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Enrollment
467
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993005413
Ruiz Elementary School
2410 S Leavitt St, Chicago, IL 60608 · (773) 535-4825 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL467 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
404 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 40 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 56 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 20% smaller than its 8th grade class (56).
Student demographics
13%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
32.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +5.6pp since 2023
Math
15.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.4% | 15.9% |
| 2023-24 | 26.8% | 8.6% |
% 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
25.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Ruiz Elementary School
Ruiz Elementary School's state test result (25.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruiz Elementary School this school | 467 | 86.5% | 25.1% |
| Barry Elementary School Chicago | 473 | 87.7% | 22.0% |
| T Roosevelt Elementary School Cicero | 450 | 88.9% | 23.7% |
| CICS - West Belden Campus Chicago | 520 | 87.3% | 25.0% |
| Davis N Elementary School Chicago | 540 | 87.6% | 10.6% |
| Acero Chtr - SPC Zizumbo Elementary School Chicago | 532 | 86.3% | 26.5% |
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 Ruiz Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #1,445 of 1,925 | #478 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #1,714 of 2,077 ▼ 23 | #596 of 829 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #1,600 of 2,077 ▼ 298 | #579 of 829 ▼ 128 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 467 | #671 of 2,419 | #315 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #442 of 2,035 | #236 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.7% | #1,827 of 2,042 | #692 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.5% | #372 of 2,132 | #265 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.1% | #122 of 1,461 | #79 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
467
-59 (-11%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 1,083
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 | 467 | 40 | 11.7:1 | 87% (404) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 36 | 12.1:1 | 87% (381) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 36 | 12.1:1 | 85% (368) |
| 2020-21 | 526 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 698 | 42 | 16.6:1 | 94% (656) |
| 2015-16 | 778 | 45 | 17.3:1 | 93% (721) |
| 2010-11 | 931 | 43 | 21.6:1 | 96% (894) |
| 2000-01 | 964 | 43 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,083 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ruiz Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (698 to 467); teachers down 5% (42 to 40).
About Ruiz Elementary School
This page covers Ruiz Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. The school's enrollment of 467 students covers pre-K through 8. Statewide, elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students each.
Ruiz Elementary School is one school in a 622-school district, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which enrolls 324,396 students.
Ruiz Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 93% Hispanic. It is also 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Cook County is roughly 27% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Ruiz Elementary School comes in at 13%.
The school reported 40 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 11.7:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 87%. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Ruiz Elementary School's results are 3.5 points above predicted: 25.1% against 21.6%.
In the county around the school, Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ruiz Elementary School is among the 1,406 public schools in Cook County.
Of nearby public schools, IJLA Charter High School is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ruiz Elementary School comes in 3rd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Ruiz Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 11%, from 526 to 467.
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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
Other Ruiz Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Ruiz Elementary. Ruiz Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Ruiz Elementary SchoolLAREDO, TX · 660 students
Nearby schools
- IJLA Charter High School0.2 mi · 95
- IHSCA Charter High School0.3 mi · 567
- Finkl Elementary School0.3 mi · 240
- Pickard Elementary School0.4 mi · 319
- Whittier Elementary School0.4 mi · 221
- Acero Chtr - Octavio Paz Elementary School0.6 mi · 98
Frequently asked questions
About Ruiz Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ruiz Elementary School?
Ruiz Elementary School enrolls approximately 467 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Ruiz Elementary School serve?
Ruiz Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Ruiz Elementary School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Ruiz Elementary School.
How diverse is Ruiz Elementary School?
Ruiz Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 93% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees Ruiz Elementary School?
Ruiz Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.