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Enrollment
462
Elementary
DISTRICT 355 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCK ISLAND SD 41·NCES 173441006155
Ricms
2101 16th Ave, Rock Island, IL 61201 · (309) 793-5995 · Rock Island County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL462 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% 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.
- C+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
15.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
345 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 62 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (62).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
29.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +13.1pp since 2023
Math
28.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.3% | 28.2% |
| 2023-24 | 16.2% | 18.3% |
% 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
26.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Ricms
Ricms's state test result (26.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ricms this school | 462 | 74.7% | 26.6% |
| Wilson Elementary School Granite City | 448 | 77.5% | N/A |
| C Henry Bloom Elementary School Rockford | 426 | 79.1% | 18.1% |
| Rolling Green Rockford | 505 | 78.8% | 25.3% |
| Steele School Galesburg | 542 | 76.6% | 31.5% |
| Maud E Johnson Elementary School Rockford | 425 | 72.0% | 27.6% |
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 Ricms ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Rock Island County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #1,391 of 1,925 | #19 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #1,350 of 2,077 ▼ 90 | #14 of 28 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #1,684 of 2,077 ▲ 21 | #19 of 28 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 462 | #699 of 2,419 | #5 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #1,594 of 2,035 | #20 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.9% | #92 of 2,042 | #9 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.7% | #637 of 2,132 | #15 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #722 of 1,461 | #9 of 19 |
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
462
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 515
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 | 462 | 30.3 | 15.3:1 | 75% (345) |
| 2023-24 | 438 | 29.5 | 14.9:1 | 67% (294) |
| 2022-23 | 436 | 28.7 | 15.2:1 | 51% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 448 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 536 | 28.4 | 18.9:1 | 52% (278) |
| 2015-16 | 580 | 28 | 20.7:1 | 52% (301) |
| 2010-11 | 515 | 25 | 20.6:1 | 59% (302) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ricms.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (536 to 462); teachers up 7% (28.4 to 30.3).
About Ricms
Ricms, located in Rock Island, Illinois, is a mid-sized elementary school. The school counted 462 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 6. That puts enrollment 21% larger than the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Rock Island SD 41 counts 13 schools and 6,292 students, including Ricms.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Ricms is White, with 36% of students. The remaining shares are 34% Black, 17% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Rock Island County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school's share is lower. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 72%.
For every teacher at Ricms, there are about 15.3 students; the school has 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is lower. There are 345 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 75% of enrollment. Compared with the 65% average for public schools in Rock Island County, the school's rate is higher.
Among Illinois public elementary schools, Ricms outscored 26%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Ricms would be expected to post about 28.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 26.6%.
American Community Survey estimates for Rock Island County show that median household income comes to about $67,159, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 57, with about 21,921 students.
Rock Island Academy is the nearest public school to Ricms, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Ricms is ahead of the 25.2% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2020-21, Ricms enrolled 448 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 462.
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Rock Island County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
142,757
Census ACS
Median income
$67,159
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
21,921 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rock Island SD 41
- Rock Island High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Rock Island AcademyElementary · 540 students
- Washington Jr High SchoolMiddle · 529 students
- Eugene Field Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
- Edison Jr High SchoolMiddle · 398 students
- Horace Mann ELCElementary · 387 students
Other schools in Rock Island
- Rock Island High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Rock Island AcademyElementary · 540 students
- Washington Jr High SchoolMiddle · 529 students
- Eugene Field Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
- Edison Jr High SchoolMiddle · 398 students
- Horace Mann ELCElementary · 387 students
Nearby schools
- Rock Island Academy0.6 mi · 540
- Rock Island High School0.8 mi · 1,812
- Washington Jr High School1.0 mi · 529
- Frances Willard Elementary School1.1 mi · 312
- Eugene Field Elementary School1.4 mi · 496
- Denkmann Elementary School1.4 mi · 356
Frequently asked questions
About RicmsHow many students attend Ricms?
Ricms enrolls approximately 462 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Ricms serve?
Ricms serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ricms?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ricms is approximately 15.3:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ricms?
Student demographics at Ricms are roughly 36% White, 17% Hispanic, 34% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Ricms public or private?
Ricms is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rock Island SD 41.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.