Sunset Ridge Elem School

Sunset Ridge Elementary School serves grades 4 through 8 in Northfield, Illinois, enrolling 251 students with a student-teacher ratio of 7.6:1. That low ratio means significantly more individual attention than most public schools can offer. Academically, the school earns a composite score of 9.4 out of 10, rated Exceptional, with a near-perfect academic score of 9.9.

Those numbers reflect real outcomes: Sunset Ridge ranks 4th among 684 middle schools in Illinois and sits at 37th out of 3,813 public schools statewide. It outperforms 99% of Illinois schools overall — a margin that places it in genuinely rare company. Within Northfield, Sunset Ridge holds the top spot among the three public schools in the area.

Growth scores come in at 8.7 out of 10, indicating that students are advancing at a strong pace relative to peers statewide — not just arriving with advantages, but building on them. For families weighing middle school options in the northern suburbs, the performance data here is hard to match anywhere in Illinois.

With a student-teacher ratio of 7.6:1, Sunset Ridge Elem School offers a notably low ratio compared to the national average. This typically means smaller class sizes and more opportunities for one-on-one interaction between students and teachers.