West Ridge, Chicago

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**West Ridge, Chicago, Illinois**

Community Area 02 - West Ridge Location within the city of Chicago
Latitude Longitude	42°00′N 87°41.4′W
Neighborhoods	Nortown Peterson Park Rosehill West Ridge West Rogers Park
ZIP Code	60645 and parts of 60659
Area	9.14 km² (3.53 mi²)
Population (2000) Density	73,199 (up 11.97% from 1990) 8,006.3 /km²
Demographics	White Black Hispanic Asian Other	49.7% 6.78% 15.5% 22.3% 5.65%
Median income	$41,144 USD
Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services

West Ridge or West Rogers Park is a middle to upper middle class neighborhood located on the far north side of Chicago, Illinois. It is located in the 50th Ward. It is bordered on the north by Howard Street, on the east by Ridge Boulevard, Western Avenue, and Ravenswood Avenue, on the south by Bryn Mawr Avenue and Peterson Avenue, and on the west by Kedzie Avenue and the North Shore channel of the Chicago River. At one time joined with neighboring Rogers Park, it separated in the 1890's over a conflict concerning park districts (known as the Cabbage War.) Today West Ridge is one of Chicago's better off communities, filled with thriving multi-ethnic culture lining Devon Avenue, historic mansions lining Ridge and Lunt Avenues, cultural institutions such as St. Scholastica Acadaemy and one of the highest per capita on the Northside of Chicago. It is represented in City Council by Alderman Bernard Stone.

It is home to the Midwest's largest Hasidic community, as well as other Jewish, Irish-American, German-American, Indian, Pakistani, Bangaldeshi, Assyrian, and Korean immigrant communities.

[edit] Schools

ABC Academy
Bethesda Evangelical Lutheran School
Bnos Rabbeinu High School
Boone Elementary School
Cheder Lubavitch Girls High School
Clinton Elementary School
Stephen Decatur Classical School
George Armstrong Elementary School
Hanna Sacks Bais Yaakov High School
Ida Crown Jewish Academy
Jamieson Elementary School
Joan Dachs Bais Yaakov High School
Keshet High School
Mather High School
NAES College
Rogers Elementary School
St. Hilary Elementary School
St. Margaret Mary School
St. Philips Evangelical Lutheran School
St. Scholastica Academy
Stone Elementary Academy
Tzemach Tzedek Elementary School
Vicytor C. Neumann School
Yeshiva Migdal Torah School
Yeshiva Shearis Yisroel-Veitzn

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