The Prairie Conference was an IHSAA-sanctioned conference located in Northwest Indiana. The conference began in 1955 and lasted until 1968, when four of its member schools consolidated into Benton Central, which had formed just two years earlier from two other conference schools. The conference was primarily based in Benton County, with nearby schools in Jasper, Newton, Tippecanoe, and later White counties also participating.[1]
| School | City | Team Name | Colors | County | Year joined | Previous conference | Year left | Conference joined | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambia | Ambia | Wildcats | 04 Benton | 1955 | Benton County | 1968 | none (consolidated into Benton Central) | ||
| Boswell | Boswell | Blackhawks | 04 Benton | 1955 | Benton County | 1968 | none (consolidated into Benton Central) | ||
| Goodland | Goodland | Trojans | 56 Newton | 1955 | Kankakee Valley | 1966 | none (consolidated into South Newton) | ||
| Montmorenci | Montmorenci | Tigers | 79 Tippecanoe | 1955 | Tippecanoe County | 1966 | none (consolidated into Benton Central) | ||
| Otterbein | Otterbein | Red Devils | 04 Benton | 1955 | Benton County | 1966 | none (consolidated into Benton Central) | ||
| Oxford | Oxford | Blue Devils | 04 Benton | 1955 | Benton County | 1968 | none (consolidated into Benton Central) | ||
| Remington | Rifles | 37 Jasper | 1955 | Kankakee Valley | 1967 | Midwest | |||
| Chalmers | Chalmers | Cardinals | 91 White | 1961 | Western IN Small HS | 1965 | none (consolidated into Frontier) | ||
| Benton Central | Oxford | Bison | 04 Benton | 1966 | none (new school) | 1968 | Hoosier |