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Enrollment
592
Elementary
DISTRICT 584 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAFAYETTE PARISH·NCES 220087001600
Ridge Elementary School
2901 South Fieldspan Road, Duson, LA 70529 · (337) 521-7800 · Lafayette Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL592 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
351 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 70%
Community
5
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 | 19 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 65% · 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
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
53.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
50.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 53.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 51.0% | 44.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. 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
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.7%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Louisiana 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 Louisiana'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 Elementary School
Ridge Elementary School's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridge Elementary School this school | 592 | 59.3% | 44.2% |
| Arabi Elementary School Arabi | 567 | 57.3% | 38.7% |
| Apollo Elementary School Bossier City | 756 | 61.1% | 36.3% |
| Dr. John Ochsner Discovery Health Sciences Academy Jefferson | 731 | 54.0% | 42.0% |
| Lacoste Elementary School Chalmette | 621 | 55.2% | 43.5% |
| E. E. Lyon Elementary School Covington | 628 | 61.6% | 41.0% |
Matched among Louisiana 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 Ridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Lafayette Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #162 of 583 | #12 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #120 of 582 ▲ 53 | #10 of 24 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #147 of 587 ▲ 1 | #10 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #163 of 540 | #7 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 592 | #155 of 714 | #13 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #637 of 655 | #20 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #23 of 655 | #1 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.3% | #546 of 705 | #16 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.9% | #184 of 197 | #9 of 10 |
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
592
+37 (+7%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 883
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 592 | 30.3 | 19.5:1 | 59% (351) |
| 2023-24 | 676 | 40.2 | 16.8:1 | 64% (430) |
| 2022-23 | 695 | 35.4 | 19.7:1 | 62% (431) |
| 2020-21 | 555 | 30 | 18.5:1 | 86% (475) |
| 2017-18 | 587 | 32 | 18.3:1 | 37% (218) |
| 2015-16 | 589 | 40 | 14.7:1 | 69% (406) |
| 2010-11 | 659 | 47 | 14.0:1 | 59% (392) |
| 2000-01 | 517 | 32 | 16.2:1 | 42% (219) |
| 1990-91 | 883 | 45 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (587 to 592); teachers down 5% (32 to 30.3).
About Ridge Elementary School
Located in Duson, Louisiana, Ridge Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 592 students. That is 31% above the average of about 453 students for elementary schools in Louisiana.
Ridge Elementary School falls under Lafayette Parish, which has 44 schools enrolling 29,396 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Ridge Elementary School is White, with 40% of students. The remaining shares are 31% Black, 20% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Lafayette Parish as a whole is about 63% White, so the school's share is lower. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Ridge Elementary School scores 70%.
Ridge Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.5:1, with 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1. The school has 59% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Lafayette Parish is close, at 59%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 41.7% at Ridge Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 44.2%.
Looking at the county, Lafayette Parish, the median household earns about $67,451 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Lafayette Parish has 50 public schools with about 35,903 students, including Ridge Elementary School.
Judice Middle School is about 0.5 miles from Ridge Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Ridge Elementary School ranks 5th on proficiency.
Ridge Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 555 (2020-21) to 592 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 18.5:1 to 19.5:1.
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Lafayette Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
247,997
Census ACS
Median income
$67,451
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
35,903 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lafayette Parish
- Southside High SchoolHigh · 1,833 students
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 1,720 students
- Acadiana High SchoolHigh · 1,652 students
- David Thibodaux STEM Magnet AcademyHigh · 1,362 students
- Milton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,261 students
- Carencro High SchoolHigh · 1,116 students
Other schools in Duson
- Charles M. Burke Elementary SchoolElementary · 564 students
- Judice Middle SchoolMiddle · 442 students
- Duson Elementary SchoolElementary · 229 students
Other Ridge Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Ridge Elementary. Ridge Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 7.
- RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLRIDGE, NY · 684 students
- Ridge Elementary SchoolMentor, OH · 661 students
- Ridge ElementaryRichmond, VA · 512 students
- Ridge Elementary SchoolPlainfield, IL · 481 students
- Ridge Elementary SchoolRIDGEWOOD, NJ · 448 students
Nearby schools
- Judice Middle School0.5 mi · 442
- Charles M. Burke Elementary School2.4 mi · 564
- Prairie Elementary School3.6 mi · 663
- Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice3.8 mi · 592
- Vermilion Charter Academy4.0 mi · 919
- Acadiana High School4.3 mi · 1,652
Frequently asked questions
About Ridge Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ridge Elementary School?
Ridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 592 students in grades PK-05.
Is Ridge Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ridge Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ridge Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ridge Elementary School is approximately 19.5:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ridge Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ridge Elementary School are roughly 40% White, 20% Hispanic, 31% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Ridge Elementary School?
Ridge Elementary School is overseen by Lafayette Parish in Lafayette Parish.
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