Enrollment
371
Elementary
DISTRICT 299 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERSIDE SD 96·NCES 173399003493
Central Elem School
61 Woodside Rd, Riverside, IL 60546 · (708) 447-1106 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL371 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
96 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Central Elem School→L J Hauser Jr High School
Based on grade levels within Riverside SD 96. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
75.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.1pp since 2023
Math
75.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
74.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Illinois's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
371
-28 (-7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.8:1
% White
62%
was 66%
% Hispanic
27%
was 27%
% Black
2%
was 3%
% Asian
2%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Central Elem School
As an average-sized elementary school in Riverside, Illinois, Central Elem School caters to 371 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Riverside SD 96.
Riverside SD 96 comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,794 students; Central Elem School is among them.
Demographically, Central Elem School records that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Cook County's rate of about 66%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Central Elem School sits in the top 10% of Illinois schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 56.6%; actual is 74.2%, +17.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Zooming out to the county, Cook County reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Central Elem School is one campus in the mix.
L J Hauser Jr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Central Elem School. On composite proficiency, Central Elem School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 57.1%.
Central Elem School operates from a suburban location.
Looking at the recent track record. Central Elem School's enrollment has fell 7% since 2018, when it stood at 399 (now 371). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 66% to 62%.
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Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Riverside SD 96
- L J Hauser Jr High SchoolMiddle · 597 students
- A F Ames Elem SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Blythe Park Elem SchoolElementary · 230 students
- Hollywood Elem SchoolElementary · 114 students
Other schools in Riverside
- Riverside Brookfield Twp HSHigh · 1,663 students
- L J Hauser Jr High SchoolMiddle · 597 students
- A F Ames Elem SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Blythe Park Elem SchoolElementary · 230 students
Nearby schools
- L J Hauser Jr High School0.1 mi · 597
- Riverside Brookfield Twp HS0.5 mi · 1,663
- Hollywood Elem School0.7 mi · 114
- A F Ames Elem School0.8 mi · 482
- Washington Middle School0.8 mi · 659
- Blythe Park Elem School0.8 mi · 230
Frequently asked questions
About Central Elem SchoolHow many students attend Central Elem School?
Central Elem School enrolls approximately 371 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Central Elem School serve?
Central Elem School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Central Elem School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Central Elem School is approximately 13.0:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Central Elem School?
At Central Elem School, the student body is approximately 62% White, 27% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Central Elem School?
Central Elem School is overseen by Riverside SD 96 in Cook County.
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