| Definition of Terms |
Prairie Central High School |
| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Livingston County, IL |
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| Total Students |
699 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
50% /
50% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
49 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 189 students | | Grade 10 - 179 students | | Grade 11 - 172 students | | Grade 12 - 159 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:14 |
1:16 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
n/a |
| % Asian |
1% |
2% |
| % Hispanic |
4% |
10% |
| % Black |
n/a |
19% |
| % White |
95% |
66% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
13% |
22% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
6% |
4% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
n/a |
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| School District Name |
Prairie Central C U 8 School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
7 |
3 |
| Number of Students Managed |
2,241 students |
984 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$20,699,000 |
$9,428,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$20,140,000 |
$9,311,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$9,237 |
$9,581 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$8,987 |
$9,462 |
| District Graduation Rates |
91% |
92% |
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- Prairie Central High School is the high school for the Prairie Central Consolidated School District in central Illinois. It is located in Fairbury, Illinois.
- The current principal is Dan Casillas.
- History
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The consolidated Prairie Central district was created in 1984 by merging three districts. Those three districts' high schools were Fairbury Cropsey High School, Forrest-Strawn-Wing High School, and Chatsworth High School. Upon completion of the merger, the new district chose to locate their high school in the building that was formerly known as Fairbury-Cropsey Junior-Senior High School, a building that dated from the 1940s. The building that had housed Forrest-Strawn-Wing High School—built just a couple of years prior to consolidation—was chosen to be the location of the new district's junior high school. In 2004 the district expanded further expanded with the addition of the students from the former Chenoa High School.
- Upon the change of the school's name, the mascot and school colors were also changed. The new mascot selected was the Hawks, and the new colors were white, Columbia blue, and navy. The previous mascots and colors had been: FCHS Fighting Tartars (green and yellow gold), FSW Fighting Eskimos (red and black), and Chatsworth Bluebirds (blue and orange)
- Athletics
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Prairie Central has sports teams typical for an American high school, including football, girls and boys basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball, wrestling, track, cross-country, and girls and boys golf. It also has cheerleading and a dance team.
- Clubs and organizations
- Choir
- Band
- Fall Play
- Musical
- FCCLA (Family Career Community Leaders of America)
- Student Senate - a government organization in which students must run for office and be elected. It has a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and two representatives for each class. It plans the homecoming parade, decorate for homecoming, plan all the activities for Homecoming week, Senior Citizens Thanksgiving Dinner, and the junior class organizes prom.
- Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
- Interact - mainly a club to help out others and raise money for the needy.
- Math Team
- FFA (Future Farmers of America) travels all around competing in many different areas; they have won many national championships.
- National Honor Society
- PC Leadership- PC leadership is an organization promoting no alcohol or drugs.
- Scholastic Bowl - competes against different schools on scholastic questions.
- Yearbook - produces the annual, Talon.
- ICE - allows students to work at a business that is approved, for half the day of school and then go to school the other half of the day.
- Competition
- The original Fairbury-Cropsey High School was best known for its superb marching band; the Fighting Tartars regularly won state titles against much larger competition. Forrest Strawn Wing (FSW) High School also fielded a dominating marching band program in the late 1970s and early '80s.
- In 2003 the Prairie Central High School Hawks football team placed 2nd in the IHSA 4A football championship held at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
- The 2008 Marching Hawks band place first at the University of Illinois
- The Prairie Central FFA's dairy team won nationals in Indiana in 2008.
- External links
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Official site
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| About This Zip Code (61739) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
4,868 people |
12,207,380 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
21% |
24% |
| Population Average Age |
38 years old
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33 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.6 persons
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2.6 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$43,239
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$46,557 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
6 rooms |
5.4 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
53 years old |
49 years old |
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Zipcode (61739)
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| % Owning / % Renting |
72% / 28% |
62% / 38% |
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