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If you had an hour of school board time for RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE, what would you bring up?
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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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
69.2%
MO avg 49.5% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
7.0%
MO avg 48.7% . -29.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 29 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). 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
54.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
567
-72 (-11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 14.2:1
% White
81%
was 90%
% Hispanic
7%
was 3%
% Black
5%
was 2%
% Asian
3%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE
RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE is one of the reasonably sized 6-8 campuss in ARNOLD, Missouri, run under FOX C-6, with 567 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 23% larger than the state mean of about 461.
Within FOX C-6, which oversees 18 schools and 10,258 students, RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE logs that nearly all students (81%) are White; the rest looks like 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.
On the resource side, On paper, RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.5%; this one delivers 54.7%.
Around the school, census data for Jefferson County shows the typical household earns roughly $82,851 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE is one of 69 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 36,216 students).
Nearest neighbor: MERAMEC HEIGHTS ELEM., around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 49.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a residential area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE has contracted 11%, going from 639 students in 2018 to 567 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 90% to 81%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.
On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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
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.