Ridgewood Elementary School

Ridgewood Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Portland, Oregon, overseen by Beaverton SD 48J. Current enrollment sits at 339 students spanning grades K through 5.

Beaverton SD 48J comprises 56 schools with combined enrollment of 37,479 students; Ridgewood Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Ridgewood Elementary School records that 69% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian, 2% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, Ridgewood Elementary School records 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Washington County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ridgewood Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Oregon public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 36.0%; Ridgewood Elementary School posts 68.6%, +32.6 points above that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Washington County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $107,772 per year, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Washington County's 136 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,469 students), Ridgewood Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hope Chinese Charter School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ridgewood Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 46.1%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ridgewood Elementary School has ticked down 22%, going from 434 students in 2018 to 339 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.