Meadow Ridge Elementary School

Set in ROCKFORD, Michigan, Meadow Ridge Elementary School is a mid-sized K-5 school, one of the schools within Rockford Public Schools. It caters to 397 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Meadow Ridge Elementary School is one of 15 schools operated by Rockford Public Schools, a district that teaches 7,440 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Meadow Ridge Elementary School reports that nearly all students (86%) are White; the rest comes out to 8% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Meadow Ridge Elementary School reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 22% of students at Meadow Ridge Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kent County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Meadow Ridge Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.4%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Kent County) records that median household earnings sit near $82,631, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kent County's 239 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students), Meadow Ridge Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

North Rockford Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Meadow Ridge Elementary School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 68.9%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Meadow Ridge Elementary School has decreased 10%, going from 440 students in 2018 to 397 in 2025.

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