Enrollment
371
Elementary
DISTRICT 299 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERSIDE SD 96·NCES 173399003493
Central Elementary 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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 Elementary 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.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.9% | 75.5% |
| 2023-24 | 69.8% | 68.6% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
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 →
Schools most like Central Elementary School
Central Elementary School's state test result (74.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Elementary School this school | 371 | 25.9% | 74.2% |
| Ardmore Elementary School Villa Park | 425 | 25.4% | 62.0% |
| H C Storm Elementary School Batavia | 388 | 25.3% | 63.0% |
| Old Post Elementary School Oswego | 387 | 30.7% | 53.1% |
| Forest Road Elementary School La Grange Park | 452 | 27.9% | 63.9% |
| Elwood C C School Elwood | 331 | 29.9% | 54.1% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Central Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.2% | #75 of 1,925 | #29 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #133 of 2,077 ▼ 70 | #52 of 829 ▼ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.9% | #206 of 2,077 ▼ 98 | #85 of 829 ▼ 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 371 | #1,146 of 2,419 | #473 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #881 of 2,035 | #413 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.7% | #795 of 2,042 | #289 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.9% | #1,852 of 2,132 | #728 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #1,080 of 1,461 | #526 of 661 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
371
-2 (-1%) vs 2020
+55% since 1990-91, when it was 240
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 371 | 28.6 | 13.0:1 | 26% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 369 | 27.6 | 13.4:1 | 24% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 376 | 27.6 | 13.6:1 | 20% (74) |
| 2020-21 | 373 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 28.8 | 13.8:1 | 18% (73) |
| 2015-16 | 410 | 27 | 15.2:1 | 19% (77) |
| 2010-11 | 406 | 24 | 16.9:1 | 9% (38) |
| 2000-01 | 288 | 23 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 240 | 18 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (399 to 371); teachers down 1% (28.8 to 28.6).
About Central Elementary School
In Riverside, Illinois, Central Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. The school's 371 students are in pre-K through 5.
A total of 5 schools make up Riverside SD 96, with 1,794 students enrolled.
At 62%, White students outnumber all other groups at Central Elementary School combined. Smaller groups are 27% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% Black. County-wide, 44% of Cook County residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Central Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 54%.
The school reports 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.0 students per teacher. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 26%. That is 40 points below the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Central Elementary School would score about 56.6%. It scores 74.2%, a top-10% result among Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
Central Elementary School is located in Cook County, where median household income is about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 1,406 public schools in Cook County, with a combined enrollment of about 697,934.
Nearby, L J Hauser Jr High School is less than a tenth of a mile away. Central Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Central Elementary School ranks 2nd of 8 nearby schools, at 74.2% versus a 57.1% average.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 373 in 2020-21, 371 in 2024-25.
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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 Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Blythe Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 230 students
- Hollywood Elementary SchoolElementary · 114 students
Other schools in Riverside
- Riverside Brookfield Twp High SchoolHigh · 1,663 students
- L J Hauser Jr High SchoolMiddle · 597 students
- A F Ames Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Blythe Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 230 students
Other Central Elementary schools
151 other US public schools in 35 states are named Central Elementary. Central Elementary School is the 74th largest of the 152.
- Central Elementary SchoolPlainfield, IL · 544 students
- Central Elementary SchoolWilmette, IL · 485 students
- Central Elementary SchoolPontiac, IL · 361 students
- Central Elementary SchoolKewanee, IL · 353 students
- Central Elementary SchoolRochelle, IL · 330 students
Nearby schools
- L J Hauser Jr High School0.1 mi · 597
- Riverside Brookfield Twp High School0.5 mi · 1,663
- Hollywood Elementary School0.7 mi · 114
- A F Ames Elementary School0.8 mi · 482
- Washington Middle School0.8 mi · 659
- Blythe Park Elementary School0.8 mi · 230
Frequently asked questions
About Central Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Central Elementary School?
Central Elementary School enrolls approximately 371 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Central Elementary School serve?
Central Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Central Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Central Elementary School is approximately 13.0:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Central Elementary School?
At Central Elementary School, the student body is approximately 62% White, 27% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Central Elementary School?
Central Elementary School is overseen by Riverside SD 96 in Cook County.
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