Ridgewood Elementary School

Set in Hilliard, Ohio, Ridgewood Elementary School is a mid-sized K-5 school, overseen by Hilliard City. It works with 598 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 48% above the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Ridgewood Elementary School is one of 24 schools operated by Hilliard City, a district that educates 16,298 students overall.

On demographics, Ridgewood Elementary School lists that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian, 3% Black. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Ridgewood Elementary School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.9:1. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 18% of students at Ridgewood Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Franklin County (around 41%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Ridgewood Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 81.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 78.8%.

In the broader community, census data for Franklin County shows median household income runs about $75,176, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Ridgewood Elementary School is one of 402 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students).

Nearest neighbor: Windermere Elementary School, around 1.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ridgewood Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ridgewood Elementary School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 80.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 4%: 577 students in 2018 compared to 598 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 22.3:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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