Ridgewood Elementary

Ridgewood Elementary is a K-5 school of small scale in Eureka, California, part of Cutten Elementary, hosting 260 students in grades K through 2. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 44% below typical.

Cutten Elementary runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 548 students. Ridgewood Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Ridgewood Elementary shows that 59% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 18% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 5% Asian, 3% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Ridgewood Elementary logs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Ridgewood Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Humboldt County's rate of about 60%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Humboldt County put the typical household earns roughly $61,160 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Humboldt County's 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,319 students), Ridgewood Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Northern United - Humboldt Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ridgewood Elementary.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ridgewood Elementary has contracted 6%, going from 277 students in 2018 to 260 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 11% to 18% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

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