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Enrollment
521
Middle
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CADDO PARISH·NCES 220030000189
Ridgewood Middle School
2001 Ridgewood Drive, Shreveport, LA 71118 · (318) 686-0383 · Caddo Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL521 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Louisiana public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 785.7:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
446 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70%
Community
5
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 | 156 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 178 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 187 | 36% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
20.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
7.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 20.0% | 7.0% |
| 2024-25 | 19.0% | 9.0% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 5.0% |
| 2022-23 | 17.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
10.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Ridgewood Middle School
Ridgewood Middle School's state test result (10.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgewood Middle School this school | 521 | 85.6% | 10.8% |
| Oak Park Middle School Lake Charles | 388 | 83.0% | 14.2% |
| Greenville Park Leadership Academy Hammond | 384 | 88.5% | 9.4% |
| Capitol Middle School Baton Rouge | 413 | 88.4% | 10.5% |
| Caddo Middle Career and Technology School Shreveport | 336 | 84.2% | 9.0% |
| Mansfield Middle School Mansfield | 331 | 87.0% | 19.8% |
Matched among Louisiana 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 Ridgewood Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Caddo Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.8% | #199 of 213 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.0% | #200 of 210 ▼ 9 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #194 of 213 ▼ 2 | #4 of 6 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #111 of 197 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 521 | #78 of 220 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #83 of 195 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.6% | #177 of 195 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.6% | #40 of 214 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.0% | #41 of 162 | N/A |
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
521
-228 (-30%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 814
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 28.8:1
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 | 521 | 40 | 13.0:1 | 86% (446) |
| 2023-24 | 650 | 43.7 | 14.9:1 | 82% (531) |
| 2022-23 | 702 | 35.6 | 19.7:1 | 78% (549) |
| 2020-21 | 749 | 26 | 28.8:1 | 79% (588) |
| 2017-18 | 704 | 32.3 | 21.8:1 | 64% (449) |
| 2015-16 | 739 | N/A | N/A | 84% (618) |
| 2010-11 | 485 | 35 | 13.9:1 | 73% (352) |
| 2000-01 | 745 | 49 | 15.2:1 | 49% (366) |
| 1990-91 | 814 | 40 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridgewood Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (704 to 521); teachers up 24% (32.3 to 40).
About Ridgewood Middle School
Ridgewood Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Shreveport, Louisiana, one of the schools in Caddo Parish. The school had 521 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
District-wide, Caddo Parish has 57 schools and 32,649 students.
Black students are the large majority at Ridgewood Middle School, with 89% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 5% Hispanic and 4% White. Census estimates put the Black share of Caddo Parish's population at about 49%. By the diversity index, Ridgewood Middle School comes in at 20%.
Ridgewood Middle School employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.0:1. That ratio is under the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 86% in 2024-25. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Caddo Parish is 68%.
Ridgewood Middle School is graded F by allk12, scoring above 4% of Louisiana public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Ridgewood Middle School is 11.8 points below its prediction. Actual: 10.8%. Predicted: 22.7%.
Caddo Parish census figures show that median household income is about $50,705, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 18%. A total of 61 public schools operate in Caddo Parish, serving about 33,851 students.
Forest Hill Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Ridgewood Middle School ranks 5th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Ridgewood Middle School is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 521, 30% below the 749 of 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 28.8:1 to 13.0:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Caddo Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,004
Census ACS
Median income
$50,705
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
33,851 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Caddo Parish
- Captain Shreve High SchoolHigh · 1,658 students
- C.E. Byrd High SchoolHigh · 1,517 students
- Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle SchoolElementary · 1,480 students
- Turner Elementary Middle SchoolElementary · 1,437 students
- Magnolia School of ExcellenceCombined · 1,430 students
- Huntington High SchoolHigh · 1,345 students
Other schools in Shreveport
- Captain Shreve High SchoolHigh · 1,658 students
- C.E. Byrd High SchoolHigh · 1,517 students
- Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle SchoolElementary · 1,480 students
- Turner Elementary Middle SchoolElementary · 1,437 students
- Magnolia School of ExcellenceCombined · 1,430 students
- Huntington High SchoolHigh · 1,345 students
Other Ridgewood Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Ridgewood Middle. Ridgewood Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- RIDGEWOOD MIDDLEARNOLD, MO · 567 students
- Ridgewood Middle SchoolWest Lafayette, OH · 396 students
Nearby schools
- Forest Hill Elementary School0.4 mi · 479
- Southern Hills Elementary School0.8 mi · 504
- Pathways in Education-Louisiana Inc.0.8 mi · 307
- Summer Grove Elementary School1.0 mi · 403
- Southwood High School1.6 mi · 971
- Summerfield Elementary School2.0 mi · 428
Frequently asked questions
About Ridgewood Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ridgewood Middle School?
Ridgewood Middle School enrolls approximately 521 students in grades 06-08.
Is Ridgewood Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ridgewood Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Ridgewood Middle School?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at Ridgewood Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Ridgewood Middle School?
Student demographics at Ridgewood Middle School are roughly 4% White, 5% Hispanic, 89% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Ridgewood Middle School?
Ridgewood Middle School is overseen by Caddo Parish in Caddo Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.