River Grove Elem School

River Grove Elem School is an elementary-level community of substantial scale in River Grove, Illinois, one of the schools within River Grove SD 85-5, caters to 722 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 90% above the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Operationally, River Grove Elem School answers to River Grove SD 85-5, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, River Grove Elem School shows that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 39% White, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Cook County's rate of about 66%.

With demographic context factored in, River Grove Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.2%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Cook County put the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), River Grove Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Elmwood Park High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around River Grove Elem School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), River Grove Elem School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 42.5%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at River Grove Elem School has changed only slightly, going from 717 students in 2018 to 722 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 46% to 39% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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