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What's one thing Ridgeway Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
551
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000119
Ridgeway Elementary
1440 Evergreen Rd, Severn, MD 21144 · (410) 222-6524 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL551 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Maryland public elementary schools
- BTest 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
13.9:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
182 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 54%
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 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (107).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
64.2%
MD avg 50.6% . +19.1pp since 2023
Math
49.5%
MD avg 34.8% . +10.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 64 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 Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.2% | 49.5% |
| 2023-24 | 45.1% | 39.1% |
% 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
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Ridgeway Elementary
Ridgeway Elementary's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgeway Elementary this school | 551 | 33.0% | 49.5% |
| Waugh Chapel Elementary Odenton | 549 | 29.9% | 60.4% |
| Spring Ridge Elementary Frederick | 605 | 31.1% | 65.8% |
| Yellow Springs Elementary Frederick | 628 | 32.0% | 57.0% |
| Piney Orchard Elementary Odenton | 538 | 27.9% | 60.9% |
| Hampton Elementary Lutherville | 555 | 33.3% | 57.0% |
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 Ridgeway Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #344 of 853 | #35 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #302 of 853 ▲ 113 | #27 of 80 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #224 of 853 ▲ 209 | #30 of 80 ▲ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 551 | #283 of 898 | #25 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #431 of 857 | #46 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.7% | #130 of 857 | #15 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.0% | #685 of 885 | #51 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #253 of 551 | #22 of 49 |
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
551
-81 (-13%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 417
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 551 | 39.6 | 13.9:1 | 33% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 576 | 43.2 | 13.3:1 | 33% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 598 | 31.6 | 18.9:1 | 32% (189) |
| 2020-21 | 632 | 43 | 14.7:1 | 26% (164) |
| 2017-18 | 640 | 37.5 | 17.1:1 | 24% (154) |
| 2015-16 | 599 | 37 | 16.2:1 | 25% (152) |
| 2010-11 | 576 | 35 | 16.5:1 | 20% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 637 | 32 | 19.9:1 | 13% (84) |
| 1990-91 | 417 | 19 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridgeway Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (640 to 551); teachers up 6% (37.5 to 39.6).
About Ridgeway Elementary
Ridgeway Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Severn, Maryland. The school enrolls 551 students in pre-K through 5.
The district, Anne Arundel County Public Schools, has 85,029 students enrolled across 125 schools.
White students account for 44% of enrollment at Ridgeway Elementary, more than any other group. Other groups make up 23% Black, 16% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 7% Asian. County-wide, 63% of Anne Arundel County residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 72%.
With 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Maryland is similar, at 13.8:1. Roughly 33% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Anne Arundel County average 42%.
Ridgeway Elementary holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 41% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Ridgeway Elementary scores 49.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 54.7%.
Anne Arundel County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $124,911 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Anne Arundel County number 129, with about 85,074 students.
A public school about 1.1 miles away, Van Bokkelen Elementary, is the closest to Ridgeway Elementary. Ridgeway Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 37.0% proficiency; Ridgeway Elementary posts 49.5%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 13% decline took enrollment from 632 in 2020-21 to 551 in 2024-25.
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Anne Arundel County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
598,166
Census ACS
Median income
$124,911
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
129
85,074 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Anne Arundel County Public Schools
- Glen Burnie HighHigh · 2,226 students
- North County HighHigh · 2,161 students
- Broadneck HighHigh · 2,143 students
- Annapolis HighHigh · 2,075 students
- Meade HighHigh · 2,045 students
- Crofton High SchoolHigh · 1,906 students
Other schools in Severn
- Severn Run High SchoolHigh · 1,608 students
- Quarterfield ElementaryElementary · 544 students
- Van Bokkelen ElementaryElementary · 471 students
- Severn ElementaryElementary · 458 students
- Center of Applied Technology-NorthHigh
Other Ridgeway Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Ridgeway Elementary. Ridgeway Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Ridgeway Elementary SchoolHamilton, OH · 705 students
- Ridgeway Elementary SchoolMANCHESTER, NJ · 476 students
- RIDGEWAY ELEM.RIDGEWAY, MO · 38 students
Nearby schools
- Van Bokkelen Elementary1.1 mi · 471
- Seven Oaks Elementary1.2 mi · 506
- Severn Elementary1.5 mi · 458
- Meade Heights Elementary1.5 mi · 494
- Quarterfield Elementary2.3 mi · 544
- Odenton Elementary2.3 mi · 587
Frequently asked questions
About Ridgeway ElementaryHow many students attend Ridgeway Elementary?
Ridgeway Elementary enrolls approximately 551 students in grades PK-05.
Is Ridgeway Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ridgeway Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Ridgeway Elementary have?
Ridgeway Elementary employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ridgeway Elementary?
At Ridgeway Elementary, the student body is approximately 44% White, 16% Hispanic, 23% Black, 7% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Ridgeway Elementary public or private?
Ridgeway Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.