Ridgeview Elementary School

As a small primary school in Colfax, Illinois, Ridgeview Elementary School caters to 247 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Ridgeview CUSD 19. Enrollment runs roughly 35% leaner than the state mean of about 381.

Ridgeview CUSD 19 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 520 students; Ridgeview Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Ridgeview Elementary School reports that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, McLean County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than McLean County's rate of about 40%.

After controlling for student poverty, Ridgeview Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.5%.

In the area at large, census data for McLean County shows median household income runs about $79,905, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across McLean County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,759 students), Ridgeview Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Ridgeview Jr High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Ridgeview Elementary School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 51.1%.

Ridgeview Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 15%: 291 students in 2018 compared to 247 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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