Ruiz Elem School

Ruiz Elem School operates as a medium-sized elementary campus in Chicago, Illinois, run under Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Current enrollment sits at 467 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Ruiz Elem School sits 23% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (324,396 students total), Ruiz Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Ruiz Elem School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%). Beyond that, the school shows 3% Black. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Ruiz Elem School shows 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ruiz Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.6%; this one delivers 25.1%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household income runs about $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ruiz Elem School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

IJLA Charter High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ruiz Elem School. On composite proficiency, Ruiz Elem School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 22.2%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Ruiz Elem School's enrollment has contracted 33% since 2018, when it stood at 698 (now 467). Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Ruiz Elem School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.