
Crystal Lake, IL·D155
Northern Crystal Lake's D155 high school, anchoring the Prairie Grove and Bull Valley side of the district.
8205 Austin Trail →
386 Crystal Ridge Drive →
Wolves · Silver & Maroon · 1,138 students · Fox Valley Conference
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What it's like to live here
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@allaboutallysonLiving near Prairie Ridge HS
Prairie Ridge sits on the northern edge of Crystal Lake near Bull Valley, where the subdivisions thin out and the McHenry County conservation land starts to take over. This is the quieter side of Crystal Lake. Sterne's Woods and the Veteran Acres preserve are minutes from the school, and you're a short drive from Prairie Grove village to the east. Families who land here are usually trading the tighter-grid Lake in the Hills side of town for more lot, more trees, and the kind of north-county feel you don't get south of Route 14.
Commute-wise you've got Route 14 a few minutes south for the BNSF Metra at the Crystal Lake station, and the Walkup corridor cuts a clean line down to downtown Crystal Lake, with Main Street shops, the Dole, and Three Oaks Recreation Area for summer. The character is a mix: older established custom homes near the school, newer subdivisions filling in along Pingree Road, and equestrian property out toward Bull Valley. It draws a real cross-section. First-time buyers and families upgrading for the school district both end up looking here.
🏫Opened 1997
Newest of the four D155 high schools.
👥1,138 students
Smallest enrollment in District 155 (2023-24).
🏈3× Class 6A football champs
State titles in 2011, 2016, 2017.
🐺Wolves, Silver & Maroon
Fox Valley Conference (IHSA).
🚆BNSF Metra access
Route 14 to Crystal Lake station, about 7 minutes.
🌲Sterne's Woods + Veteran Acres
Conservation land minutes from the school.
The school
Prairie Ridge opened in 1997 as Community High School District 155's fourth campus, built to relieve overcrowding at Crystal Lake Central, Crystal Lake South, and Cary-Grove. The first graduating class voted on the school's name, colors, and fight song before the doors opened. Silver and Maroon Wolves was the result, and that founding-class identity still shapes how the school presents itself.
Prairie Ridge offers more than 200 courses across AP, Project Lead the Way engineering, and dual-credit programs with McHenry County College and the University of Illinois. The four-year graduation rate sits at 98%, above both the District 155 average (96%) and the state average (88%).
Prairie Ridge competes in the Fox Valley Conference and has built one of the more decorated athletic résumés in the area for a school its size. Football has three Class 6A state championships (2011, then back-to-back in 2016 and 2017, with a 28-game win streak across the title years). The baseball team won the 2007-08 IHSA state championship; the boys' soccer team won the 1999-2000 state title. Boys swimming co-ops with the other three D155 schools.
Trophy case
Notable alumni
Facts on this page sourced from Wikipedia and the District D155 website. Last verified 2026-05-18.
Listings filtered by the school the MRED listing agent assigned. Roughly 7 in 10 active listings have this field populated; the remaining listings will surface once the school-district boundary pipeline ships. School assignment is not a guarantee. Always verify with the district before writing an offer.
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