Ridge Elementary School

Ridge Elementary School is an elementary-level community of medium-sized scale in Duson, Louisiana, operated by Lafayette Parish, hosting 592 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 31% above typical.

Within Lafayette Parish, which oversees 44 schools and 29,396 students, Ridge Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Ridge Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 31% Black, 20% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Lafayette Parish as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Ridge Elementary School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.5:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 59% of students at Ridge Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ridge Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.3%.

Zooming out to the county, Lafayette Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $67,451, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lafayette Parish's 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,903 students), Ridge Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Judice Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Ridge Elementary School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 50.7%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ridge Elementary School has remained close to its prior level, going from 587 students in 2018 to 592 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 55% to 40%. Class-load math has loosened: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 in 2025.

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