RIDGEWAY SCHOOL

RIDGEWAY SCHOOL is one of the mid-tier primary schools in WHITE PLAINS, New York, one of the schools within WHITE PLAINS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 597 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 35% above typical.

WHITE PLAINS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 6,782 students; RIDGEWAY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, RIDGEWAY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 36% White, 11% Black, 5% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, RIDGEWAY SCHOOL records 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, RIDGEWAY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.1%, the actual is 58.5%, a residual of -3.6 points.

Around the school, census data for Westchester County shows median household earnings sit near $118,976, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Westchester County's 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), RIDGEWAY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RIDGEWAY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 58.8%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. RIDGEWAY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 652 (now 597). Over the same period, the White share expanded from 25% to 36%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

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