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Blythe Park Elementary School

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Blythe Park Elementary School ranks 192 nd of 1737 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

192^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,737 Illinois Elementary Schools

Better than 89% of Illinois elementary schools

Summary

Blythe Park Elementary School serves 230 students in kindergarten through fifth grade in Riverside, Illinois. Its latest results are well above state proficiency rates overall, though slightly below Riverside School District 96 averages. The most important caution for families is a sharp fifth-grade math dip: 46% of fifth-graders were proficient, compared with 79% in third grade and 78% in fourth.

Fifth-grade science is the school’s clearest strength: 77% were proficient, leading the nine nearby schools with reported results and topping the district’s 73% by 4 points and the state’s 48% by 29 points. Across all grades, ELA proficiency was 81% and math was 66%. Both were above state rates—56% in ELA and 40% in math—but below district rates of 85% and 69%, respectively. The fifth-grade math result was 19 points below the district’s 65%, though 10 points above the state’s 36%; among nearby schools, it was lowest among the three same-district schools with reported results.

ELA has climbed from 73% in 2023–2024 to 81% in 2025–2026, an 8-point gain, while math rose from 59% to 66% over that span but fell 10 points from its 2024–2025 peak of 76%. SchoolDigger ranked the school in the 89th percentile with 4 stars in 2025–2026, down from the 92nd percentile the year before; the district ranked in the 94th percentile with 5 stars. Other context: the 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 12.2, near the nearby-school average of 12.9. In 2024–2025, 19% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, compared with a 56% average among nearby schools reporting that measure. Chronic absenteeism was also low at 9%, below the district’s 11% and the state’s 24%.

230

Students ?

12.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$23,864

Per pupil spending ?

18.7%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

97.9%

Measles protection (all grades) (2025-26)

735 Leesley Rd
Riverside, IL 60546-1717

(708) 447-2168

District: Riverside School District 96

Students who attend Blythe Park Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	L J Hauser Junior High School
High:	Riverside Brookfield Township High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

57.0%

Hispanic:

30.9%

Two or more races:

8.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 78th percentile in 2016 → 89th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Illinois average (75% vs 48% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 11% of Illinois elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 11 percentile points since 2016

Worth a look

!Near the bottom of Riverside School District 96's ranking

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school75%

District avg76%

Illinois avg48%

192^nd of 1,737

Illinois public elementary schools ?

Top 11%▲ up 11 pts since 2016

From top 22% (2016) to top 11% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 4Elementary Schools in the Riverside School District 96

