Elden D Finley Jr High School

Set in Chicago Ridge, Illinois, Elden D Finley Jr High School is a middle-of-the-pack middle school, overseen by Chicago Ridge SD 127-5. It instructs 405 students across grades 6 through 8.

Within Chicago Ridge SD 127-5, which oversees 3 schools and 1,485 students, Elden D Finley Jr High School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Elden D Finley Jr High School records that White students make up the majority at 59%. The remainder looks like 27% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Elden D Finley Jr High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Elden D Finley Jr High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.0%, the actual is 30.3%, a residual of -3.7 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,498, 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), Elden D Finley Jr High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ridge Central Elem School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Elden D Finley Jr High School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.0%.

Elden D Finley Jr High School operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Elden D Finley Jr High School's enrollment has decreased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 416 (now 405). White enrollment moved from 69% to 59% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.