Enrollment
351
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001065
Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School
8716 S Wallace St, Chicago, IL 60620 · (773) 535-3843 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL351 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
324 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 | 46 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 31% larger than its 8th grade class (29).
Student demographics
10%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School→Harlan Community Academy High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
27.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
12.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.4% | 12.4% |
| 2023-24 | 23.6% | 7.5% |
% 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
18.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School
Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School's state test result (18.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School this school | 351 | 92.3% | 18.6% |
| Foster Park Elementary School Chicago | 345 | 93.3% | 17.7% |
| Parker Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 367 | 93.2% | 13.9% |
| LEARN Chtr-Campbell Campus Chicago | 357 | 94.7% | 34.2% |
| CICS - Loomis Primary Campus Chicago | 333 | 90.7% | N/A |
| LEARN Charter Excel Campus Chicago | 379 | 93.4% | 40.7% |
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 Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #1,650 of 1,925 | #595 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.4% | #1,813 of 2,077 ▼ 70 | #655 of 829 ▼ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #1,727 of 2,077 ▼ 298 | #641 of 829 ▼ 130 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 351 | #1,255 of 2,419 | #517 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #244 of 2,035 | #139 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.8% | #1,892 of 2,042 | #726 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.3% | #222 of 2,132 | #161 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #870 of 1,461 | #443 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
351
+44 (+14%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 528
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 | 351 | 32.5 | 10.8:1 | 92% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 346 | 34 | 10.2:1 | 95% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 351 | 34.5 | 10.2:1 | 89% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 307 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 395 | 25.1 | 15.7:1 | 99% (391) |
| 2015-16 | 392 | 24 | 16.3:1 | 98% (383) |
| 2010-11 | 309 | 20 | 15.4:1 | 98% (304) |
| 2000-01 | 560 | 30 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 528 | 30 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (395 to 351); teachers up 29% (25.1 to 32.5).
About Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School
Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School is a public elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. It covers pre-K through 8, with a total enrollment of 351 students.
District-wide, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 has 622 schools and 324,396 students.
The large majority of students at Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School, 95%, are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 4% Hispanic. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 22%. Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School has a diversity index of 10%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School and a ratio of 10.8:1. That ratio is under the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 92% of students. That is higher than the 66% average for public schools in Cook County.
Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 18.6%, compared with a predicted 18.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Cook County show that median household income is about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 1,406 public schools in Cook County, with a combined enrollment of about 697,934.
Jackson M Elementary School is the public school closest to Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School, about 0.4 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 19.8%; Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School's is 18.6%, ranking 4th of 9.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 307 in 2020-21 and 351 in 2024-25, a 14% increase.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School?
Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School enrolls approximately 351 students in grades PK-08.
Is Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School is approximately 10.8:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School?
At Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 4% Hispanic, 95% Black.
What district is Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School in?
Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School is part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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