Ridgewood Elem School

Ridgewood Elem School operates as a modestly sized elementary campus in Rock Island, Illinois, run under Rock Island SD 41. Current enrollment sits at 260 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Ridgewood Elem School sits 32% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 13 schools in Rock Island SD 41 (6,292 students total), Ridgewood Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Ridgewood Elem School records that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 25% Black, 13% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Ridgewood Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Rock Island County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ridgewood Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 21.1%, the actual is 30.8%, a residual of +9.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Rock Island County) logs that median household earnings sit near $67,159, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Rock Island County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,921 students), Ridgewood Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Thomas Jefferson Elem School, roughly 1.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ridgewood Elem School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 29.5%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Ridgewood Elem School's enrollment has ticked down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 316 (now 260). The White share of enrollment edged down from 68% to 52% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.