Enrollment
290
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001064
Ruggles Elementary School
7831 S Prairie Ave, Chicago, IL 60619 · (773) 535-3085 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL290 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
266 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 26 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 30 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 26 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 8% larger than its 8th grade class (26).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
40.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.6pp since 2023
Math
12.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.7% | 12.9% |
| 2023-24 | 26.1% | 9.1% |
% 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
23.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Ruggles Elementary School
Ruggles Elementary School's state test result (23.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruggles Elementary School this school | 290 | 91.7% | 23.7% |
| Gregory Math & Sci Elementary Academy Chicago | 287 | 91.3% | 24.2% |
| Lalumier Elementary School Centreville | 276 | 90.6% | 6.8% |
| Garvey M Elementary School Chicago | 262 | 92.7% | 20.2% |
| Highlands Elementary School Hazel Crest | 311 | 93.6% | 17.7% |
| Mann Elementary School Chicago | 283 | 91.5% | 25.1% |
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 Ruggles Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #1,486 of 1,925 | #496 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.9% | #1,800 of 2,077 ▼ 139 | #649 of 829 ▼ 71 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #1,321 of 2,077 ▲ 7 | #451 of 829 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 290 | #1,598 of 2,419 | #656 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #421 of 2,035 | #229 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.3% | #1,836 of 2,042 | #698 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.7% | #235 of 2,132 | #170 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.9% | #200 of 1,461 | #125 of 661 |
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
290
-78 (-21%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 581
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 | 290 | 25 | 11.6:1 | 92% (266) |
| 2023-24 | 312 | 28 | 11.1:1 | 97% (303) |
| 2022-23 | 316 | 24 | 13.2:1 | 96% (304) |
| 2020-21 | 368 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 408 | 19.8 | 20.6:1 | 92% (375) |
| 2015-16 | 409 | 23 | 17.8:1 | 99% (405) |
| 2010-11 | 403 | 19 | 21.2:1 | 99% (400) |
| 2000-01 | 667 | 38 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 581 | 29 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ruggles Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (408 to 290); teachers up 26% (19.8 to 25).
About Ruggles Elementary School
Ruggles Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. It reported 290 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
Across its 622 schools, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 enrolls 324,396 students. Ruggles Elementary School is one of those schools.
A large majority of enrollment at Ruggles Elementary School is Black, at 93%. After that, the student body is 6% Hispanic. Among all residents of Cook County, the Black share is about 22%. The diversity index for Ruggles Elementary School is 12%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 92% of the student body. Public schools in Cook County average 66%.
Ruggles Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 23.7% and a predicted 18.6%.
Looking at the county, Cook County, median household income comes to about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 students.
Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center is about 0.6 miles from Ruggles Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ruggles Elementary School comes in 4th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 78 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The discussion board for Ruggles Elementary School is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other schools in Chicago
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Nearby schools
- Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center0.6 mi · 300
- Dixon Elementary School0.7 mi · 412
- Deneen Elementary School0.8 mi · 451
- Tanner Elementary School0.8 mi · 272
- Hirsch Metropolitan High School0.8 mi · 183
- Harvard Elementary School0.8 mi · 335
Frequently asked questions
About Ruggles Elementary SchoolHow large is Ruggles Elementary School?
Ruggles Elementary School enrolls approximately 290 students in grades PK-08.
Is Ruggles Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ruggles Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Ruggles Elementary School?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Ruggles Elementary School.
How diverse is Ruggles Elementary School?
Ruggles Elementary School reports a student body of 6% Hispanic, 93% Black, 0% Asian.
What district is Ruggles Elementary School in?
Ruggles Elementary School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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