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Which teacher or staff member at RIDGELAND HIGH SCHOOL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
995
High
DISTRICT 853 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 280279001257
Ridgeland High School
586 Sunnybrook Road, Ridgeland, MS 39157 · (601) 898-5023 · Madison County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL995 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of Mississippi public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 Mississippi public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
709 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 247 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 242 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 276 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 230 | 23% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 62% · 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
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.6%
MS avg 45.9% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
65.2%
MS avg 52.8% . +8.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 54 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 Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.6% | 65.2% |
| 2023-24 | 45.6% | 56.6% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. 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
58.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.6%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for Mississippi 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 Mississippi'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 Ridgeland High School
Ridgeland High School's state test result (58.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgeland High School this school | 995 | 71.3% | 58.1% |
| Pascagoula High Pascagoula | 1,127 | 69.7% | 65.5% |
| Southaven High School SOUTHAVEN | 1,876 | 55.5% | 55.5% |
| Horn Lake High School Horn Lake | 1,271 | 66.6% | 50.8% |
| Richland High School Richland | 731 | 73.1% | 60.0% |
| Lake Cormorant High School Lake Cormorant | 991 | 61.0% | 62.8% |
Matched among Mississippi high 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 Ridgeland High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #99 of 192 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #85 of 199 ▲ 32 | #4 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #63 of 199 ▲ 19 | #4 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 995 | #40 of 203 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #104 of 192 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.4% | #88 of 192 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.3% | #110 of 194 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.7% | #32 of 63 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
995
+128 (+15%) vs 2020
+15% since 2010-11, when it was 866
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 995 | 77.3 | 12.9:1 | 71% (709) |
| 2023-24 | 1,000 | 69.8 | 14.3:1 | 59% (591) |
| 2022-23 | 968 | 69.5 | 13.9:1 | 100% (965) |
| 2020-21 | 867 | 61 | 14.2:1 | 100% (864) |
| 2017-18 | 924 | 56.7 | 16.3:1 | 62% (573) |
| 2015-16 | 920 | 50 | 18.4:1 | 60% (552) |
| 2010-11 | 866 | 54 | 16.0:1 | 47% (409) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridgeland High School.
About Ridgeland High School
Ridgeland High School is one of the public schools in Ridgeland, Mississippi. It is a large high school. It reports enrollment of 995 students in grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in Mississippi, the average enrollment is about 651.
Madison County Schools has 12,926 students in 21 schools, and Ridgeland High School is one of those schools.
More than half of enrollment at Ridgeland High School is Black: 68%. The remaining shares are 21% Hispanic, 6% White, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Madison County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 49%.
Ridgeland High School lists 77.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.9 students per teacher. The 12.6:1 average for high schools in Mississippi is close to this figure. About 71% of students at Ridgeland High School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Madison County is 52%.
Among Mississippi public high schools, Ridgeland High School outscored 43%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Ridgeland High School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (58.1% versus 58.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Mississippi.
Madison County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $83,441, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Madison County's 34 public schools enroll about 16,432 students and include Ridgeland High School.
Old Town Middle School is the nearest public school to Ridgeland High School, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Ridgeland High School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 995 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 867. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.2:1 to 12.9:1.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Ridgeland High School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
111,647
Census ACS
Median income
$83,441
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
16,432 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madison County Schools
- Germantown High SchoolHigh · 1,411 students
- Madison Central High SchoolHigh · 1,260 students
- Madison Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,180 students
- Germantown MiddleMiddle · 1,008 students
- Madison Station ElementaryElementary · 980 students
- Madison Crossing ElementaryElementary · 761 students
Other schools in Ridgeland
- Ann E. Smith ElementaryElementary · 715 students
- Old Town Middle SchoolMiddle · 693 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolElementary · 629 students
- Madison County PreschoolElementary · 47 students
Other Ridgeland High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Ridgeland High. Ridgeland High School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Ridgeland High SchoolRossville, GA · 1,284 students
- Ridgeland HighRidgeland, SC · 4 students
Nearby schools
- Old Town Middle School0.9 mi · 693
- Rosa Scott1.4 mi · 373
- Ann E. Smith Elementary1.9 mi · 715
- Madison Central High School2.0 mi · 1,260
- Highland Elementary School2.2 mi · 629
- Madison Avenue Elementary K22.6 mi · 397
Frequently asked questions
About Ridgeland High SchoolHow many students attend Ridgeland High School?
Ridgeland High School enrolls approximately 995 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Ridgeland High School serve?
Ridgeland High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Ridgeland High School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Ridgeland High School.
What is the student diversity at Ridgeland High School?
Student demographics at Ridgeland High School are roughly 6% White, 21% Hispanic, 68% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Ridgeland High School?
Ridgeland High School is overseen by Madison County Schools in Madison County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.