West Ridge Elementary School

Public PK, KG-8

 6700 N Whipple St
       Chicago, IL  60645-4123


(773) 534-8250

District: City of Chicago School District 299

SchoolDigger Rank:
1151st of 2,077 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $17,157 Help


Students who attend West Ridge Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Mather High School

Student/teacher ratio:  13.9 Help
Number of students:  634

Racial breakdown:

White:
33.3%
Asian:
29.5%
Hispanic:
20.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  82.2% Help


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Compare Details West Ridge Elementary School ranks worse than 55.4% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 109th among 453 ranked elementary schools in the City of Chicago School District 299. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 40.92. (See more...)
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Compare Details West Ridge Elementary School ranks better than 60.6% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 53.45. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at West Ridge Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (33.3%), Asian (29.5%), Hispanic (20.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 82.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at West Ridge Elementary School is 13.9. 263 elementary schools in the City of Chicago School District 299 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at West Ridge Elementary School is $17,157. 332 elementary schools in the City of Chicago School District 299 spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

West Ridge Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks West Ridge Elementary School 1151st of 2077 Illinois public elementary schools. (See West Ridge Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks West Ridge Elementary School 539th of 1367 Illinois public middle schools. (See West Ridge Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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City of Chicago School District 299:

SchoolDigger ranks City of Chicago School District 299 711th of 823 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for West Ridge Elementary School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at West Ridge Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2012 31.24 1657th 2166 23.5%
2013 46.54 1235th 2167 43.0%
2014 51.28 1066th 2093 49.1%
2015 70.90 519th 2052 74.7%
2016 67.55 604th 2046 70.5%
2017 76.32 441st 2044 78.4%
2018 79.19 387th 2037 81.0%
2019 65.01 676th 2086 67.6%
2021 35.62 1159th 1948 40.5%
2022 49.57 938th 2082 54.9%
2023 40.92 1151st 2077 44.6%
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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at West Ridge Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.96 53rd 718 92.6%
2019 69.01 106th 743 85.7%
2021 30.12 447th 537 16.8%
2022 57.11 214th 768 72.1%
2023 37.23 495th 788 37.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at West Ridge Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.53 340th 763 55.4%
2019 73.62 178th 1194 85.1%
2022 52.77 387th 1113 65.2%
2023 45.41 522nd 1156 54.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at West Ridge Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 94.25 28th 1765 98.4%
2019 82.32 143rd 1816 92.1%
2021 62.47 375th 1514 75.2%
2022 68.32 360th 1763 79.6%
2023 54.66 701st 1808 61.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at West Ridge Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.91 478th 1964 75.7%
2019 55.41 842nd 2019 58.3%
2022 54.55 777th 1970 60.6%
2023 45.23 987th 1957 49.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Disabled students at West Ridge Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 36.33 518th 907 42.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at West Ridge Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.79 357th 1972 81.9%
2019 71.27 499th 2019 75.3%
2021 39.57 948th 1707 44.5%
2022 44.50 998th 1977 49.5%
2023 34.94 1212th 1984 38.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Asian students at West Ridge Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.40 157th 242 35.1%
2019 15.90 220th 243 9.5%
2022 11.40 211th 226 6.6%
2023 9.32 228th 237 3.8%
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Rank History for elementary school African American students at West Ridge Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 61.93 166th 692 76.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at West Ridge Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.69 99th 938 89.4%
2019 70.05 174th 955 81.8%
2022 36.88 581st 954 39.1%
2023 30.12 703rd 970 27.5%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at West Ridge Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.69 582nd 1463 60.2%
2019 46.35 802nd 1462 45.1%
2022 39.96 884th 1425 38.0%
2023 28.21 1079th 1419 24.0%
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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for West Ridge Elementary School

