Enrollment
338
Elementary
DISTRICT 269 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARAMUS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341242000702
Ridge Ranch Elementary School
345 LOCKWOOD DRIVE, PARAMUS, NJ 07652 · (201) 261-7800 · Bergen County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL338 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
64 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 25% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 34% smaller than its 4th grade class (83).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
78.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
69.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.5% | 69.3% |
| 2023-24 | 78.2% | 64.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 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 Ranch Elementary School
Ridge Ranch Elementary School's state test result (72.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridge Ranch Elementary School this school | 338 | 18.9% | 72.9% |
| Warnsdorfer Elementary School EAST BRUNSWICK | 325 | 20.3% | 73.3% |
| Triangle Elementary School Hillsborough | 362 | 17.7% | 73.3% |
| Intervale Elementary School Boonton | 287 | 18.8% | 64.8% |
| School No. 4 FORT LEE | 377 | 19.9% | 61.0% |
| Mount Tabor Elementary School MOUNT TABOR | 340 | 17.4% | 72.8% |
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 Ranch Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.9% | #116 of 1,290 | #34 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #249 of 1,319 ▲ 56 | #64 of 149 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #111 of 1,319 ▲ 1 | #35 of 149 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 338 | #953 of 1,562 | #86 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #1,096 of 1,390 | #120 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #249 of 1,392 | #20 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.9% | #1,052 of 1,481 | #83 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #727 of 798 | #81 of 85 |
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
338
-11 (-3%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 323
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 338 | 25.9 | 13.0:1 | 19% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 343 | 27.4 | 12.5:1 | 13% (43) |
| 2022-23 | 351 | 28.6 | 12.3:1 | 11% (40) |
| 2020-21 | 349 | 27 | 12.9:1 | 5% (16) |
| 2017-18 | 346 | 27.2 | 12.7:1 | 3% (12) |
| 2015-16 | 327 | 26 | 12.6:1 | 5% (16) |
| 2010-11 | 334 | 25 | 13.4:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 413 | 25 | 16.5:1 | 1% (3) |
| 1990-91 | 323 | 18 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridge Ranch Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (346 to 338); teachers down 5% (27.2 to 25.9).
About Ridge Ranch Elementary School
Ridge Ranch Elementary School is an elementary school in PARAMUS, New Jersey, and it is part of Paramus Public School District. Total enrollment is 338 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 4.
Ridge Ranch Elementary School sits within Paramus Public School District, which has 8 schools and 3,555 students.
At Ridge Ranch Elementary School, Asian students make up the biggest share, 39%. Other groups include 38% White, 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. By comparison, Bergen County residents are about 17% Asian. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at Ridge Ranch Elementary School are from different groups.
Its ratio of 13.0:1 is based on 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in New Jersey have an average ratio of 11.4:1. In all, 19% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Bergen County averages 28%, higher than here.
Ridge Ranch Elementary School is 17.1 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in New Jersey.
Bergen County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $124,884 a year, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Ridge Ranch Elementary School shares Bergen County with 290 other public schools.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Memorial Elementary School, is the closest to Ridge Ranch Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.
Federal data place Ridge Ranch Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 3%.
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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 Paramus Public School District
- Paramus High SchoolHigh · 1,153 students
- East Brook Middle SchoolMiddle · 555 students
- West Brook Middle SchoolMiddle · 500 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolElementary · 297 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 289 students
- Stony Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 223 students
Other schools in PARAMUS
- Paramus High SchoolHigh · 1,153 students
- East Brook Middle SchoolMiddle · 555 students
- West Brook Middle SchoolMiddle · 500 students
- Applied Technology High SchoolHigh · 348 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolElementary · 297 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 289 students
Nearby schools
- Memorial Elementary School0.5 mi · 289
- Multiple Disabilities Continuum0.9 mi · 55
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing Continuum0.9 mi · 134
- Behavioral Continuum0.9 mi · 124
- Autistic Continuum0.9 mi · 199
- Life Skills Continuum0.9 mi · 64
Frequently asked questions
About Ridge Ranch Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ridge Ranch Elementary School?
Ridge Ranch Elementary School enrolls approximately 338 students in grades KG-04.
Is Ridge Ranch Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ridge Ranch Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ridge Ranch Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ridge Ranch Elementary School is approximately 13.0:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ridge Ranch Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ridge Ranch Elementary School are roughly 38% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, 39% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Ridge Ranch Elementary School in?
Ridge Ranch Elementary School is part of Paramus Public School District.
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