Enrollment
97
Elementary
STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL·NCES 270019403147
RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL
35564 COUNTY ROAD 12, HOUSTON, MN 55943 · (507) 454-9566 · Winona County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL97 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
10 FTE teachers
STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
23 students
STATE 48%
Community
0
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 | 15 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 16 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 18 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 16 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 12 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (15) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (12).
Student demographics
2%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 60% · 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
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
43.8%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
64.6%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 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 RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL
RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL this school | 97 | 23.7% | 44.5% |
| NERSTRAND CHARTER SCHOOL NERSTRAND | 102 | 23.5% | 52.1% |
| Carlos Elementary CARLOS | 108 | 25.9% | 64.7% |
| Lincoln Elementary - Ivanhoe IVANHOE | 71 | 22.5% | 51.5% |
| MABEL-CANTON ELEMENTARY MABEL | 143 | 24.5% | 60.2% |
| Garfield Elementary GARFIELD | 117 | 17.1% | 66.6% |
Matched among Minnesota 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 RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Winona County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 97 | #944 of 1,130 | #7 of 11 |
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
97
-5 (-5%) vs 2020
+13% since 2010-11, when it was 86
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 97 | 10 | 9.7:1 | 24% (23) |
| 2023-24 | 91 | 10 | 9.1:1 | 22% (20) |
| 2022-23 | 91 | 9.8 | 9.3:1 | 15% (14) |
| 2020-21 | 102 | 9 | 11.3:1 | 20% (20) |
| 2017-18 | 95 | 10.2 | 9.4:1 | 20% (19) |
| 2015-16 | 97 | 9 | 10.8:1 | 28% (27) |
| 2010-11 | 86 | 7 | 12.3:1 | 31% (27) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (95 to 97); teachers down 1% (10.2 to 10).
About RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL
RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL is a very small elementary school in HOUSTON, Minnesota, that operates as a charter school. Federal data show 97 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Minnesota, the average enrollment is about 344.
RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL is its own local education agency in federal data.
White students account for 99% of the school's enrollment. Winona County's residents are about 90% White, 9 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 2, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 9.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL, which has 10. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Minnesota is 13.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL is about 24%. The 40% average for public schools in Winona County is 16 points higher.
RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 32% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
In Minnesota, RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 44.5% actual against a predicted 52.3%.
For Winona County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $70,744 a year, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL, Winona County has 20 public schools.
A public school about 7.7 miles away, RIVER VALLEY ACADEMY ALC, is the closest to RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL. RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL has 7 other public schools within ten miles. The school's 44.5% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 6 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL had a net loss of 5 students, or 5%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.3:1 in 2020-21, and 9.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Winona County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
49,779
Census ACS
Median income
$70,744
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
4,580 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Minnesota Virtual Academy HighHigh · 706 students
- Minnesota Virtual Academy ElementarElementary · 392 students
- Minnesota Virtual Academy MiddleMiddle · 333 students
- HOUSTON ELEMENTARYElementary · 247 students
- HOUSTON SECONDARYHigh · 234 students
- SUMMIT LEARNING PROGRAMHigh · 22 students
Nearby schools
- RIVER VALLEY ACADEMY ALC7.7 mi · 52
- HVED ECSE7.7 mi · 47
- WINONA MIDDLE7.7 mi · 665
- Riverway Learning Community Charter8.0 mi · 61
- Riverway Secondary8.0 mi · 63
- Trempealeau Elementary9.2 mi · 309
Frequently asked questions
About RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOLHow many students attend RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL?
RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 97 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL serve?
RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL is approximately 9.7:1 (10 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL?
At RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 99% White.
Who oversees RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL?
RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL is overseen by RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL in Winona County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.