Ridgeway Elementary

Ridgeway Elementary, a mid-tier primary school in Severn, Maryland, part of Anne Arundel County Public Schools, enrolls 551 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 125 schools in Anne Arundel County Public Schools (85,029 students total), Ridgeway Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Ridgeway Elementary shows that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 23% Black, 16% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Asian. By comparison, Anne Arundel County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Anne Arundel County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Ridgeway Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.7%; this one delivers 49.5%.

In the broader community, Anne Arundel County reports that median household income runs about $124,911, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Anne Arundel County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students), of which Ridgeway Elementary is one.

Van Bokkelen Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ridgeway Elementary. On composite proficiency, Ridgeway Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Ridgeway Elementary's enrollment has edged down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 640 (now 551). The White share of enrollment decreased from 51% to 44% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.