RIDGE MILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

RIDGE MILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a moderately sized primary school in ROME, New York, part of ROME CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 388 students spanning grades K through 6.

Across the 9 schools in ROME CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (5,196 students total), RIDGE MILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, RIDGE MILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Black, 2% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Oneida County (around 47%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RIDGE MILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.8%; this one delivers 48.6%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Oneida County put median household income runs about $70,154, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. RIDGE MILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 72 public schools in Oneida County (combined enrollment of about 32,265 students).

Nearest neighbor: LOUIS V DENTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, RIDGE MILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 28.1%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RIDGE MILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged up 9%, going from 357 students in 2018 to 388 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 87% to 82%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.