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Enrollment
567
Middle
DISTRICT 590 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOX C-6·NCES 291230000502
RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE
1401 RIDGEWOOD SCHOOL RD, ARNOLD, MO 63010 · (636) 282-1459 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL567 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
233 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 184 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 201 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 182 | 32% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 52% · 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
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
55.2%
MO avg 44.9% . +6.1pp since 2021
Math
54.6%
MO avg 43.8% . +8.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 28.4% | 26.8% | 34.6% | 10.0% |
| Math | 26.1% | 28.5% | 31.5% | 13.8% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.2% | 54.6% |
| 2023-24 | 54.4% | 54.5% |
| 2022-23 | 50.4% | 50.2% |
| 2021-22 | 49.1% | 45.9% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. 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
56.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Missouri 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 Missouri'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 RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE
RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE's state test result (56.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE this school | 567 | 41.1% | 56.2% |
| ROLLA JR. HIGH ROLLA | 577 | 41.9% | 46.2% |
| WOODRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH RIDGE | 569 | 42.5% | 42.3% |
| LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBERTY | 609 | 35.5% | 41.0% |
| WARRENSBURG MIDDLE WARRENSBURG | 779 | 41.3% | 37.1% |
| WILLARD MIDDLE WILLARD | 704 | 37.5% | 44.3% |
Matched among Missouri middle 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 RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #52 of 379 | #3 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #90 of 380 ▼ 9 | #4 of 15 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #54 of 380 ▼ 8 | #3 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.4pp | #80 of 364 | #7 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 567 | #136 of 397 | #8 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #108 of 321 | #3 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.2% | #165 of 321 | #2 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.1% | #245 of 379 | #6 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #110 of 224 | #5 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
567
-66 (-10%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 682
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 567 | 45.2 | 12.6:1 | 41% (233) |
| 2023-24 | 598 | 43.9 | 13.6:1 | 43% (260) |
| 2022-23 | 616 | 48.7 | 12.7:1 | 41% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 633 | 46 | 13.8:1 | 40% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 639 | 45 | 14.2:1 | 38% (245) |
| 2015-16 | 491 | 34 | 14.4:1 | 43% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 499 | 34 | 14.7:1 | 41% (204) |
| 2000-01 | 524 | 28 | 18.7:1 | 26% (138) |
| 1990-91 | 682 | 28 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (639 to 567); teachers unchanged (45 to 45.2).
About RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE
RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE is a medium-sized middle school with an address in ARNOLD, Missouri. Enrolled students number 567 students, in grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Missouri average about 461 students each.
FOX C-6, which runs RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE, has 18 schools and 10,258 students.
The large majority of students at RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE, 81%, are White. The remaining shares are 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Jefferson County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school's share is lower. The chance that two students picked at random at RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 33%.
RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE counts 45.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.6 students for each one. Across middle schools in Missouri, the average ratio is about 13.0:1. About 41% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE sits between the top and bottom 10% of Missouri schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 56.2% and a predicted 44.5%.
Within Jefferson County, median household income is about $82,851, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 69 public schools in Jefferson County, with a combined enrollment of about 36,216.
The next-closest public school is MERAMEC HEIGHTS ELEM., about 1.1 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE. On proficiency, RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE is ahead of the 49.8% nearby average, ranking 4th of 8.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students declined from 633 to 567 over 4 years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 13.8:1 to 12.6:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
229,458
Census ACS
Median income
$82,851
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
36,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FOX C-6
- SECKMAN SR. HIGHHigh · 1,737 students
- FOX SR. HIGHHigh · 1,660 students
- SECKMAN MIDDLEMiddle · 687 students
- FOX MIDDLEMiddle · 570 students
- ANTONIA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 535 students
- GEORGE GUFFEY ELEM.Elementary · 523 students
Other schools in ARNOLD
- FOX SR. HIGHHigh · 1,660 students
- FOX MIDDLEMiddle · 570 students
- RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM.Elementary · 410 students
- ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM.Elementary · 386 students
- LONE DELL ELEM.Elementary · 381 students
- MERAMEC HEIGHTS ELEM.Elementary · 376 students
Other Ridgewood Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Ridgewood Middle. RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE is the largest of the 3.
- Ridgewood Middle SchoolShreveport, LA · 521 students
- Ridgewood Middle SchoolWest Lafayette, OH · 396 students
Nearby schools
- MERAMEC HEIGHTS ELEM.1.1 mi · 376
- HAGEMANN ELEM.1.5 mi · 427
- SHERWOOD ELEM.1.6 mi · 347
- LONE DELL ELEM.1.7 mi · 381
- GEORGE GUFFEY ELEM.2.2 mi · 523
- DON EARL EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR.2.7 mi · 125
Frequently asked questions
About RIDGEWOOD MIDDLEHow many students attend RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE?
RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE enrolls approximately 567 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE serve?
RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE is approximately 12.6:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE?
At RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 81% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE public or private?
RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE is a public K-12 school, overseen by FOX C-6.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.