Paris Ridge Elementary

Located at 4690 PARIS RIDGE AVE SE, in CALEDONIA, Michigan, Paris Ridge Elementary is an intimate elementary-level community that educates 303 students (grades K through 4), one of the schools within Caledonia Community Schools.

Paris Ridge Elementary is one of 9 schools operated by Caledonia Community Schools, a district that instructs 4,564 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Paris Ridge Elementary logs that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 2% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Paris Ridge Elementary logs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 16% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Allegan County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Paris Ridge Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 59.1%; this one delivers 73.9%, a residual of +14.8 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Allegan County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,283 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Allegan County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,174 students), Paris Ridge Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Duncan Lake Middle School, around 3.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Paris Ridge Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Paris Ridge Elementary at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 73.4%.

Paris Ridge Elementary operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 28%: 419 students in 2018 compared to 303 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 90% to 83% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, 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.