Eagle Ridge School

Eagle Ridge School operates as a low-enrollment K-5 school in Silvis, Illinois, part of Carbon Cliff-Barstow SD 36. Current enrollment sits at 238 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 38% below the state mean of about 381.

Eagle Ridge School is a school of Carbon Cliff-Barstow SD 36, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Eagle Ridge School lists that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 34% Black, 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Rock Island County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Eagle Ridge School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 13.8%; this one delivers 17.9%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Rock Island County put median household income runs about $67,159, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Rock Island County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,921 students), Eagle Ridge School is one campus in the mix.

George O Barr School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Eagle Ridge School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 28.0%.

Eagle Ridge School operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 15%: 281 students in 2018 compared to 238 in 2025.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.