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Rank History for all middle school students at West Ridge Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2012 29.01 1061st 1365 22.3%
2013 40.03 860th 1367 37.1%
2014 64.52 453rd 1322 65.7%
2015 76.03 247th 1302 81.0%
2016 76.06 250th 1294 80.7%
2017 72.87 290th 1293 77.6%
2018 66.45 375th 1293 71.0%
2019 61.95 461st 1356 66.0%
2021 26.97 885th 1241 28.7%
2022 52.97 536th 1369 60.8%
2023 53.45 539th 1367 60.6%
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Rank History for middle school English Language Learner students at West Ridge Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.01 18th 285 93.7%
2019 60.00 59th 339 82.6%
2021 31.43 232nd 277 16.2%
2022 51.35 134th 454 70.5%
2023 57.72 106th 480 77.9%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at West Ridge Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 66.26 132nd 792 83.3%
2022 55.19 189th 781 75.8%
2023 27.01 608th 805 24.5%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at West Ridge Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.73 145th 1161 87.5%
2019 75.07 191st 1217 84.3%
2021 46.99 462nd 1019 54.7%
2022 69.23 241st 1221 80.3%
2023 75.35 180th 1234 85.4%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at West Ridge Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.52 395th 1226 67.8%
2019 54.69 525th 1276 58.9%
2022 64.17 368th 1286 71.4%
2023 62.76 388th 1275 69.6%
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Rank History for middle school Disabled students at West Ridge Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 23.29 603rd 674 10.5%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at West Ridge Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.22 360th 1223 70.6%
2019 65.10 374th 1296 71.1%
2021 32.19 682nd 1048 34.9%
2022 44.65 622nd 1286 51.6%
2023 44.03 641st 1292 50.4%
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Rank History for middle school Asian students at West Ridge Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.46 163rd 209 22.0%
2019 15.33 182nd 201 9.5%
2022 13.94 185th 198 6.6%
2023 17.77 175th 192 8.9%
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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at West Ridge Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.83 177th 590 70.0%
2019 51.05 273rd 639 57.3%
2022 53.44 242nd 662 63.4%
2023 33.58 440th 661 33.4%
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Rank History for middle school White students at West Ridge Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.46 471st 889 47.0%
2019 34.68 601st 905 33.6%
2022 35.43 571st 898 36.4%
2023 30.00 643rd 895 28.2%
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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for West Ridge Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2011 186 61 161 807 12 5 7 0 1239
2012 194 48 212 184 5 4 7 0 654
2013 192 51 248 181 6 5 12 0 695
2014 218 55 262 182 4 6 10 0 737
2015 243 42 242 177 3 5 15 0 727
2016 270 41 269 168 4 5 12 0 769
2017 277 47 284 168 4 6 9 0 795
2018 298 58 278 186 7 3 7 0 837
2019 305 52 269 167 3 2 7 0 805
2020 289 47 248 152 2 0 9 0 747
2021 282 50 234 171 3 0 28 0 768
2022 247 55 214 157 2 0 29 0 704
2023 211 71 187 128 2 0 35 0 634

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at West Ridge Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2011 1239 23.0 53.8 42
2012 654 31.0 21.0 89
2013 695 40.8 17.0 90.5
2014 737 43.0 17.1 90.9
2015 727 40.0 18.1 92.4
2016 769 34.0 22.6 90
2017 795 35.1 22.6 89.7
2018 837 37.9 22.0 89.4
2019 805 42.5 18.9 87.1
2020 747 44.5 16.7 86.1
2021 768 n/a n/a n/a
2022 704 44.5 15.8 81.3
2023 634 45.5 13.9 82.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio West Ridge Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2011 1239 23.0 53.8 42
2012 654 31.0 21.0 89
2013 695 40.8 17.0 90.5
2014 737 43.0 17.1 90.9
2015 727 40.0 18.1 92.4
2016 769 34.0 22.6 90
2017 795 35.1 22.6 89.7
2018 837 37.9 22.0 89.4
2019 805 42.5 18.9 87.1
2020 747 44.5 16.7 86.1
2021 768 n/a n/a n/a
2022 704 44.5 15.8 81.3
2023 634 45.5 13.9 82.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

