J Giles Elem School

Located at 4251 N Oriole Ave, in Norridge, Illinois, J Giles Elem School is a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus that teaches 499 students (grades 5 through 8), operated by Norridge SD 80.

J Giles Elem School is one of 2 schools operated by Norridge SD 80, a district that enrolls 1,111 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, J Giles Elem School lists that 69% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 19% Hispanic, 11% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the resource side, J Giles Elem School shows 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting J Giles Elem School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 43% of students at J Giles Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, J Giles Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.6%, the actual is 50.9%, a residual of +4.3 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household income runs about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), J Giles Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Ridgewood Comm High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), J Giles Elem School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.2%.

J Giles Elem School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 4%: 478 students in 2018 compared to 499 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 76% to 69%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

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