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Enrollment
448
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIDGEWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341383000774
Ridge Elementary School
325 WEST RIDGEWOOD AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450 · (201) 670-2740 · Bergen County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL448 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
7 students
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 71% · 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
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
80.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.4pp since 2023
Math
82.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.8% | 82.3% |
| 2023-24 | 83.2% | 80.1% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. 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
76.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for New Jersey 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 New Jersey'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 Ridge Elementary School
Ridge Elementary School's state test result (76.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridge Elementary School this school | 448 | 1.6% | 76.4% |
| Central Elementary School EAST HANOVER | 439 | 1.8% | 60.8% |
| Tamaques Elementary School Westfield | 427 | 3.5% | 71.8% |
| Bear Tavern Elementary School TITUSVILLE | 461 | 4.3% | 70.0% |
| George C. Baker Elementary School MOORESTOWN | 403 | 4.2% | 76.9% |
| Willard Elementary School RIDGEWOOD | 440 | 1.1% | 75.9% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary 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 Ridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #67 of 1,290 | #17 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.3% | #61 of 1,319 ▼ 3 | #18 of 149 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.8% | #83 of 1,319 ▼ 32 | #28 of 149 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 448 | #544 of 1,562 | #31 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #1,065 of 1,390 | #114 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.9% | #750 of 1,392 | #104 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 1.6% | #1,432 of 1,481 | #135 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #495 of 545 | #63 of 64 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
448
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 383
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 448 | 34.8 | 12.9:1 | 2% (7) |
| 2023-24 | 444 | 33.8 | 13.1:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | 32.8 | 13.4:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | 33 | 13.4:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 32.2 | 13.7:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2015-16 | 454 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2010-11 | 493 | 28 | 17.6:1 | 2% (10) |
| 2000-01 | 426 | 28 | 15.2:1 | 1% (4) |
| 1990-91 | 383 | 22 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (442 to 448); teachers up 8% (32.2 to 34.8).
About Ridge Elementary School
Ridge Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in RIDGEWOOD, New Jersey. In all, 448 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5.
Ridge Elementary School is one school in a 10-school district, Ridgewood Public School District, which enrolls 5,419 students.
The student body at Ridge Elementary School is 67% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 11% multiracial, 11% Asian, and 10% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is lower, at 55%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 52, compared with 70 nationally.
Ridge Elementary School lists 34.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.9 students per teacher. The school's 12.9:1 compares with an average of 11.4:1 for elementary schools in New Jersey. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 2% of the student body. The gap from the 28% average for public schools in Bergen County is 26 points.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Ridge Elementary School is 11.1 points above its prediction. Actual: 76.4%. Predicted: 65.3%.
American Community Survey estimates for Bergen County show that median household income comes to about $124,884, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 291, with about 133,883 students.
About 0.4 miles separate Ridge Elementary School from the closest public school, George Washington Middle School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Ridge Elementary School at 2nd of 7.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Ridge Elementary School had 443 students in 2020-21 and 448 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
The allk12 page for Ridge Elementary School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ridgewood Public School District
- Ridgewood High SchoolHigh · 1,740 students
- George Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 644 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 627 students
- Willard Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- Somerville Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
- Hawes Elementary SchoolElementary · 357 students
Other schools in RIDGEWOOD
- Ridgewood High SchoolHigh · 1,740 students
- George Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 644 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 627 students
- Willard Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- Somerville Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
- Hawes Elementary SchoolElementary · 357 students
Other Ridge Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Ridge Elementary. Ridge Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 7.
- RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLRIDGE, NY · 684 students
- Ridge Elementary SchoolMentor, OH · 661 students
- Ridge Elementary SchoolDuson, LA · 592 students
- Ridge ElementaryRichmond, VA · 512 students
- Ridge Elementary SchoolPlainfield, IL · 481 students
Nearby schools
- George Washington Middle School0.4 mi · 644
- Highland Elementary School0.7 mi · 306
- Godwin Elementary School0.7 mi · 233
- Orchard Elementary School0.9 mi · 348
- Willard Elementary School0.9 mi · 440
- Midland Park Jr./Sr. High School1.0 mi · 367
Frequently asked questions
About Ridge Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ridge Elementary School?
Ridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 448 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Ridge Elementary School serve?
Ridge Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Ridge Elementary School have?
Ridge Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Ridge Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ridge Elementary School are roughly 67% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 11% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Ridge Elementary School?
Ridge Elementary School is overseen by Ridgewood Public School District in Bergen County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.