Ridgely Elem School

Located at 2040 N 8th St, in Springfield, Illinois, Ridgely Elem School is a moderately sized elementary school that teaches 343 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Springfield SD 186.

Springfield SD 186 comprises 31 schools with combined enrollment of 13,014 students; Ridgely Elem School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Ridgely Elem School logs that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 38% Black, 16% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Ridgely Elem School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 74% of students at Ridgely Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Sangamon County's rate of about 48%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ridgely Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.8%; this one delivers 22.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Sangamon County indicate median household income runs about $75,357, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sangamon County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,345 students), Ridgely Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Lanphier High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ridgely Elem School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 29.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ridgely Elem School has ticked up 5%, going from 328 students in 2018 to 343 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 56% to 41%. Class-load math has rose: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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