Richton Square School

Richton Square School is one of the tight-knit primary schools in Richton Park, Illinois, one of the schools within Matteson ESD 162, with 161 students on its rolls from grade pre-K. Enrollment runs roughly 58% below the state mean of about 381.

Matteson ESD 162 comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,405 students; Richton Square School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Richton Square School lists that 92% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder reads as 3% Hispanic, 2% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Richton Square School records 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Richton Square School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mohawk Primary Center, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Richton Square School.

Richton Square School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Richton Square School's enrollment has increased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 157 (now 161). The Black share of enrollment expanded from 87% to 92% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

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