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Enrollment
683
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993006108
West Ridge Elementary School
6700 N Whipple St, Chicago, IL 60645 · (773) 534-8250 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL683 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
579 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 | 49 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 67 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 71 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 70 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (70).
Student demographics
74%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
West Ridge Elementary School→Mather High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
41.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.6pp since 2023
Math
32.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.6% | 32.2% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 25.1% |
% 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
33.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 West Ridge Elementary School
West Ridge Elementary School's state test result (33.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Ridge Elementary School this school | 683 | 84.8% | 33.1% |
| Mosaic School of Fine Arts Chicago | 746 | 88.9% | 28.0% |
| North Elementary School Des Plaines | 599 | 71.1% | 32.8% |
| Goudy Technology Academy Chicago | 491 | 82.3% | 40.8% |
| Hayt Elementary School Chicago | 851 | 82.0% | 31.1% |
| Jamieson Elementary School Chicago | 825 | 67.6% | 47.0% |
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 West Ridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #1,152 of 1,925 | #346 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #1,206 of 2,077 ▼ 217 | #368 of 829 ▼ 75 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #1,298 of 2,077 ▼ 162 | #437 of 829 ▼ 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 683 | #141 of 2,419 | #91 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #979 of 2,035 | #451 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.0% | #36 of 2,042 | #17 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.8% | #404 of 2,132 | #288 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #513 of 1,461 | #297 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
683
-85 (-11%) vs 2020
-45% since 2010-11, when it was 1,239
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 | 683 | 51.5 | 13.3:1 | 85% (579) |
| 2023-24 | 627 | 45 | 13.9:1 | 88% (554) |
| 2022-23 | 634 | 45.5 | 13.9:1 | 82% (521) |
| 2020-21 | 768 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 837 | 38 | 22.0:1 | 89% (748) |
| 2015-16 | 769 | 34 | 22.6:1 | 90% (692) |
| 2010-11 | 1,239 | 23 | 53.9:1 | 42% (520) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Ridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (837 to 683); teachers up 36% (38 to 51.5).
About West Ridge Elementary School
West Ridge Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in Chicago, Illinois. The school runs pre-K through 8 and enrolls 683 students. Elementary schools in Illinois have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 79% higher.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 is the local district for West Ridge Elementary School. It runs 622 schools with 324,396 students.
At West Ridge Elementary School, Asian students make up the biggest share, 34%. Other students are 27% White, 23% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County residents are about 8% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 74, compared with 70 nationally.
West Ridge Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1, with 51.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is similar, at 13.9:1. The school has 85% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Cook County report 66%.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for West Ridge Elementary School is 22.6%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 33.1%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Cook County show that median household income comes to about $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
Mosaic School of Fine Arts is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 46.8% on proficiency, and West Ridge Elementary School is below that at 33.1%.
West Ridge Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
In 2020-21, West Ridge Elementary School enrolled 768 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 683.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at West Ridge Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 West Ridge Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named West Ridge Elementary. West Ridge Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- West Ridge ElementaryTHORNTON, CO · 690 students
- WEST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPOST FALLS, ID · 425 students
- West Ridge Elementary SchoolPARK RIDGE, NJ · 343 students
- West Ridge ElementaryRacine, WI · 343 students
Nearby schools
- Mosaic School of Fine Arts0.4 mi · 746
- Decatur Classical Elementary School0.5 mi · 341
- Clinton Elementary School0.8 mi · 1,050
- Rogers Elementary School1.0 mi · 790
- Mather High School1.1 mi · 1,777
- Rutledge Hall Elementary School1.1 mi · 385
Frequently asked questions
About West Ridge Elementary SchoolHow large is West Ridge Elementary School?
West Ridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 683 students in grades PK-08.
Is West Ridge Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
West Ridge Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does West Ridge Elementary School have?
West Ridge Elementary School employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the student diversity at West Ridge Elementary School?
Student demographics at West Ridge Elementary School are roughly 27% White, 23% Hispanic, 14% Black, 34% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is West Ridge Elementary School public or private?
West Ridge Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.