Enrollment
209
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. MARY'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240060001236
Ridge Elementary
49430 Airedale Rd, Ridge, MD 20680 · (301) 872-0200 · St. Mary's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL209 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of Maryland public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
114 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 20 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 73% · 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
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
45.0%
MD avg 50.6% . -4.4pp since 2023
Math
33.0%
MD avg 34.8% . -15.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 15 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.4% | 48.1% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. 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
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Maryland 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 Maryland'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
Ridge Elementary's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridge Elementary this school | 209 | 54.5% | 43.9% |
| Vienna Elementary School Vienna | 183 | 56.3% | 64.4% |
| Emmitsburg Elementary Emmitsburg | 211 | 51.2% | 63.5% |
| Parkside Elementary Lavale | 222 | 50.5% | 68.4% |
| South Dorchester School Church Creek | 230 | 49.6% | 55.0% |
| Accident Elementary Accident | 221 | 53.4% | 57.9% |
Matched among Maryland 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In St. Mary's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #432 of 853 | #17 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #550 of 853 ▼ 244 | #18 of 19 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #495 of 853 ▼ 123 | #17 of 19 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 209 | #851 of 898 | #19 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #370 of 857 | #6 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.8% | #558 of 857 | #12 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.5% | #482 of 885 | #7 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.2% | #150 of 551 | #6 of 15 |
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
209
-18 (-8%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 266
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 209 | 15.5 | 13.5:1 | 55% (114) |
| 2023-24 | 213 | 15.5 | 13.8:1 | 54% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 216 | 15.5 | 14.0:1 | 51% (110) |
| 2020-21 | 227 | 16 | 14.2:1 | 41% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 262 | 16.7 | 15.7:1 | 42% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 298 | 17 | 17.5:1 | 47% (139) |
| 2010-11 | 272 | 17 | 16.0:1 | 41% (112) |
| 2000-01 | 245 | 16 | 15.3:1 | 29% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 266 | 14 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (262 to 209); teachers down 7% (16.7 to 15.5).
About Ridge Elementary
Ridge Elementary is a public small elementary school in Ridge, Maryland. It enrolled 209 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average about 481 students each.
St. Mary's County Public Schools has 16,905 students spread across 26 schools.
Ridge Elementary's enrollment is 70% White. Other groups include 17% multiracial, 8% Black, and 4% Hispanic. The county population is about 71% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at Ridge Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 47%.
Ridge Elementary employs 15.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.5:1. Elementary schools in Maryland have a similar average ratio of 13.8:1. Ridge Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 55%. That rate is above the 41% average among public schools in St. Mary's County.
The allk12 Grade for Ridge Elementary is B-. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 46% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Ridge Elementary is 1.9 points above its prediction. Actual: 43.9%. Predicted: 41.9%.
St. Mary's County has about 115,126 residents, and median household income is about $119,446, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 28 public schools in St. Mary's County, with a combined enrollment of about 16,905.
Spring Ridge Middle is the closest public school, about 7.3 miles away in a straight line. There are 2 more public schools inside ten miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Ridge Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Ridge Elementary is Rural: Distant.
Federal counts put enrollment at 227 in 2020-21 and 209 in 2024-25, an 8% decrease.
Community posts for Ridge Elementary can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
St. Mary's County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
115,126
Census ACS
Median income
$119,446
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
16,905 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Mary's County Public Schools
- Leonardtown HighHigh · 2,118 students
- Great Mills HighHigh · 1,697 students
- Chopticon HighHigh · 1,526 students
- Leonardtown MiddleMiddle · 969 students
- Spring Ridge MiddleMiddle · 913 students
- Margaret Brent MiddleMiddle · 878 students
Other Ridge Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Ridge Elementary. Ridge Elementary is the 7th largest of the 7.
- RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLRIDGE, NY · 684 students
- Ridge Elementary SchoolMentor, OH · 661 students
- Ridge Elementary SchoolDuson, LA · 592 students
- Ridge ElementaryRichmond, VA · 512 students
- Ridge Elementary SchoolPlainfield, IL · 481 students
Nearby schools
- Spring Ridge Middle7.3 mi · 913
- Park Hall Elementary9.1 mi · 569
- Piney Point Elementary10.1 mi · 435
- Chesapeake Charter School11.5 mi · 539
- George Washington Carver Elementary11.5 mi · 460
- Lexington Park Elementary11.5 mi · 383
Frequently asked questions
About Ridge ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Ridge Elementary?
Ridge Elementary enrolls approximately 209 students in grades PK-05.
Is Ridge Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ridge Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ridge Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ridge Elementary is approximately 13.5:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ridge Elementary?
At Ridge Elementary, the student body is approximately 70% White, 4% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Is Ridge Elementary public or private?
Ridge Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by St. Mary's County Public Schools.
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