Ridgewood Middle School

Ridgewood Middle School, a mid-tier 6-8 campus in Shreveport, Louisiana, overseen by Caddo Parish, enrolls 521 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Ridgewood Middle School is one of 57 schools operated by Caddo Parish, a district that hosts 32,649 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Ridgewood Middle School lists that 89% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder consists of 5% Hispanic, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 49% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 41.0:1, putting Ridgewood Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Caddo Parish runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ridgewood Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.9%; this one delivers 10.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Caddo Parish put the typical household earns roughly $50,705 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. Across Caddo Parish's 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,851 students), Ridgewood Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Forest Hill Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ridgewood Middle School at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 14.8%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 26%: 704 students in 2018 compared to 521 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 10% to 4% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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