44^th of 738Riverside School District 96 among Illinois districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2026	86.0	192 of 1737	88.9%	★★★★☆
2025	90.7	167 of 2056	91.9%	★★★★★
2024	94.1	125 of 2067	94.0%	★★★★★
2023	86.6	246 of 2077	88.2%	★★★★☆
2022	93.7	99 of 2082	95.2%	★★★★★
2021	91.6	129 of 1948	93.4%	★★★★★
2019	95.5	58 of 2086	97.2%	★★★★★
2018	71.9	527 of 2037	74.1%	★★★★☆
2017	69.8	573 of 2044	72.0%	★★★★☆
2016	75.7	446 of 2046	78.2%	★★★★☆
2015	88.5	227 of 2052	88.9%	★★★★☆
2014	85.4	252 of 2093	88.0%	★★★★☆
2013	81.5	360 of 2167	83.4%	★★★★☆
2012	81.4	303 of 2166	86.0%	★★★★☆
2011	86.7	82 of 2147	96.2%	★★★★★
2010	67.7	818 of 2139	61.8%	★★★☆☆
2009	79.3	376 of 2120	82.3%	★★★★☆
2008	83.4	205 of 2092	90.2%	★★★★★
2007	85.8	61 of 2095	97.1%	★★★★★
2006	87.3	43 of 2086	97.9%	★★★★★
2005	89.5	27 of 2022	98.7%	★★★★★
2004	90.0	28 of 2030	98.6%	★★★★★
2003	90.9	17 of 2020	99.2%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2026	82.9	139 of 1286	89.2%	★★★★☆
2025	89.4	164 of 1942	91.6%	★★★★★
2024	93.8	94 of 1942	95.2%	★★★★★
2023	78.1	369 of 1957	81.1%	★★★★☆
2022	90.5	151 of 1970	92.3%	★★★★★
2021	73.5	368 of 1680	78.1%	★★★★☆
2018	55.1	809 of 1964	58.8%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2025	84.4	86 of 982	91.2%	★★★★★
2024	92.8	33 of 959	96.6%	★★★★★
2023	71.0	178 of 970	81.6%	★★★★☆
2022	75.8	145 of 954	84.8%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2026	84.8	146 of 1311	88.9%	★★★★☆
2025	86.2	229 of 1947	88.2%	★★★★☆
2024	92.4	135 of 1959	93.1%	★★★★★
2023	91.2	131 of 1984	93.4%	★★★★★
2022	91.9	121 of 1977	93.9%	★★★★★
2019	96.1	39 of 2019	98.1%	★★★★★
2018	86.6	210 of 1972	89.4%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Illinois percentile	Rating
2026	83.6	126 of 1149	89.0%	★★★★☆
2025	86.8	124 of 1389	91.1%	★★★★★
2024	92.4	51 of 1392	96.3%	★★★★★
2023	90.3	78 of 1419	94.5%	★★★★★
2022	92.2	51 of 1425	96.4%	★★★★★
2021	90.1	78 of 1308	94.0%	★★★★★
2019	95.9	11 of 1462	99.2%	★★★★★
2018	80.2	220 of 1463	85.0%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Hispanic (2025)91st percentile~ school

Female (2026)89th percentile~ school

White (2026)89th percentile~ school

Male (2026)89th percentile~ school

By subject vs Illinois (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts81%+25 vs state

