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Enrollment
945
Middle
DISTRICT 922 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FULTON COUNTY·NCES 130228001957
Ridgeview Charter School
5340 S Trimble Rd, Atlanta, GA 30342 · (470) 254-7710 · Fulton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL945 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
484 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 319 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 344 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 282 | 30% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 71% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Ridgeview Charter School→Riverwood International Charter School
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from Fulton County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
53.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.7pp since 2021
Math
52.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +9.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.8% | 52.1% |
| 2023-24 | 52.4% | 53.2% |
| 2022-23 | 51.4% | 44.0% |
| 2021-22 | 52.0% | 43.0% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. 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
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Georgia 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 Georgia'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 Ridgeview Charter School
Ridgeview Charter School's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgeview Charter School this school | 945 | 51.2% | 49.5% |
| Elkins Pointe Middle School Roswell | 857 | 51.0% | 52.2% |
| Peachtree Middle School Atlanta | 1,214 | 55.4% | 42.2% |
| Pinckneyville Middle School Peachtree Corners | 1,157 | 57.0% | 42.3% |
| C. W. Davis Middle School Flowery Branch | 748 | 53.1% | 36.4% |
| Griffin Middle School Smyrna | 991 | 55.0% | 44.9% |
Matched among Georgia middle 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 Ridgeview Charter School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #120 of 470 | #13 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #128 of 474 ▼ 23 | #12 of 35 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #74 of 474 ▲ 21 | #11 of 35 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #190 of 465 | #17 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 945 | #118 of 487 | #12 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #68 of 471 | #13 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #54 of 471 | #6 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.2% | #369 of 479 | #26 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.2% | #87 of 305 | #11 of 26 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
945
-137 (-13%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 685
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 945 | 77 | 12.3:1 | 51% (484) |
| 2023-24 | 963 | 79.7 | 12.1:1 | 53% (512) |
| 2022-23 | 996 | 80.9 | 12.3:1 | 45% (449) |
| 2020-21 | 1,082 | 81 | 13.4:1 | 47% (511) |
| 2017-18 | 1,141 | 83.3 | 13.7:1 | 51% (584) |
| 2015-16 | 1,128 | 86 | 13.1:1 | 54% (609) |
| 2010-11 | 820 | 68 | 12.1:1 | 59% (485) |
| 2000-01 | 556 | 46 | 12.1:1 | 48% (268) |
| 1990-91 | 685 | 48 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridgeview Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (1,141 to 945); teachers down 8% (83.3 to 77).
About Ridgeview Charter School
Students in Atlanta, Georgia, attend Ridgeview Charter School, a medium-sized middle school. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 945 students. Against the 763-student average for middle schools in Georgia, enrollment here is 24% higher.
Ridgeview Charter School is one school in a 107-school district, Fulton County, which enrolls 87,563 students.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Ridgeview Charter School, at 44%. Beyond that, enrollment is 30% White, 17% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 8%. Pick two students at random and there is a 68% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Ridgeview Charter School operates with 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.3:1. On average, middle schools in Georgia have 14.1:1, compared with 12.3:1 here. Ridgeview Charter School reports 51% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 62% average for public schools in Fulton County is 11 points higher.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Ridgeview Charter School would be expected to post about 50.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 49.5%.
In Fulton County (population about 1,076,561), the median household income is $95,292, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 59%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Ridgeview Charter School is one of 205 public schools in the county.
High Point Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. The five-mile area around Ridgeview Charter School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Ridgeview Charter School at 5th of 9.
Ridgeview Charter School is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
Enrollment has fallen by 137 students since 2020-21, to 945. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 13.4:1 to 12.3:1.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Ridgeview Charter School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,076,561
Census ACS
Median income
$95,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
205
138,270 students
Quick facts
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Other Ridgeview Charter schools
One other US public school is named Ridgeview Charter. Ridgeview Charter School is the largest of the 2.
- Ridgeview Charter SchoolGastonia, NC · 300 students
Nearby schools
- High Point Elementary School0.6 mi · 684
- Montgomery Elementary School1.7 mi · 728
- Lake Forest Elementary2.0 mi · 534
- DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School2.0 mi · 369
- Cary Reynolds Elementary School2.5 mi · 267
- Ashford Park Elementary School2.7 mi · 757
Frequently asked questions
About Ridgeview Charter SchoolHow large is Ridgeview Charter School?
Ridgeview Charter School enrolls approximately 945 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Ridgeview Charter School serve?
Ridgeview Charter School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Ridgeview Charter School have?
Ridgeview Charter School employs 77 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Ridgeview Charter School?
Student demographics at Ridgeview Charter School are roughly 30% White, 44% Hispanic, 17% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Ridgeview Charter School public or private?
Ridgeview Charter School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fulton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.