Enrollment
343
Elementary
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGFIELD SD 186·NCES 173708003835
Ridgely Elementary School
2040 N 8th St, Springfield, IL 62702 · (217) 525-3259 · Sangamon County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL343 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
254 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 65 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
25.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.7pp since 2023
Math
17.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +8.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 17.2% |
| 2023-24 | 10.3% | 8.6% |
% 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
22.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Ridgely Elementary School
Ridgely Elementary School's state test result (22.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgely Elementary School this school | 343 | 74.1% | 22.3% |
| Fairview Elementary School Springfield | 302 | 79.5% | 21.5% |
| High Mount Elementary School Swansea | 325 | 68.3% | 29.2% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Belleville | 293 | 70.0% | 32.3% |
| Ellis Elementary School Belleville | 382 | 68.3% | 29.6% |
| Irving Elementary School Bloomington | 303 | 76.2% | 22.8% |
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 Ridgely Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Sangamon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #1,530 of 1,925 | #26 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #1,680 of 2,077 ▲ 13 | #25 of 34 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #1,809 of 2,077 ▲ 106 | #29 of 34 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 343 | #1,302 of 2,419 | #16 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #1,657 of 2,035 | #25 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #303 of 2,042 | #5 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.1% | #655 of 2,132 | #12 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.6% | #448 of 615 | #8 of 10 |
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
343
+72 (+27%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 367
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 | 343 | 22 | 15.6:1 | 74% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 297 | 20 | 14.8:1 | 73% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 311 | 19.1 | 16.3:1 | 66% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 271 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 328 | 22.5 | 14.6:1 | 86% (281) |
| 2015-16 | 330 | 23 | 14.3:1 | 75% (246) |
| 2010-11 | 392 | 27 | 14.5:1 | 81% (316) |
| 2000-01 | 344 | 21 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 367 | 22 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridgely Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (328 to 343); teachers down 2% (22.5 to 22).
About Ridgely Elementary School
Ridgely Elementary School is a public mid-sized elementary school in Springfield, Illinois. It enrolls 343 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
Springfield SD 186 runs 31 schools with a combined 13,014 students. Ridgely Elementary School is one of them.
The student body at Ridgely Elementary School has no majority group. White students lead at 41%. The next largest groups are 38% Black, 16% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. The school's White share is 37 points below the 78% share among Sangamon County residents. A diversity index of 66% means there is a 66% chance two randomly chosen students at Ridgely Elementary School are from different groups.
With 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.6:1. Elementary schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.9:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Ridgely Elementary School, 74% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Sangamon County average 48%.
Ridgely Elementary School scores 22.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 28.8%.
American Community Survey estimates for Sangamon County show that the median household earns about $75,357 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Sangamon County has 77 public schools with about 27,345 students, including Ridgely Elementary School.
Among nearby public schools, Lanphier High School is closest at about 0.8 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Ridgely Elementary School is 6th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, Ridgely Elementary School enrolled 271 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 343.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Sangamon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
194,947
Census ACS
Median income
$75,357
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
27,345 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Springfield SD 186
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- Springfield Southeast High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Lanphier High SchoolHigh · 1,117 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 549 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
Other schools in Springfield
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- Springfield Southeast High SchoolHigh · 1,229 students
- Lanphier High SchoolHigh · 1,117 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 549 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
Other Ridgely Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Ridgely Elementary. Ridgely Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Ridgely Elementary SchoolRidgely, MD · 433 students
Nearby schools
- Lanphier High School0.8 mi · 1,117
- Fairview Elementary School1.0 mi · 302
- McClernand Elementary School1.3 mi · 213
- Enos Elementary School1.4 mi · 245
- Wilcox Elementary School1.5 mi · 241
- Lincoln Magnet School2.1 mi · 300
Frequently asked questions
About Ridgely Elementary SchoolHow large is Ridgely Elementary School?
Ridgely Elementary School enrolls approximately 343 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Ridgely Elementary School serve?
Ridgely Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ridgely Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ridgely Elementary School is approximately 15.6:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ridgely Elementary School?
At Ridgely Elementary School, the student body is approximately 41% White, 5% Hispanic, 38% Black, 16% Two or more.
Is Ridgely Elementary School public or private?
Ridgely Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Springfield SD 186.
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