Ryder Elem Math & Sci Spec School

As an average-sized elementary-level community in Chicago, Illinois, Ryder Elem Math & Sci Spec School caters to 351 students from grades pre-K through 8, one of the schools within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, Ryder Elem Math & Sci Spec School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ryder Elem Math & Sci Spec School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (95%); the rest comes out to 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ryder Elem Math & Sci Spec School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 18.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 18.6%.

In the surrounding community, Cook County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Ryder Elem Math & Sci Spec School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Jackson M Elem School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ryder Elem Math & Sci Spec School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ryder Elem Math & Sci Spec School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 19.8%.

Ryder Elem Math & Sci Spec School operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Ryder Elem Math & Sci Spec School's enrollment has declined 11% since 2018, when it stood at 395 (now 351). Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 100% to 95%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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