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Neil Armstrong Elementary School, Richton Park, IL

CEP schoolNeil Armstrong Elementary School is a public elementary school in Richton Park, part of ESD 159. It enrolled 266 students in 2024-25, with 14.0 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "Neil Armstrong Elem School".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
266
Teachers (FTE)
19.0
Students per teacher
14.0
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 1.2 higher than the district figure of 12.8. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.0
District12.8
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
5030 Imperial Dr, Richton Park, IL 60471
Phone
(708)481-7424
District
ESD 159
County
Cook County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
173630003751
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free or reduced-price lunch
18669.9% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in ESD 159

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.