Jefferson School

Located at 8200 W Greendale Ave, in Niles, Illinois, Jefferson School is a tight-knit elementary-level community that serves 154 students (grade pre-K), one of the schools within Park Ridge CCSD 64. Enrollment runs roughly 60% below the state mean of about 381.

Jefferson School is one of 8 schools operated by Park Ridge CCSD 64, a district that caters to 4,654 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jefferson School logs that 67% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Jefferson School higher than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, census data for Cook County shows 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), Jefferson School is one campus in the mix.

Emerson Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 25%: 123 students in 2018 compared to 154 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 67% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.

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