A F Ames Elem School

A F Ames Elem School operates as a mid-tier elementary school in Riverside, Illinois, part of Riverside SD 96. Current enrollment sits at 482 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so A F Ames Elem School sits 27% above that benchmark.

Within Riverside SD 96, which oversees 5 schools and 1,794 students, A F Ames Elem School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, A F Ames Elem School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 42% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, A F Ames Elem School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 53.4%; this one delivers 76.0%, a residual of +22.6 points.

In the broader community, Cook County reports that median household income runs about $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which A F Ames Elem School is one.

Blythe Park Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, A F Ames Elem School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 57.2%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. A F Ames Elem School's enrollment has rose 31% since 2018, when it stood at 368 (now 482). The White share of enrollment decreased from 50% to 42% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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