RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL

RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL, a very small elementary-level community in HOUSTON, Minnesota, operated by RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL, educates 97 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 72% smaller than the state mean of about 344.

RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL is the operating authority for RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL records that 99% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. By comparison, Winona County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL logs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.7:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Winona County's rate of about 40%.

After controlling for student poverty, RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.3%; this one delivers 44.5%.

Around the school, census data for Winona County shows the typical household earns roughly $70,744 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Winona County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,580 students), RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

HVED ECSE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.7 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.3%.

RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL operates from a low-density location. RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 95 (now 97).

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