River Ridge High School

River Ridge High School is a small high school found in Hanover, Illinois. A federal count lists 128 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Illinois is about 834, so this school runs 85% smaller than that.

River Ridge High School is in River Ridge CUSD 210, a district with 443 students across 3 schools.

Federal enrollment data show River Ridge High School is 89% White. After that, the student body is 9% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 20%, meaning two students picked at random have a 20% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

River Ridge High School's 15.1 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 8.5:1. On average, high schools in Illinois have 13.8:1, compared with 8.5:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 37%. For comparison, public schools in Jo Daviess County average 39%.

Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, River Ridge High School's results are 6.2 points below predicted: 44.1% against 50.3%.

Jo Daviess County has about 21,851 residents, and the median household income is $73,993, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Besides River Ridge High School, Jo Daviess County has 20 other public schools.

The closest other public school is River Ridge Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 44.1% is below the 62.9% average for nearby schools.

NCES assigns River Ridge High School the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

Over 4 years, River Ridge High School's enrollment declined 14%, to 128.

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