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Best kept secret at Ridge Park Charter Academy?
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Enrollment
507
Elementary
STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIDGE PARK CHARTER ACADEMY·NCES 260020801135
Ridge Park Charter Academy
4120 CAMELOT RIDGE DR SE, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49546 · (616) 222-0093 · Kent County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL507 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Michigan public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
32 FTE teachers
STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
463 students
STATE 55%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 50 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 40% larger than its 8th grade class (50).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 56% · 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
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
41.6%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
35.9%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
41.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Michigan's top 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 Park Charter Academy
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridge Park Charter Academy this school | 507 | 91.3% | 41.2% |
| Prevail Academy MOUNT CLEMENS | 534 | 90.6% | 26.0% |
| Timberland Academy MUSKEGON | 613 | 97.1% | 24.2% |
| Attwood School LANSING | 426 | 91.5% | N/A |
| Ann Visger K5 Preparatory Academy RIVER ROUGE | 625 | 86.9% | N/A |
| Oakview Elementary School MUSKEGON | 438 | 95.7% | N/A |
Matched among Michigan 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 Park Charter Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Kent County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #685 of 1,085 | #58 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #779 of 1,072 | #63 of 79 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #727 of 1,139 | #61 of 82 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 507 | #263 of 1,630 | #18 of 115 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #673 of 1,424 | #46 of 105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.8% | #413 of 1,424 | #44 of 105 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.3% | #158 of 1,563 | #13 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #458 of 979 | #42 of 80 |
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
507
-58 (-10%) vs 2020
+98% since 2000-01, when it was 256
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 507 | 32 | 15.8:1 | 91% (463) |
| 2023-24 | 507 | 32.6 | 15.6:1 | 91% (459) |
| 2022-23 | 493 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 89% (439) |
| 2020-21 | 565 | 33 | 17.1:1 | 88% (496) |
| 2017-18 | 587 | 35 | 16.8:1 | 82% (481) |
| 2015-16 | 638 | 35 | 18.2:1 | 77% (493) |
| 2010-11 | 661 | 33 | 20.0:1 | 74% (490) |
| 2000-01 | 256 | 14 | 18.3:1 | 35% (90) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridge Park Charter Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (587 to 507); teachers down 9% (35 to 32).
About Ridge Park Charter Academy
Ridge Park Charter Academy operates as a medium-sized elementary school in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan. The student body numbers 507 students, from kindergarten through 8. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Michigan) has about 369 students.
In federal data, the district for Ridge Park Charter Academy is the school itself.
At 66%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Ridge Park Charter Academy combined. Other students are 15% Hispanic, 9% White, and 8% multiracial. By comparison, Kent County residents are about 10% Black. Ridge Park Charter Academy has a diversity index of 53%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 32 full-time positions, a ratio of 15.8:1. Across elementary schools in Michigan, the average ratio is about 15.8:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 91%. That rate is above the 47% average among public schools in Kent County.
Measured against Michigan public elementary schools, Ridge Park Charter Academy receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Test results at Ridge Park Charter Academy are 15.4 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 41.2%, compared with a predicted 25.8%, which ranks in the top 10% in Michigan.
Within Kent County, median household income is about $82,631, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Kent County number 239 and enroll about 97,253.
The school nearest to Ridge Park Charter Academy is Meadow Brook Elementary School, at a distance of about 1.3 miles. Within five miles of Ridge Park Charter Academy, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ridge Park Charter Academy is 5th of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small). The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
Ridge Park Charter Academy had 565 students in 2020-21 and 507 in 2024-25, a 10% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 17.1:1 to 15.8:1.
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Kent County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
663,150
Census ACS
Median income
$82,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
239
97,253 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GRAND RAPIDS
- East Kentwood High SchoolHigh · 2,068 students
- Northern High SchoolHigh · 1,088 students
- PrepNet Virtual AcademyCombined · 1,080 students
- Northview High SchoolHigh · 1,078 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 999 students
- City High Middle SchoolHigh · 955 students
Nearby schools
- Meadow Brook Elementary School1.3 mi · 431
- PrepNet Virtual Academy1.8 mi · 1,080
- Lighthouse Academy South Campus1.9 mi · 213
- Ridgemoor Park Montessori1.9 mi · 131
- Breton Downs School2.3 mi · 451
- Central High School2.7 mi · 999
Frequently asked questions
About Ridge Park Charter AcademyHow many students attend Ridge Park Charter Academy?
Ridge Park Charter Academy enrolls approximately 507 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Ridge Park Charter Academy serve?
Ridge Park Charter Academy serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does Ridge Park Charter Academy have?
Ridge Park Charter Academy employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Ridge Park Charter Academy?
Student demographics at Ridge Park Charter Academy are roughly 9% White, 15% Hispanic, 66% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Ridge Park Charter Academy?
Ridge Park Charter Academy is overseen by Ridge Park Charter Academy in Kent County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.