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Enrollment
597
Elementary
DISTRICT 601 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITE PLAINS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363126004185
RIDGEWAY SCHOOL
225 RIDGEWAY, WHITE PLAINS, NY 10605 · (914) 422-2081 · Westchester County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL597 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
210 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 16% |
| Ungraded | 5 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 72% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within WHITE PLAINS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
70.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 63.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 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 RIDGEWAY SCHOOL
RIDGEWAY SCHOOL's state test result (58.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIDGEWAY SCHOOL this school | 597 | 35.2% | 58.5% |
| MAMARONECK AVENUE SCHOOL WHITE PLAINS | 605 | 32.9% | 48.4% |
| VAN CORTLANDTVILLE SCHOOL MOHEGAN LAKE | 568 | 34.0% | 48.2% |
| PATRICIA A DICHIARO SCHOOL YONKERS | 536 | 31.7% | 74.8% |
| GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL KINGSTON | 492 | 37.8% | 31.3% |
| BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PATCHOGUE | 515 | 31.8% | 45.8% |
Matched among New York 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 RIDGEWAY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #816 of 2,335 | #60 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #723 of 2,342 ▲ 101 | #58 of 127 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #826 of 2,343 ▲ 66 | #66 of 127 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 597 | #478 of 2,585 | #23 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #854 of 2,338 | #50 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #361 of 2,388 | #14 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.2% | #1,836 of 2,534 | #73 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #1,257 of 1,757 | #56 of 100 |
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
597
-35 (-6%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 433
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 597 | 54.1 | 11.0:1 | 35% (210) |
| 2023-24 | 584 | 54.1 | 10.8:1 | 40% (231) |
| 2022-23 | 588 | 52.9 | 11.1:1 | 43% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 632 | 55 | 11.5:1 | 39% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 652 | 35 | 18.6:1 | 44% (287) |
| 2015-16 | 663 | 46 | 14.4:1 | 42% (276) |
| 2010-11 | 677 | 53 | 12.8:1 | 47% (317) |
| 2000-01 | 647 | 46 | 14.1:1 | 40% (260) |
| 1990-91 | 433 | 43 | 10.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RIDGEWAY SCHOOL.
About RIDGEWAY SCHOOL
RIDGEWAY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in WHITE PLAINS, New York. It has an enrollment of 597 students in kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in New York enroll around 443, and this school is 35% larger than that mark.
RIDGEWAY SCHOOL is a school in WHITE PLAINS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The district has 7 schools and 6,782 students.
About 43% of students at RIDGEWAY SCHOOL are Hispanic, the largest single group. It is also 36% White, 11% Black, 5% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Westchester County's residents are about 27% Hispanic, 15 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at RIDGEWAY SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school lists 54.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 210 students, or 35%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
RIDGEWAY SCHOOL earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 59% of New York public elementary schools.
RIDGEWAY SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.5% and a predicted 62.1%.
In Westchester County, the median household earns about $118,976 a year, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Westchester County has 255 public schools with about 140,968 students, including RIDGEWAY SCHOOL.
WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest public school to RIDGEWAY SCHOOL, about 0.8 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 58.5% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 6 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for RIDGEWAY SCHOOL is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 597, from 632 in 2020-21.
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Westchester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
999,677
Census ACS
Median income
$118,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
255
140,968 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WHITE PLAINS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WHITE PLAINS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,239 students
- WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,537 students
- MAMARONECK AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 605 students
- POST ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 605 students
- GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOLElementary · 602 students
- CHURCH STREET SCHOOLElementary · 597 students
Other schools in WHITE PLAINS
- WHITE PLAINS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,239 students
- WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,537 students
- MAMARONECK AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 605 students
- POST ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 605 students
- GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOLElementary · 602 students
- CHURCH STREET SCHOOLElementary · 597 students
Nearby schools
- WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,537
- MAMARONECK AVENUE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 605
- WHITE PLAINS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 2,239
- SCARSDALE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,083
- POST ROAD SCHOOL1.6 mi · 605
- GREENACRES SCHOOL1.7 mi · 354
Frequently asked questions
About RIDGEWAY SCHOOLHow large is RIDGEWAY SCHOOL?
RIDGEWAY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 597 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does RIDGEWAY SCHOOL serve?
RIDGEWAY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does RIDGEWAY SCHOOL have?
RIDGEWAY SCHOOL employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at RIDGEWAY SCHOOL?
At RIDGEWAY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 36% White, 43% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is RIDGEWAY SCHOOL public or private?
RIDGEWAY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by WHITE PLAINS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.