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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Ridgewood Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
598
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLIARD CITY·NCES 390470102751
Ridgewood Elementary School
4237 Dublin Rd, Hilliard, OH 43026 · (614) 921-6100 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL598 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
110 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 43%
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 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 54% · 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
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
78.8%
OH avg 59.8% . +2.8pp since 2021
Math
79.7%
OH avg 56.1% . +7.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.8% | 79.7% |
| 2023-24 | 80.3% | 73.9% |
| 2022-23 | 78.7% | 74.6% |
| 2021-22 | 76.0% | 72.3% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. 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
78.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio'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 Ridgewood Elementary School
Ridgewood Elementary School's state test result (78.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgewood Elementary School this school | 598 | 18.4% | 78.8% |
| Mercer Elementary School Cincinnati | 611 | 20.1% | 84.4% |
| Avon East Elementary School Avon | 539 | 16.5% | N/A |
| Fairbrook Elementary School Beavercreek | 547 | 20.8% | 82.4% |
| Maddux Elementary School Cincinnati | 541 | 20.1% | 83.5% |
| Central Trail Elementary School Sylvania | 667 | 20.1% | 80.2% |
Matched among Ohio 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 Ridgewood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #278 of 673 | #24 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.7% | #392 of 1,569 ▲ 118 | #27 of 199 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #301 of 1,569 ▲ 40 | #25 of 199 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.1pp | #578 of 1,514 | #90 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 598 | #282 of 1,808 | #22 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #856 of 1,582 | #78 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.2% | #827 of 1,590 | #165 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.4% | #650 of 767 | #69 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.6% | #440 of 561 | #45 of 52 |
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
598
+35 (+6%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 595
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 598 | 33.5 | 17.9:1 | 18% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 607 | 33.5 | 18.1:1 | 22% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 602 | 33.5 | 18.0:1 | 17% (102) |
| 2020-21 | 563 | 43 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 577 | 25.8 | 22.3:1 | 18% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 555 | 28 | 19.8:1 | 16% (88) |
| 2010-11 | 576 | 23 | 25.0:1 | 19% (109) |
| 2000-01 | 541 | 32 | 16.9:1 | 2% (10) |
| 1990-91 | 595 | 25 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridgewood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (577 to 598); teachers up 30% (25.8 to 33.5).
About Ridgewood Elementary School
Ridgewood Elementary School is a public elementary school in Hilliard, Ohio. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 598 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Ohio is about 404, so this school runs 48% larger than that.
Ridgewood Elementary School is a school in Hilliard City. The district has 24 schools and 16,298 students.
The large majority of students at Ridgewood Elementary School, 80%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. Among all residents of Franklin County, the White share is about 59%. By the diversity index, Ridgewood Elementary School comes in at 34%.
The school has about 17.9 students per teacher and 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Ohio average about 17.9:1, a similar figure. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 18%. The rate at public schools in Franklin County averages 41%, higher than here.
Ridgewood Elementary School scores 78.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 81.8%.
Franklin County has about 1,333,048 residents, and median household income is about $75,176, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Franklin County number 402 and enroll about 195,359.
The nearest other public school, Windermere Elementary School, is about 1.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Ridgewood Elementary School. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Ridgewood Elementary School is 4th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Ridgewood Elementary School went from 563 students to 598. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.1:1 in 2020-21 to 17.9:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Ridgewood Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,333,048
Census ACS
Median income
$75,176
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
402
195,359 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hilliard City
- Hilliard Davidson High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Hilliard Bradley High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- Hilliard Darby High SchoolHigh · 1,674 students
- Hilliard Weaver Middle SchoolMiddle · 917 students
- Hilliard Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 797 students
- Hilliard Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 791 students
Other schools in Hilliard
- Hilliard Davidson High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Hilliard Bradley High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- Hilliard Darby High SchoolHigh · 1,674 students
- Hilliard Weaver Middle SchoolMiddle · 917 students
- Hilliard Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 797 students
- Hilliard Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 791 students
Other Ridgewood Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Ridgewood Elementary. Ridgewood Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 9.
- Ridgewood Elementary SchoolWest, OH · 432 students
- Ridgewood ElementaryWinterville, NC · 700 students
- Ridgewood Elementary SchoolLUBBOCK, TX · 545 students
- Ridgewood Elementary SchoolRenton, WA · 412 students
- Ridgewood Elementary SchoolEast Moline, IL · 407 students
Nearby schools
- Windermere Elementary School1.4 mi · 555
- Burbank Early Childhood School1.4 mi · 217
- Britton Elementary School1.6 mi · 435
- Norwich Elementary School1.8 mi · 463
- Beacon Elementary School1.9 mi · 451
- Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School2.0 mi · 512
Frequently asked questions
About Ridgewood Elementary SchoolHow large is Ridgewood Elementary School?
Ridgewood Elementary School enrolls approximately 598 students in grades KG-05.
Is Ridgewood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ridgewood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ridgewood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ridgewood Elementary School is approximately 17.9:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ridgewood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ridgewood Elementary School are roughly 80% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Ridgewood Elementary School public or private?
Ridgewood Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hilliard City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.