Ridgebury Elementary School

Ridgebury Elementary School is one of the mid-sized K-5 schools in Ridgefield, Connecticut, run under Ridgefield School District, with 322 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Ridgefield School District runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 4,378 students. Ridgebury Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Ridgebury Elementary School lists that 80% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Western Connecticut Planning Region as a whole is about 61% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Ridgebury Elementary School logs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. The state averages about 12.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 6% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Western Connecticut Planning Region's rate of about 33%.

Around the school, census data for Western Connecticut Planning Region shows median household income runs about $128,188, roughly 56% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Western Connecticut Planning Region runs 149 public schools (combined enrollment of about 90,520 students), of which Ridgebury Elementary School is one.

Barlow Mountain Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ridgebury Elementary School.

Ridgebury Elementary School operates from a town-based location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 5%: 338 students in 2018 compared to 322 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.