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Ridge Central Elementary School, Chicago Ridge, IL

CEP schoolRidge Central Elementary School is a public elementary school in Chicago Ridge, part of Chicago Ridge SD 127-5. It enrolled 508 students in 2024-25, with 13.0 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "Ridge Central Elem School".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
508
Teachers (FTE)
39.0
Students per teacher
13.0
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 12.9. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school13.0
District12.9
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
10800 Lyman Ave, Chicago Ridge, IL 60415
Phone
(708)636-2001
District
Chicago Ridge SD 127-5
County
Cook County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
170999001230
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
27654.3% 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 Chicago Ridge SD 127-5

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.