Somerville Elementary School

Somerville Elementary School is one of the mid-tier primary schools in RIDGEWOOD, New Jersey, operated by Ridgewood Public School District, with 394 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Across the 10 schools in Ridgewood Public School District (5,419 students total), Somerville Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Somerville Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 21% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Bergen County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 4% of students at Somerville Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bergen County (around 28%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Somerville Elementary School sits in the top 10% of New Jersey schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 64.1%; actual is 80.8%, +16.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Bergen County indicate median household income runs about $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Somerville Elementary School is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students).

Ridgewood High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Somerville Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 69.1%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 5%: 416 students in 2018 compared to 394 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 68% to 58%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

On this page, the feed for Somerville Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.