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What's the one class at RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
2,632
High
DISTRICT 1,012 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159004179
RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
500 ORCHID DR, DAVENPORT, FL 33837 · (863) 419-3315 · Polk County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,632 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of Florida public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public high schools
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
114 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
1,623 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 679 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 640 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 744 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 569 | 22% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
40.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
15.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.4% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.3% | 22.0% |
% 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
39.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (39.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,632 | 61.7% | 39.4% |
| LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL LAKE WORTH | 2,589 | 60.1% | 31.9% |
| MIAMI SOUTHRIDGE SENIOR HIGH MIAMI | 2,238 | 57.4% | 45.8% |
| EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES | 2,129 | 56.5% | 28.6% |
| SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL BRADENTON | 1,638 | 65.6% | 36.7% |
| SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HOMESTEAD | 3,382 | 62.5% | 46.4% |
Matched among Florida high 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 RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #497 of 555 | #13 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #534 of 549 ▼ 76 | #17 of 19 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #498 of 559 ▼ 45 | #17 of 20 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,632 | #54 of 830 | #4 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.1:1 | #353 of 575 | #11 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #386 of 594 | #22 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.7% | #87 of 630 | #17 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #170 of 289 | #5 of 11 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,632
-348 (-12%) vs 2020
+26% since 2010-11, when it was 2,085
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 2,632 | 114 | 23.1:1 | 62% (1,623) |
| 2023-24 | 2,666 | 121 | 22.0:1 | 62% (1,657) |
| 2022-23 | 2,711 | 116 | 23.4:1 | 48% (1,289) |
| 2020-21 | 2,980 | 129 | 23.1:1 | 47% (1,407) |
| 2017-18 | 2,851 | 124 | 23.0:1 | 41% (1,161) |
| 2015-16 | 2,526 | 119 | 21.2:1 | 62% (1,561) |
| 2010-11 | 2,085 | 122 | 17.1:1 | 65% (1,354) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL.
About RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school serving families in DAVENPORT, Florida. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 2,632 students in 2024-25. Across high schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 1,035.
POLK enrolls 116,552 students, and its 163 schools include RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL.
Hispanic students are 66% of those enrolled at RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL. The next largest groups are 23% Black and 9% White. In Polk County overall, about 29% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 51% means there is a 51% chance two randomly chosen students at RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
There are 114 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 23.1:1. The ratio is within a point of the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida. Of all students at RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, 62% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 65% average for public schools in Polk County.
RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 17% of Florida public high schools.
RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is 10.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (39.4% versus 50.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
In Polk County, home to about 790,694 people, median household income comes to about $65,978, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Polk County's 172 public schools enroll about 117,004 students and include RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL.
Of the public schools around it, RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is closest to NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT, about 0.9 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL ranks 7th of 9 nearby schools, at 39.4% versus a 43.0% average.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased 12% over 4 years, reaching 2,632 in 2024-25.
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Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
790,694
Census ACS
Median income
$65,978
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
172
117,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in POLK
- HAINES CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,105 students
- DAVENPORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,731 students
- WINTER HAVEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,648 students
- GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,469 students
- BARTOW SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,276 students
- LAKELAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,985 students
Other schools in DAVENPORT
- DAVENPORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,731 students
- RIDGEVIEW GLOBAL STUDIES ACADEMYCombined · 1,581 students
- HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,543 students
- DAVENPORT SCHOOL OF THE ARTSElementary · 1,440 students
- FOUR CORNERS UPPER SCHOOLHigh · 1,401 students
- LOUGHMAN OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,179 students
Nearby schools
- NAVIGATOR ACADEMY OF LEADERSHIP DAVENPORT0.9 mi · 977
- HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,543
- DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 938
- BETHUNE ACADEMY2.0 mi · 430
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 725
- DANIEL JENKINS ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLE SCHOOL3.3 mi · 506
Frequently asked questions
About RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL?
RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,632 students in grades 09-12.
Is RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 23.1:1 (114 FTE teachers).
How diverse is RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL?
RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 9% White, 66% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by POLK.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.