Scotland Elementary School

Scotland Elementary School operates as a modestly sized primary school in Ridgefield, Connecticut, one of the schools within Ridgefield School District. Current enrollment sits at 318 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Ridgefield School District comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 4,378 students; Scotland Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Scotland Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%); the rest is composed of 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

On the income-and-resources front, Scotland Elementary School reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Scotland Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 4% of students at Scotland Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Western Connecticut Planning Region runs at roughly 33%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, Western Connecticut Planning Region reports that median household income runs about $128,188, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Scotland Elementary School is one of 149 public schools in Western Connecticut Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 90,520 students).

Nearest neighbor: Barlow Mountain Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Scotland Elementary School operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Scotland Elementary School has contracted 15%, going from 374 students in 2018 to 318 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.