Immunization Rates

West Ridge Elementary School

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaHepatitis BVaricellaDTPPneumococcal Meningococcal
201598.4%98.3%98.3%98.3%30.9%98.5%97.7%4.6%
201696.8%97.6%97.6%97.6%29.2%98.2%71.8%4.9%8.7%
201797.8%98.3%98.3%98.3%33.8%97.0%97.6%4.9%20.1%
201895.8%98.0%98.0%98.0%34.0%97.6%96.7%4.8%28.2%
201997.7%98.8%98.8%98.8%36.7%98.4%97.5%4.6%31.1%

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education
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Per Pupil Expenditures for West Ridge Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $946 (9.3%) $9,212 (90.7%) $10,158
2020 $940 (8.2%) $10,574 (91.8%) $11,514
2021 $2,060 (17.0%) $10,069 (83.0%) $12,129
2022 $2,060 (17.0%) $10,069 (83.0%) $12,129
2023 $2,844 (16.6%) $14,313 (83.4%) $17,157

Data source: Illinois Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on West Ridge Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 676th of 2086 Elementary schoolsRanks 1151st of 2077 Elementary schools
 23%
Ranks 461st of 1356 Middle schoolsRanks 539th of 1367 Middle schools
 5.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (West Ridge Elementary School)54.512.1
 42.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (City of Chicago School District 299)39.419.7
 19.7%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.428.8
 7.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (West Ridge Elementary School)62.215.1
 47.1%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (City of Chicago School District 299)32.920.9
 12%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Illinois)40.633
 7.6%
4th Grade English Language Arts (West Ridge Elementary School)34.929.1
 5.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (City of Chicago School District 299)23.225
 1.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.735.4
 1.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (West Ridge Elementary School)34.129
 5.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (City of Chicago School District 299)24.116.4
 7.7%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)33.527.7
 5.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (West Ridge Elementary School)41.631.4
 10.2%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (City of Chicago School District 299)24.124.1
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)37.935.2
 2.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (West Ridge Elementary School)42.97
 35.9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (City of Chicago School District 299)20.715
 5.7%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.825.6
 4.2%
5th Grade Science (West Ridge Elementary School)38.442.6
 4.2%
   5th Grade Science (City of Chicago School District 299)40.739.2
 1.5%
   5th Grade Science (Illinois)54.452.4
 2%
6th Grade English Language Arts (West Ridge Elementary School)36.732.4
 4.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (City of Chicago School District 299)22.824.7
 1.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)3534.2
 0.8%
6th Grade Mathematics (West Ridge Elementary School)4326.8
 16.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (City of Chicago School District 299)17.714.6
 3.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)25.323.4
 1.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (West Ridge Elementary School)5017.4
 32.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (City of Chicago School District 299)28.229.7
 1.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)41.237.9
 3.3%
7th Grade Mathematics (West Ridge Elementary School)31.726
 5.7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (City of Chicago School District 299)21.818.7
 3.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.926.9
 3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (West Ridge Elementary School)37.944.8
 6.9%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (City of Chicago School District 299)26.231.3
 5.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)39.640.5
 0.9%
8th Grade Mathematics (West Ridge Elementary School)3225.4
 6.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (City of Chicago School District 299)24.319.5
 4.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)32.625.7
 6.9%
8th Grade Science (West Ridge Elementary School)43.853.7
 9.9%
   8th Grade Science (City of Chicago School District 299)40.340.3
   8th Grade Science (Illinois)5552
 3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students805634
 21.2%
African American5271
 36.5%
American Indian32
 33.3%
Asian269187
 30.5%
Hispanic167128
 23.4%
Pacific Islander20
 100%
White305211
 30.8%
Two or More Races735
 400%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients87.1%82.2%
 4.9%


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Students who attend West Ridge Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Mather High School

West Ridge Elementary School ranks 1151st of 2077 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at West Ridge Elementary School are 33% White, 29% Asian, 20% Hispanic, 11% African American, 6% Two or more races.

In the 2022-23 school year, 634 students attended West Ridge Elementary School.


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