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Enrollment
492
Elementary
DISTRICT 460 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLENVIEW CCSD 34·NCES 171692002002
Pleasant Ridge Elementary School
1730 Sunset Ridge Rd, Glenview, IL 60025 · (847) 998-5050 · Cook County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL492 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
88 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 165 | 34% |
| Grade 4 | 137 | 28% |
| Grade 5 | 190 | 39% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
72.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.6pp since 2023
Math
67.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.1% | 67.9% |
| 2023-24 | 59.5% | 61.0% |
% 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
68.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Pleasant Ridge Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Ridge Elementary School this school | 492 | 17.9% | 68.8% |
| Lyon Elementary School Glenview | 454 | 21.4% | N/A |
| Windsor Elementary School Arlington Heights | 490 | 16.7% | 69.5% |
| Elizabeth Ide Elementary School Darien | 410 | 15.6% | N/A |
| Edgebrook Elementary School Chicago | 554 | 15.2% | 68.7% |
| Mackeben Elementary School Algonquin | 522 | 22.8% | N/A |
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 Pleasant Ridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #144 of 1,925 | #53 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #252 of 2,077 ▼ 109 | #90 of 829 ▼ 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.1% | #298 of 2,077 ▼ 33 | #111 of 829 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 492 | #584 of 2,419 | #283 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,215 of 2,035 | #539 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.9% | #791 of 2,042 | #286 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.9% | #1,995 of 2,132 | #755 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #921 of 1,461 | #465 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
492
-26 (-5%) vs 2020
+43% since 1990-91, when it was 344
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 | 492 | 35.3 | 13.9:1 | 18% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 465 | 39.3 | 11.8:1 | 17% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 511 | 39.9 | 12.8:1 | 16% (80) |
| 2020-21 | 518 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 546 | 37.4 | 14.6:1 | 13% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 540 | 43 | 12.6:1 | 16% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 489 | 34 | 14.4:1 | 16% (76) |
| 2000-01 | 438 | 31 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 344 | 22 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Ridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (546 to 492); teachers down 5% (37.4 to 35.3).
About Pleasant Ridge Elementary School
Pleasant Ridge Elementary School is a public elementary school in Glenview, Illinois. It reports enrollment of 492 students in grades 3 through 5. That puts enrollment 29% larger than the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Glenview CCSD 34 operates 8 schools. Combined enrollment is 4,287 students.
Of every 100 students at Pleasant Ridge Elementary School, about 64 are White. It is also 18% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Cook County's residents are about 44% White, 21 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Pleasant Ridge Elementary School scores 54%.
Pleasant Ridge Elementary School lists 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.9 students per teacher. That is in line with the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. About 18% of students at Pleasant Ridge Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 48 points below the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Pleasant Ridge Elementary School would be expected to post about 61.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 68.8%.
The school is in Cook County, where median household income comes to about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Cook County counts 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students.
About 0.6 miles separate Pleasant Ridge Elementary School from the closest public school, Lyon Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Pleasant Ridge Elementary School is 3rd of 4 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put Pleasant Ridge Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 492, from 518 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 Glenview CCSD 34
- Springman Middle SchoolMiddle · 811 students
- Attea Middle SchoolMiddle · 714 students
- Hoffman Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
- Henking Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Westbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Lyon Elementary SchoolElementary · 454 students
Other schools in Glenview
- Glenbrook South High SchoolHigh · 2,923 students
- Springman Middle SchoolMiddle · 811 students
- Attea Middle SchoolMiddle · 714 students
- Henry Winkelman Elementary SchoolElementary · 677 students
- Hoffman Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
- Henking Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
Other Pleasant Ridge Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Pleasant Ridge Elementary. Pleasant Ridge Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 7.
- Pleasant Ridge ElementaryGastonia, NC · 887 students
- Pleasant Ridge Elementary SchoolCharlestown, IN · 588 students
- Pleasant Ridge Elementary SchoolSALINE, MI · 474 students
- Pleasant Ridge ElementaryEaston, KS · 344 students
- Pleasant Ridge ElemOverland Park, KS · 304 students
Nearby schools
- Lyon Elementary School0.6 mi · 454
- Middlefork Primary School1.3 mi · 241
- Sunset Ridge Elementary School1.4 mi · 274
- New Trier Township H S Northfield1.4 mi · 886
- Attea Middle School1.4 mi · 714
- Avoca West Elementary School1.5 mi · 313
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Ridge Elementary SchoolHow large is Pleasant Ridge Elementary School?
Pleasant Ridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 492 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Pleasant Ridge Elementary School serve?
Pleasant Ridge Elementary School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pleasant Ridge Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pleasant Ridge Elementary School is approximately 13.9:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Pleasant Ridge Elementary School?
Student demographics at Pleasant Ridge Elementary School are roughly 64% White, 18% Hispanic, 2% Black, 10% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Pleasant Ridge Elementary School in?
Pleasant Ridge Elementary School is part of Glenview CCSD 34.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.