Blythe Park Elem School

Blythe Park Elem School is a K-5 school of small scale in Riverside, Illinois, one of the schools within Riverside SD 96, serveing 230 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Blythe Park Elem School sits 40% leaner than that benchmark.

Riverside SD 96 runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,794 students. Blythe Park Elem School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Blythe Park Elem School lists that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 31% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 44% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Blythe Park Elem School logs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Cook County's rate of about 66%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Blythe Park Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.7%.

Across the wider county, census data for Cook County shows median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Blythe Park Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Emerson Elem School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Blythe Park Elem School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 53.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 24%: 185 students in 2018 compared to 230 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 64% to 57% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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