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Elden D Finley Jr High School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
10835 Lombard Ave
Chicago Ridge, IL 60415
Phone
(708) 636-2005
District
CHICAGO RIDGE SD 127-5
County
COOK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
404
Classroom Teachers
33

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Illinois

3

(10 is best)

Better than 28.6% of all IL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Elden D Finley Jr High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 8

40 30 20 10 0
14%
26%
16%
29%
12%
22%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
14
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 126 31.2%
Grade 7 138 34.2%
Grade 8 140 34.7%
Total 404 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 63.8% 66.5% 48.7%
Black 7.8% 9.1% 17.3%
Hispanic 26.6% 21.9% 28.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.0% 2.0% 5.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.8% 0.4% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 13,796 12,582,032
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 9,894.5 226
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 8.5% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.0% 19.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.6% 33.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.3% 25.6%
65 OR OLDER 14.7% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 5,168 4,968,761
Single Parent Households With Children 6.3% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.2% 90.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 26.4% 36.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 5.8% 21.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 25.2% 17.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 7.7% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.4% 15.4%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.5% 13.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.0% 10.3%
$15,000 or less 12.3% 8.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,199 $11,593,386 50.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $826 $1,167,964 5.1%
Staff $403 $569,842 2.5%
General Administration $482 $681,548 3.0%
School Administration $831 $1,175,034 5.1%
Operation $933 $1,319,262 5.8%
Transportation $579 $818,706 3.6%
Other $668 $944,552 4.1%
Total Support $4,721 $6,675,494 29.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,234 $4,572,876 20.0%
Total Expenditures $16,154 $22,841,756 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,818 $20,214,612,291 52.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,311 $2,449,080,202 6.3%
Staff $673 $1,256,727,156 3.2%
General Administration $673 $1,256,749,375 3.2%
School Administration $942 $1,760,657,749 4.5%
Operation $1,431 $2,672,969,408 6.9%
Transportation $748 $1,398,114,051 3.6%
Other $736 $1,376,105,992 3.5%
Total Support $6,513 $12,170,558,501 31.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,424 $6,398,727,407 16.5%
Total Expenditures $20,756 $38,783,883,293 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%