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Enrollment
665
Elementary
DISTRICT 661 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CITRUS·NCES 120027004325
FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2927 N FOREST RIDGE BLVD, HERNANDO, FL 34442 · (352) 527-1808 · Citrus County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL665 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
339 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 31 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
52.7%
FL avg 56.7% . -4.5pp since 2023
Math
54.9%
FL avg 58.9% . -4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.7% | 54.9% |
| 2023-24 | 57.3% | 59.8% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (55.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 665 | 51.0% | 55.0% |
| SPRUCE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT ORANGE | 726 | 49.2% | 69.0% |
| OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 731 | 48.3% | 73.3% |
| HOLLEY-NAVARRE INTERMEDIATE NAVARRE | 698 | 46.8% | 67.8% |
| PLUMB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLEARWATER | 704 | 49.3% | 64.9% |
| SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY GREEN COVE SPRINGS | 698 | 48.7% | 64.7% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Citrus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,100 of 2,136 | #7 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #1,332 of 2,149 ▼ 387 | #8 of 11 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #1,174 of 2,149 ▼ 337 | #5 of 11 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 665 | #824 of 2,267 | #5 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #1,672 of 2,077 | #7 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.8% | #1,239 of 2,108 | #1 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.0% | #1,263 of 2,188 | #9 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #970 of 1,374 | #1 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
665
-38 (-5%) vs 2020
-11% since 2000-01, when it was 748
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 17.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 665 | 37.1 | 17.9:1 | 51% (339) |
| 2023-24 | 698 | 38.1 | 18.3:1 | 62% (431) |
| 2022-23 | 708 | 46.1 | 15.4:1 | 67% (472) |
| 2020-21 | 703 | 41 | 17.1:1 | 73% (516) |
| 2017-18 | 735 | 46 | 16.0:1 | 77% (564) |
| 2015-16 | 723 | 51 | 14.2:1 | 77% (556) |
| 2010-11 | 731 | 52 | 14.1:1 | 63% (460) |
| 2000-01 | 748 | 42 | 17.8:1 | 36% (269) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school located in HERNANDO, Florida. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 665 students on the rolls.
The 26 schools in CITRUS enroll 15,594 students altogether, FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
More than half of enrollment at FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White: 65%. Other groups make up 21% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 4% Black. Citrus County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school's share is lower. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 53%.
FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 37.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 17.9:1. The 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is close to this figure. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 51% at FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The figure for public schools in Citrus County is close, at 48%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 55.6% at FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 55.0%.
Looking at the county, Citrus County, median household income comes to about $56,546, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county's public schools total 28, with about 15,594 students.
Of the public schools around it, FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest to HERNANDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 3.7 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 4 other public schools. On average proficiency, FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Small: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
The school shrank from 703 students in 2020-21 to 665 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Citrus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
162,472
Census ACS
Median income
$56,546
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
15,594 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CITRUS
- LECANTO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,735 students
- CITRUS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,465 students
- CRYSTAL RIVER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,293 students
- INVERNESS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 911 students
- CRYSTAL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 906 students
- CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 877 students
Other Forest Ridge Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Forest Ridge Elementary. FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 4.
- Forest Ridge ElementaryLaurel, MD · 659 students
- Forest Ridge ElementaryOak Creek, WI · 435 students
- Forest Ridge Elementary SchoolKeizer, OR · 226 students
Nearby schools
- HERNANDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.7 mi · 730
- CYPRESS CREEK TREATMENT CENTER4.7 mi · 63
- CITRUS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL4.7 mi · 752
- CENTRAL RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.8 mi · 801
- CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.0 mi · 877
- LECANTO PRIMARY SCHOOL6.4 mi · 816
Frequently asked questions
About FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 665 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.9:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 65% White, 21% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by CITRUS in Citrus County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.