,434	4	$18,637	13.8	#163
Rich Twp HSD 227Matteson	2,433	2	$26,529	12.3	#164

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Hastings Area School DistrictHastings, MI	2,481	$10,074	16.5
MedfieldMedfield, MA	2,478	$19,861	13.7
Emmett Independent DistrictEmmett, ID	2,472	$9,288	16.1
Harrison Public SchoolsHarrison, NJ	2,466	$20,218	14.3

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-il-prairie-hills-esd-144