RIDGEWAY ELEM.

As a micro-enrollment primary school in RIDGEWAY, Missouri, RIDGEWAY ELEM. educates 38 students from grades pre-K through 6, operated by RIDGEWAY R-V. That puts it 88% smaller than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

RIDGEWAY R-V comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 69 students; RIDGEWAY ELEM. is among them.

On demographics, RIDGEWAY ELEM. lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 4.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 82% of students at RIDGEWAY ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Harrison County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Harrison County indicate median household income runs about $54,367, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Harrison County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,269 students), of which RIDGEWAY ELEM. is one.

RIDGEWAY HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RIDGEWAY ELEM. has contracted 19%, going from 47 students in 2018 to 38 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 98% to 92% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 6.9:1 in 2018 to 4.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.