RIDGE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

RIDGE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the medium-sized K-5 schools in NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, operated by NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 516 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 23% bigger than the state mean of about 418.

RIDGE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 14 schools operated by NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that serves 7,711 students overall.

Demographically, RIDGE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 40% Black, 10% White, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting RIDGE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at RIDGE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Pulaski County's rate of about 71%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RIDGE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.2%.

In the area at large, Pulaski County reports that median household income runs about $62,873, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Pulaski County's 133 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students), RIDGE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PIKE VIEW EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RIDGE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, RIDGE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 27.4%.

RIDGE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. RIDGE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 14% since 2018, when it stood at 602 (now 516). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 26% to 44% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

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