J W Riley Intermediate School

J W Riley Intermediate School, a compact K-5 school in Northlake, Illinois, run under Berkeley SD 87, hosts 320 students, covering grades 3 through 5.

J W Riley Intermediate School is one of 6 schools operated by Berkeley SD 87, a district that serves 2,147 students overall.

Looking at the student body, J W Riley Intermediate School lists that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 4% White. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Cook County's rate of about 66%.

With demographic context factored in, J W Riley Intermediate School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.6%; this one delivers 29.7%.

In the broader community, Cook County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), J W Riley Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Northlake Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. 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 W Riley Intermediate School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 44.1%.

J W Riley Intermediate School operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at J W Riley Intermediate School has fell 30%, going from 456 students in 2018 to 320 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

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