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RIDGE VIEW ELEM.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About RIDGE VIEW ELEM.
Set in WARRENSBURG, Missouri, RIDGE VIEW ELEM. is a high-enrollment K-5 school, overseen by WARRENSBURG R-VI. It instructs 484 students across grades pre-K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 54% bigger than the state mean of about 315.
WARRENSBURG R-VI runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,558 students. RIDGE VIEW ELEM. is one of those campuses.
Demographically, RIDGE VIEW ELEM. lists that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment; the rest looks like 12% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, RIDGE VIEW ELEM. reports 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Johnson County put the typical household earns roughly $67,272 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Johnson County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,058 students), of which RIDGE VIEW ELEM. is one.
WARRENSBURG MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around RIDGE VIEW ELEM..
The school occupies a town-center site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 10%: 442 students in 2018 compared to 484 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 81% to 72%.
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