Forest Ridge Elementary School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 49 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (43).
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.8% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.4% | 33.3% |
Where Forest Ridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #499 of 646 ▼ 179 | #34 of 62 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #418 of 646 ▼ 89 | #26 of 62 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 226 | #549 of 710 | #52 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #245 of 587 | #7 of 54 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.8% | #166 of 587 | #14 of 54 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 137% | #2 of 645 | #1 of 61 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #459 of 493 | #44 of 47 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 226 | 13.8 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 218 | 14.3 | 15.3:1 | 66% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 230 | 12.3 | 18.6:1 | 90% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 243 | 13 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 237 | 12.2 | 19.4:1 | 35% (84) |
| 2015-16 | 224 | 12 | 18.7:1 | 43% (97) |
| 2010-11 | 241 | 12 | 20.1:1 | 38% (92) |
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (237 to 226); teachers up 13% (12.2 to 13.8).
About Forest Ridge Elementary School
Families in Keizer, Oregon, are served by Forest Ridge Elementary School, a small elementary school. The latest federal count shows 226 students in kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Oregon is about 321 students, so this school is 30% smaller than average.
Salem-Keizer SD 24J serves 37,776 students across 65 schools.
White students account for 54% of enrollment at Forest Ridge Elementary School. Other groups make up 35% Hispanic, 4% Pacific Islander, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Marion County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school's share is lower. The chance that two students picked at random at Forest Ridge Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
The school reported 13.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 16.4:1. Elementary schools in Oregon have a similar average ratio of 16.5:1.
Across Marion County, median household income is about $77,351, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The public schools of Marion County number 111 and enroll about 53,799.
Optimum Learning Environment Charter School is located less than a tenth of a mile from Forest Ridge Elementary School. Forest Ridge Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
Locale data from NCES put Forest Ridge Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Forest Ridge Elementary School had 243 students in 2020-21 and 226 in 2024-25, a 7% decrease. Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.7:1 in 2020-21, and 16.4:1 in 2024-25.
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