Ruth Bader Ginsburg Elementary

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Elementary is an elementary school of close-knit scale in Chicago, Illinois, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, caters to 260 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Ruth Bader Ginsburg Elementary sits 32% leaner than that benchmark.

Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 comprises 622 schools with combined enrollment of 324,396 students; Ruth Bader Ginsburg Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Elementary records that 62% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 25% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Elementary records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.6%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Cook County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Elementary is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Clemente Community Academy HS, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.2%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 9%: 285 students in 2018 compared to 260 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 68% to 62% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 26.0:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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