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Enrollment
433
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUNLAP CUSD 323·NCES 171270004470
Ridgeview Elementary School
3903 W Ridgeview Dr, Peoria, IL 61615 · (309) 692-8260 · Peoria County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
134 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
61.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
55.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.3% | 55.7% |
| 2023-24 | 57.5% | 41.4% |
% 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
56.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Ridgeview Elementary School
Ridgeview Elementary School's state test result (56.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgeview Elementary School this school | 433 | 30.9% | 56.1% |
| Colene Hoose Elementary School Normal | 413 | 34.1% | 41.4% |
| Brookdale Elementary School Naperville | 462 | 30.1% | 64.0% |
| Eagle Pointe Elementary School Plainfield | 594 | 30.1% | 67.4% |
| Iroquois Community School Des Plaines | 411 | 28.2% | 68.2% |
| Elizabeth Eichelberger Elementary School Plainfield | 548 | 31.4% | 55.4% |
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 Ridgeview Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Peoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #416 of 1,925 | #10 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #514 of 2,077 ▼ 2 | #8 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #634 of 2,077 ▼ 342 | #10 of 35 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #829 of 2,419 | #10 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #1,710 of 2,035 | #27 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #350 of 2,042 | #7 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.9% | #1,758 of 2,132 | #27 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.9% | #506 of 615 | #14 of 16 |
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
433
-19 (-4%) vs 2020
-8% since 2010-11, when it was 469
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 | 433 | 27.2 | 15.9:1 | 31% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 424 | 25.2 | 16.8:1 | 29% (125) |
| 2022-23 | 430 | 25.7 | 16.8:1 | 31% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 452 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 25.6 | 16.5:1 | 27% (112) |
| 2015-16 | 466 | 26 | 17.9:1 | 22% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 469 | 24 | 19.5:1 | 13% (59) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridgeview Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (421 to 433); teachers up 6% (25.6 to 27.2).
About Ridgeview Elementary School
Ridgeview Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Peoria, Illinois, under Dunlap CUSD 323. Total enrollment is 433 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5.
Ridgeview Elementary School is a school in Dunlap CUSD 323. The district has 8 schools and 4,837 students.
About 53% of the student body at Ridgeview Elementary School is White. Other groups include 18% Asian, 15% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. By comparison, Peoria County residents are about 67% White. A diversity index of 65% means there is a 65% chance two randomly chosen students at Ridgeview Elementary School are from different groups.
Ridgeview Elementary School has 27.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.9:1. The school has 31% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Peoria County, the average eligibility rate is 57%.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 53.6%. Ridgeview Elementary School scores 56.1%.
The school is in Peoria County, where the median household earns about $65,108 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Peoria County, 81 public schools serve about 27,827 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Mark W Bills Middle School, is about 1.7 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 43.2%; Ridgeview Elementary School's is 56.1%, ranking 3rd of 9.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 4%.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Peoria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
179,645
Census ACS
Median income
$65,108
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
27,827 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dunlap CUSD 323
- Dunlap High SchoolHigh · 1,420 students
- Hickory Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 865 students
- Dunlap Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 546 students
- Dunlap Middle SchoolMiddle · 541 students
- Wilder-Waite Grade SchoolElementary · 404 students
- Banner Elementary SchoolElementary · 375 students
Other schools in Peoria
- Richwoods High SchoolHigh · 1,685 students
- Peoria High SchoolHigh · 1,541 students
- Limestone Community High SchoolHigh · 898 students
- Lincoln SchoolElementary · 823 students
- Glen Oak Comm Learning CntrElementary · 794 students
- Manual High SchoolHigh · 731 students
Other Ridgeview Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 16 states are named Ridgeview Elementary. Ridgeview Elementary School is the 12th largest of the 21.
- Ridgeview Elementary SchoolColfax, IL · 247 students
- Ridgeview Elementary SchoolGray, TN · 704 students
- Ridgeview ElementaryClintwood, VA · 667 students
- Ridgeview Elementary SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 626 students
- Ridgeview ElementaryGranite Bay, CA · 619 students
Nearby schools
- Mark W Bills Middle School1.7 mi · 258
- Wilder-Waite Grade School1.9 mi · 404
- Charter Oak Primary School2.3 mi · 337
- Northmoor Primary School2.3 mi · 365
- Rolling Acres Middle School2.5 mi · 321
- Richwoods High School2.6 mi · 1,685
Frequently asked questions
About Ridgeview Elementary SchoolHow large is Ridgeview Elementary School?
Ridgeview Elementary School enrolls approximately 433 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Ridgeview Elementary School serve?
Ridgeview Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Ridgeview Elementary School?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at Ridgeview Elementary School.
How diverse is Ridgeview Elementary School?
Ridgeview Elementary School reports a student body of 53% White, 8% Hispanic, 15% Black, 18% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Ridgeview Elementary School?
Ridgeview Elementary School is overseen by Dunlap CUSD 323 in Peoria County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.