HIGH RIDGE ELEM.

Set in HIGH RIDGE, Missouri, HIGH RIDGE ELEM. is a middle-of-the-pack primary school, one of the schools within NORTHWEST R-I. It works with 327 students across grades K through 5.

Across the 10 schools in NORTHWEST R-I (5,815 students total), HIGH RIDGE ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, HIGH RIDGE ELEM. reports that nearly all students (90%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. Compared to Jefferson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, HIGH RIDGE ELEM. lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting HIGH RIDGE ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Jefferson County's rate of about 38%.

After controlling for student poverty, HIGH RIDGE ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.3%, the actual is 58.1%, a residual of +7.8 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) records that median household earnings sit near $82,851, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jefferson County's 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,216 students), HIGH RIDGE ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WOODRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 1.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HIGH RIDGE ELEM. ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.3%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HIGH RIDGE ELEM. has declined 27%, going from 446 students in 2018 to 327 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 94% to 90%. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.