Science77%+29 vs state

Mathematics66%+27 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ISA Science (2026)	IAR English Language Arts (2026)				IAR Mathematics (2026)				Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2026)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISA Science 5th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 3rd Grade	IAR English Language Arts 4th Grade	IAR English Language Arts 5th Grade	IAR English Language Arts All Grades	IAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	IAR Mathematics 4th Grade	IAR Mathematics 5th Grade	IAR Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Measles protection (all grades)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Blythe Park Elementary School	Public	K-5	735 Leesley Rd	Riverside	60546	Cook County	Riverside School District 96	No	(n/a)	No	No	(708) 447-2168	230	19	12.2	18.7%	131 (57.0%)	4 (1.7%)	71 (30.9%)	5 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (8.3%)	86	192^nd of 1737 public elementary schools	88.9%		90.7	167^th of 2056 public elementary schools	91.9%	25	76.9	79.3	86.1	76.9	80.8	79.3	77.8	46.2	66.3	97.9%		$23,864	$224	$23,641
Emerson Elementary School	Public	K-5	6850 31st St	Berwyn	60402	Cook County	Berwyn South School District 100	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 795-2322	260	20	12.9	65.4%	37 (14.2%)	19 (7.3%)	200 (76.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	22.2	1334^th of 1737 public elementary schools	23.2%		42.4	1157^th of 2056 public elementary schools	43.7%	177		27.8	52.4		36.0	38.9	28.6		26.3	93.5%		$16,635	$1,880	$14,755
A F Ames Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	86 Southcote Rd	Riverside	60546	Cook County	Riverside School District 96	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 447-0759	482	31	15.4	31.3%	202 (41.9%)	21 (4.4%)	214 (44.4%)	17 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.8%)	88.1	158^th of 1737 public elementary schools	90.9%		93.4	105^th of 2056 public elementary schools	94.9%	53	73.9	74.3	82.6	85.3	80.7	62.9	75.4	76.5	71.5	98.1%		$20,000	$401	$19,600
Central Elementary School	Public	K-5	61 Woodside Rd	Riverside	60546	Cook County	Riverside School District 96	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 447-1106	371	29	12.9	25.9%	230 (62.0%)	8 (2.2%)	100 (27.0%)	7 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (7.0%)	90.9	106^th of 1737 public elementary schools	93.9%		91.4	149^th of 2056 public elementary schools	92.8%	43	71.0	78.0	81.4	85.7	81.9	86.4	72.9	69.6	75.9	98.4%		$19,484	$224	$19,260
Irving Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3501 Clinton Ave	Berwyn	60402	Cook County	Berwyn South School District 100	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 795-2334	415	29	14.4	70.6%	61 (14.7%)	20 (4.8%)	315 (75.9%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.6%)	30.9	1171^st of 1737 public elementary schools	32.6%		53.8	924^th of 2056 public elementary schools	55.1%	247	39.7	30.9	46.8	55.0	44.6	43.6	41.9	35.0	40.1	97.8%		$18,817	$1,986	$16,832
Piper School	Public	K-5	2435 Kenilworth Ave	Berwyn	60402	Cook County	Berwyn South School District 100	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 795-2364	292	20	14.3	70.2%	30 (10.3%)	17 (5.8%)	239 (81.8%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	46.2	902^nd of 1737 public elementary schools	48.1%		60.1	804^th of 2056 public elementary schools	60.9%	98	45.5	55.3	57.8	61.8	58.5	46.8	35.6	45.5	42.9	99.2%		$18,641	$1,880	$16,761
Hiawatha Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6539 26th St	Berwyn	60402	Cook County	Berwyn South School District 100	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 795-2327	394	31	12.9	75.6%	20 (5.1%)	27 (6.9%)	336 (85.3%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	35.9	1078^th of 1737 public elementary schools	37.9%		37.4	1264^th of 2056 public elementary schools	38.5%	186	43.4	42.1	49.0	51.9	48.3	55.3	43.1	27.8	40.6	98.4%		$18,338	$2,007	$16,331
Pershing Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6537 37th St	Berwyn	60402	Cook County	Berwyn South School District 100	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 795-2349	418	34	12.4	74.2%	18 (4.3%)	15 (3.6%)	379 (90.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	38.3	1044^th of 1737 public elementary schools	39.9%		52.6	954^th of 2056 public elementary schools	53.6%	90	34.3	31.0	56.9	49.3	46.9	64.3	47.1	35.8	46.9	98.4%		$18,285	$2,009	$16,276
Hollywood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3423 Hollywood Ave	Brookfield	60513	Cook County	Riverside School District 96	No	(n/a)	No	No	(708) 485-7630	114	11	10.8	15.8%	83 (72.8%)	1 (0.9%)	23 (20.2%)	3 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.5%)	90.9	109^th of 1737 public elementary schools	93.7%		87	243^rd of 2056 public elementary schools	88.2%	134	71.4	100.0	84.2	73.3	84.8	83.3	78.9		69.6	95.9%		$30,861	$224	$30,637
Komensky Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2515 Cuyler Ave	Berwyn	60402	Cook County	Berwyn South School District 100	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(708) 795-2342	320	29	10.9	85.6%	10 (3.1%)	15 (4.7%)	288 (90.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.2%)	29.5	1193^rd of 1737 public elementary schools	31.3%		30.7	1415^th of 2056 public elementary schools	31.2%	222	32.4	44.2	44.9	43.2	44.2	57.7	30.6		38.4	97.3%		$19,112	$2,020	$17,093

Frequently Asked Questions about Blythe Park Elementary School

Is Blythe Park Elementary School a good school?

Blythe Park Elementary School ranks 192^nd of 1737 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What district is Blythe Park Elementary School in?

Riverside School District 96

What schools do graduates of Blythe Park Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Blythe Park Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : L J Hauser Junior High School
High : Riverside Brookfield Township High School

What is the racial makeup of Blythe Park Elementary School?

Students at Blythe Park Elementary School are 57% White, 31% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 2% Asian, 2% African American.

How many students attend Blythe Park Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 230 students attended Blythe Park Elementary School.

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