Ridge View Elementary

Ridge View Elementary, a roomy elementary campus in Belgrade, Montana, one of the schools within Belgrade Elem, teaches 438 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 162% larger than the state mean of about 167.

Across the 4 schools in Belgrade Elem (2,269 students total), Ridge View Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Ridge View Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). The remainder is composed of 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the area at large, Gallatin County reports that median household income runs about $93,528, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Gallatin County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,170 students), Ridge View Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Saddle Peak Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Ridge View Elementary.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ridge View Elementary has edged down 5%, going from 461 students in 2018 to 438 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 91% to 82% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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