Ridge Wood Elementary School

Ridge Wood Elementary School is one of the moderately sized primary schools in NORTHVILLE, Michigan, one of the schools within Northville Public Schools, with 468 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 27% bigger than the state mean of about 369.

Northville Public Schools comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 7,006 students; Ridge Wood Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Ridge Wood Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 40% Asian, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 7% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Wayne County's rate of about 66%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ridge Wood Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.3%; this one delivers 65.8%.

In the area at large, census data for Wayne County shows median household earnings sit near $60,539, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Ridge Wood Elementary School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Nearest neighbor: Ivywood Classical Academy, around 1.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ridge Wood Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 69.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Ridge Wood Elementary School's enrollment has fell 7% since 2018, when it stood at 504 (now 468). The Asian share of enrollment ticked up from 26% to 40% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.