DERBY RIDGE ELEM.

DERBY RIDGE ELEM. is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary schools in COLUMBIA, Missouri, part of COLUMBIA 93, with 323 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within COLUMBIA 93, which oversees 34 schools and 18,640 students, DERBY RIDGE ELEM. is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, DERBY RIDGE ELEM. shows that 47% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 24% White, 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 5% Asian. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 10%.

On the income-and-resources front, DERBY RIDGE ELEM. lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting DERBY RIDGE ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 62% of students at DERBY RIDGE ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Boone County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, DERBY RIDGE ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.0%.

Around the school, census data for Boone County shows median household earnings sit near $72,758, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Boone County's 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,547 students), DERBY RIDGE ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CENTER FOR EARLY LRNING-NORTH, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DERBY RIDGE ELEM. comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 65.8%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DERBY RIDGE ELEM. has declined 29%, going from 456 students in 2018 to 323 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 37% to 24%. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.