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Middle · Regular · Grades 4 to 6

Nelson Ridge School, New Lenox, IL

Nelson Ridge School is a public middle school in New Lenox, part of New Lenox SD 122. It enrolled 432 students in 2024-25, with 19.6 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
432
Teachers (FTE)
22.0
Students per teacher
19.6
Grades
4 to 6

This school's ratio is 3.1 higher than the district figure of 16.5. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school19.6
District16.5
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
2470 Nelson Rd, New Lenox, IL 60451
Phone
(815)462-2870
District
New Lenox SD 122
County
Will County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
172814003778
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
4811.1% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

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 middle schools in New Lenox SD 122

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.