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Enrollment
664
Elementary
STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION RIDGE SD 86·NCES 173978004006
Union Ridge Elementary School
4600 N Oak Park Ave, Harwood Heights, IL 60706 · (708) 867-5822 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL664 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of Illinois public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
50 FTE teachers
STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
336 students
STATE 56%
Community
6
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 | 66 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (62).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
70.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +9.3pp since 2023
Math
52.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +14.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.3% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 37.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
59.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 42% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Union Ridge Elementary School
Union Ridge Elementary School's state test result (59.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Ridge Elementary School this school | 664 | 50.6% | 59.0% |
| Madison Elementary School Lombard | 477 | 47.0% | 40.1% |
| Lincoln Prairie Elementary School Lake In The Hills | 479 | 51.8% | 60.8% |
| J Leigh Elementary School Norridge | 612 | 41.7% | 61.5% |
| Liberty Elementary School Carpentersville | 749 | 44.7% | 54.3% |
| Pennoyer Elementary School Norridge | 419 | 47.5% | 45.0% |
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 Union Ridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #344 of 1,925 | #105 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #615 of 2,077 ▼ 4 | #184 of 829 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #341 of 2,077 ▼ 104 | #123 of 829 ▼ 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 664 | #166 of 2,419 | #101 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #955 of 2,035 | #440 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.9% | #752 of 2,042 | #267 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.6% | #1,288 of 2,132 | #600 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.3% | #612 of 615 | #185 of 186 |
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
664
+26 (+4%) vs 2020
+72% since 1990-91, when it was 385
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 | 664 | 50.4 | 13.2:1 | 51% (336) |
| 2023-24 | 647 | 50.6 | 12.8:1 | 47% (302) |
| 2022-23 | 649 | 50 | 13.0:1 | 49% (317) |
| 2020-21 | 638 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 662 | 46.7 | 14.2:1 | 30% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 662 | 46 | 14.4:1 | 36% (237) |
| 2010-11 | 598 | 37 | 16.2:1 | 30% (179) |
| 2000-01 | 536 | 37 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 385 | 32 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Union Ridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (662 to 664); teachers up 8% (46.7 to 50.4).
About Union Ridge Elementary School
Union Ridge Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Harwood Heights, Illinois, (ZIP code 60706). A federal count lists 664 students at the school, in pre-K through 8. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381, so this school runs 74% above that.
Federal records list Union Ridge SD 86 as the district for Union Ridge Elementary School.
White students make up a majority at Union Ridge Elementary School, at 61%. The next largest groups are 25% Hispanic and 12% Asian. In Cook County overall, about 44% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 55% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 50.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Union Ridge Elementary School was 13.2:1. On average, elementary schools in Illinois have 13.9:1, compared with 13.2:1 here. Union Ridge Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 51%. On average, public schools in Cook County report 66%.
allk12 grades Union Ridge Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Union Ridge Elementary School is +16.7 points, in the top 10% of Illinois. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 59.0%, and the predicted rate is 42.3%.
Within Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, Cook County has 1,406 public schools and roughly 697,934 students.
Nearby, Beard Elementary School is about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 46.1% on proficiency, and Union Ridge Elementary School is above that at 59.0%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over 4 years, Union Ridge Elementary School's enrollment grew 4%, to 664.
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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 Union Ridge Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Union Ridge Elementary. Union Ridge Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Union Ridge ElementaryRIDGEFIELD, WA · 708 students
Nearby schools
- Beard Elementary School0.5 mi · 327
- Garvy J Elementary School0.8 mi · 736
- Ridgewood Comm High School0.9 mi · 988
- Smyser Elementary School0.9 mi · 773
- Bridge Elementary School1.1 mi · 1,100
- J Giles Elementary School1.1 mi · 499
Frequently asked questions
About Union Ridge Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Union Ridge Elementary School?
Union Ridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 664 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Union Ridge Elementary School serve?
Union Ridge Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Union Ridge Elementary School have?
Union Ridge Elementary School employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
How diverse is Union Ridge Elementary School?
Union Ridge Elementary School reports a student body of 61% White, 25% Hispanic, 0% Black, 12% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Union Ridge Elementary School in?
Union Ridge Elementary School is part of Union Ridge SD 86.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.