Enrollment
319
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHEELING CCSD 21·NCES 174221004231
J W Riley Elementary School
1209 E Burr Oak Dr, Arlington Heights, IL 60004 · (847) 670-3400 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL319 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of Illinois public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
111 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 19 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
59.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +22.3pp since 2023
Math
52.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +15.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.1% | 52.6% |
| 2023-24 | 36.8% | 36.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 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 J W Riley Elementary School
J W Riley Elementary School's state test result (53.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J W Riley Elementary School this school | 319 | 34.8% | 53.9% |
| Anne Sullivan Elementary School Prospect Heights | 329 | 36.8% | 59.7% |
| Betsy Ross Elementary School Prospect Heights | 338 | 38.8% | 58.2% |
| Park View Elementary School Glen Ellyn | 390 | 32.3% | 64.8% |
| Washington Elementary School Wheaton | 395 | 36.7% | 68.6% |
| Lowell Elementary School Wheaton | 283 | 30.4% | 70.2% |
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 J W Riley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #473 of 1,925 | #133 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #599 of 2,077 ▲ 18 | #179 of 829 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #707 of 2,077 ▲ 194 | #231 of 829 ▲ 66 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 319 | #1,436 of 2,419 | #595 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #104 of 2,035 | #60 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #772 of 2,042 | #278 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.8% | #1,679 of 2,132 | #687 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.6% | #297 of 615 | #87 of 186 |
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
319
+68 (+27%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 554
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 | 319 | 32.5 | 9.8:1 | 35% (111) |
| 2023-24 | 315 | 27.2 | 11.6:1 | 31% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 279 | 26.7 | 10.4:1 | 22% (60) |
| 2020-21 | 251 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 291 | 20.3 | 14.3:1 | 20% (59) |
| 2015-16 | 320 | 23 | 13.9:1 | 21% (68) |
| 2010-11 | 317 | 22 | 14.4:1 | 13% (40) |
| 2000-01 | 532 | 27 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 554 | 29 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J W Riley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (291 to 319); teachers up 60% (20.3 to 32.5).
About J W Riley Elementary School
J W Riley Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Enrollment stands at 319 students, covering kindergarten through 5.
The 12 schools of Wheeling CCSD 21, including J W Riley Elementary School, enroll 6,298 students.
At J W Riley Elementary School, 64% of students are White. Other students are 15% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is higher than the 44% White share among all Cook County residents. The diversity index for J W Riley Elementary School is 55%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 32.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 9.8:1. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 35%. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
J W Riley Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 65% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, J W Riley Elementary School would score about 51.4%. It scores 53.9%, 2.5 points above that figure.
In Cook County, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Cook County, 1,406 public schools serve about 697,934 students.
Ivy Hill Elementary School is about 0.9 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. J W Riley Elementary School ranks 3rd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 53.9% against a local average of 44.1%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 319, compared with 251 in 2020-21.
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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 Wheeling CCSD 21
- Cooper Middle SchoolMiddle · 732 students
- Jack London Middle SchoolMiddle · 628 students
- Oliver W Holmes Middle SchoolMiddle · 615 students
- Eugene Field Elementary SchoolElementary · 613 students
- Joyce Kilmer Elementary SchoolElementary · 590 students
- Booth Tarkington Elementary SchoolElementary · 540 students
Other schools in Arlington Heights
- John Hersey High SchoolHigh · 2,040 students
- Thomas Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,024 students
- South Middle SchoolMiddle · 812 students
- Olive-Mary Stitt SchoolElementary · 671 students
- Westgate Elementary SchoolElementary · 633 students
- Ivy Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 593 students
Nearby schools
- Ivy Hill Elementary School0.9 mi · 593
- Booth Tarkington Elementary School0.9 mi · 540
- Edgar A Poe Elementary School1.0 mi · 317
- Joyce Kilmer Elementary School1.0 mi · 590
- Buffalo Grove High School1.2 mi · 2,021
- Jack London Middle School1.4 mi · 628
Frequently asked questions
About J W Riley Elementary SchoolHow large is J W Riley Elementary School?
J W Riley Elementary School enrolls approximately 319 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does J W Riley Elementary School serve?
J W Riley Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at J W Riley Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at J W Riley Elementary School is approximately 9.8:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at J W Riley Elementary School?
Student demographics at J W Riley Elementary School are roughly 64% White, 15% Hispanic, 3% Black, 13% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is J W Riley Elementary School public or private?
J W Riley Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wheeling CCSD 21.
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