Schools · Norridge

Norridge, IL schools

Norridge’s public schools score close to Illinois’s averages: 30% of students are proficient in reading against 30.7% statewide, and 93% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.3%. Kids attend J Leigh Elem School through grade 4, then J Giles Elem School and Ridgewood Comm High School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

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Norridge’s School Grade: B+

The public schools Norridge’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 69% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

BTest scoresB+Graduation
Illinois school districts we grade (853)Better than 69%
Lower resultsHigher results
Illinois towns with similar household incomes (1,330)Better than 76%
Good confidence. Built on 292 tested students and a graduating class of 217; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Illinois’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2018.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Illinois only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
  • Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Illinois with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path

Where Norridge kids go to school

Grades PK–4
D-J Leigh Elem School 612 students · Norridge Norridge School District 80
Grades 5–8
AJ Giles Elem School 499 students · Norridge Norridge School District 80

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading (grades 9–12, Ridgewood Community High School District 234)30%
State average 30.7%
Reading (grades PK–8, Norridge School District 80)52%
State average 30.7%
Math (grades 9–12, Ridgewood Community High School District 234)18%
State average 25.8%
Math (grades PK–8, Norridge School District 80)37%
State average 25.8%
Graduation · class of 2018

93% graduate on time

Graduation rate
93%
IL: 87.3%
Graduating class
217
students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #195 of 635 IL towns →

Districts

Two districts serve Norridge

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

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