RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a heavily attended primary school in RIDGE, New York, RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL hosts 684 students from grades K through 4, operated by LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 54% larger than typical.

LONGWOOD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 8,787 students; RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 56% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 14% Black, 10% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 61.5%; actual is 40.6%, a gap of -21.0 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Suffolk County shows median household earnings sit near $130,686, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is ALBERT G PRODELL MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 2.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 61.9%.

RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 7%, going from 734 students in 2018 to 684 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 19% to 14% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

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