Enrollment
320
Elementary
DISTRICT 353 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERKELEY SD 87·NCES 170600000280
J W Riley Intermediate School
123 S Wolf Rd, Northlake, IL 60164 · (708) 449-3180 · Cook County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL320 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Illinois public elementary schools
- CTest 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
9.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
271 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 107 | 33% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 31% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
36.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +19.9pp since 2023
Math
33.8%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.1% | 33.8% |
| 2023-24 | 16.2% | 20.5% |
% 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
29.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Intermediate School
J W Riley Intermediate School's state test result (29.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J W Riley Intermediate School this school | 320 | 84.7% | 29.7% |
| Komensky Elementary School Berwyn | 320 | 85.6% | 29.9% |
| Lake Park Elementary School Addison | 294 | 84.0% | 27.1% |
| Namaste Elementary Charter School Chicago | 364 | 83.2% | 33.0% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Addison | 345 | 80.9% | 27.6% |
| Perez Elementary School Chicago | 291 | 84.2% | 33.7% |
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 Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #1,279 of 1,925 | #403 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #1,161 of 2,077 no change | #352 of 829 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #1,478 of 2,077 ▲ 224 | #526 of 829 ▲ 119 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 320 | #1,427 of 2,419 | #590 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #114 of 2,035 | #67 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.2% | #1,781 of 2,042 | #669 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.7% | #406 of 2,132 | #289 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.8% | #184 of 1,461 | #115 of 661 |
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
320
-42 (-12%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 357
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 | 320 | 32.3 | 9.9:1 | 85% (271) |
| 2023-24 | 323 | 31 | 10.4:1 | 85% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 30.5 | 10.8:1 | 80% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 362 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 28.4 | 16.0:1 | 89% (407) |
| 2015-16 | 361 | 25 | 14.4:1 | 89% (322) |
| 2010-11 | 489 | 30 | 16.3:1 | 83% (407) |
| 2000-01 | 450 | 24 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 357 | 24 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J W Riley Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (456 to 320); teachers up 13% (28.4 to 32.3).
About J W Riley Intermediate School
J W Riley Intermediate School is a public elementary school run by Berkeley SD 87 in Northlake, Illinois. It educates 320 students in grades 3 through 5.
Berkeley SD 87 has 2,147 students in 6 schools, and J W Riley Intermediate School is one of those schools.
J W Riley Intermediate School's enrollment is 93% Hispanic. The school is also 4% White. That is higher than the 27% Hispanic share among all Cook County residents. J W Riley Intermediate School's diversity index is 14%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at J W Riley Intermediate School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 9.9:1. That is 4.0 students per teacher below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 85%. On average, public schools in Cook County report 66%.
Measured against Illinois public elementary schools, J W Riley Intermediate School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
J W Riley Intermediate School is 7.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (29.7% versus 22.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
Across Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. In all, Cook County has 1,406 public schools and roughly 697,934 students.
The school nearest to J W Riley Intermediate School is Northlake Middle School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, J W Riley Intermediate School is 4th among 7 schools close by.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
J W Riley Intermediate School's enrollment declined from 362 in 2020-21 to 320 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for J W Riley Intermediate School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Berkeley SD 87
- Jefferson Primary SchoolElementary · 380 students
- Northlake Middle SchoolMiddle · 378 students
- Whittier Primary SchoolElementary · 368 students
- MacArthur Middle SchoolMiddle · 357 students
- Sunnyside Intermediate SchoolElementary · 344 students
Other schools in Northlake
- West Leyden High SchoolHigh · 1,687 students
- Roy Elementary SchoolElementary · 545 students
- Westdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
- Northlake Middle SchoolMiddle · 378 students
- Whittier Primary SchoolElementary · 368 students
- Mannheim Early Childhood CenterElementary · 157 students
Nearby schools
- Northlake Middle School0.1 mi · 378
- Whittier Primary School0.8 mi · 368
- MacArthur Middle School1.0 mi · 357
- Roy Elementary School1.0 mi · 545
- Sunnyside Intermediate School1.0 mi · 344
- Jefferson Primary School1.4 mi · 380
Frequently asked questions
About J W Riley Intermediate SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at J W Riley Intermediate School?
J W Riley Intermediate School enrolls approximately 320 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does J W Riley Intermediate School serve?
J W Riley Intermediate School serves grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at J W Riley Intermediate School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at J W Riley Intermediate School is approximately 9.9:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at J W Riley Intermediate School?
At J W Riley Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 93% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees J W Riley Intermediate School?
J W Riley Intermediate School is overseen by Berkeley SD 87 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.