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Enrollment
525
Elementary
DISTRICT 550 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLONIAL SD·NCES 421947003332
Ridge Park Elementary School
200 Karrs Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428 · (610) 825-1083 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL525 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest 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 Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
119 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 75%
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 | 116 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 137 | 26% |
| Grade 2 | 120 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 152 | 29% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 59% · 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
Ridge Park Elementary School→Colonial Elementary School→Colonial Middle School→Plymouth-Whitemarsh SHS
Based on grade levels within Colonial SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -18.9pp since 2023
Math
77.8%
PA avg 43.0% . -4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 19 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.8% | 77.8% |
| 2023-24 | 80.7% | 82.4% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. 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
75.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania'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 Ridge Park Elementary School
Ridge Park Elementary School's state test result (75.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridge Park Elementary School this school | 525 | 22.7% | 75.7% |
| Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School Morrisville | 583 | 25.4% | 65.8% |
| Vernfield Elementary School Telford | 517 | 22.2% | 70.2% |
| North Wales Elementary School North Wales | 484 | 26.4% | 69.0% |
| Springfield Twp Elementary School-Enfield Erdenheim | 550 | 20.7% | N/A |
| Springfield Twp Elementary School-Erdenhm Flourtown | 573 | 24.8% | 64.9% |
Matched among Pennsylvania 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 Ridge Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.7% | #186 of 1,396 | #24 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.8% | #141 of 1,511 ▼ 87 | #24 of 92 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #377 of 1,511 ▼ 260 | #49 of 92 ▼ 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 525 | #463 of 1,638 | #30 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #33 of 1,528 | #3 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.7% | #590 of 1,531 | #71 of 96 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.7% | #1,412 of 1,600 | #66 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.9% | #89 of 450 | #7 of 30 |
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
525
+33 (+7%) vs 2020
+95% since 1990-91, when it was 269
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 525 | 56.5 | 9.3:1 | 23% (119) |
| 2023-24 | 541 | 56 | 9.7:1 | 22% (119) |
| 2022-23 | 519 | N/A | N/A | 18% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 492 | 49 | 10.0:1 | 18% (88) |
| 2017-18 | 438 | 32.8 | 13.3:1 | 15% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 443 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 23% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 365 | 28 | 13.0:1 | 8% (30) |
| 2000-01 | 329 | 27 | 12.2:1 | 5% (17) |
| 1990-91 | 269 | 17 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridge Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (438 to 525); teachers up 72% (32.8 to 56.5).
About Ridge Park Elementary School
Ridge Park Elementary School is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. The school reports 525 students in kindergarten through 3.
Colonial SD enrolls 5,657 students in 7 schools, including Ridge Park Elementary School.
White students make up a majority at Ridge Park Elementary School, at 71%. Other students are 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% Asian, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, Montgomery County is about 73% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 48% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at Ridge Park Elementary School is 56.5 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 9.3:1. That is lower than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The school counts 119 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 23%. For comparison, public schools in Montgomery County average 40%.
Measured against Pennsylvania public elementary schools, Ridge Park Elementary School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Ridge Park Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 67.9%. Ridge Park Elementary School scores 75.7%, 7.8 points above that line.
Among Montgomery County residents, the median household income is $113,915, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Ridge Park Elementary School is one of 160 public schools in the county.
Plymouth-Whitemarsh SHS is located about 1.1 miles from Ridge Park Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Ridge Park Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Ridge Park Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Ridge Park Elementary School's enrollment climbed from 492 in 2020-21 to 525 in 2024-25.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
867,573
Census ACS
Median income
$113,915
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
115,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Colonial SD
- Plymouth-Whitemarsh SHSHigh · 1,637 students
- Colonial Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,268 students
- Colonial Elementary SchoolElementary · 857 students
- Plymouth Elementary SchoolElementary · 612 students
- Whitemarsh Elementary SchoolElementary · 511 students
- Conshohocken Elementary SchoolElementary · 247 students
Other schools in Conshohocken
- Conshohocken Elementary SchoolElementary · 247 students
Nearby schools
- Plymouth-Whitemarsh SHS1.1 mi · 1,637
- Plymouth Elementary School1.3 mi · 612
- Colonial Elementary School1.3 mi · 857
- Conshohocken Elementary School1.7 mi · 247
- Whitemarsh Elementary School1.9 mi · 511
- Ray S. Musselman Learning Center2.0 mi · 274
Frequently asked questions
About Ridge Park Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ridge Park Elementary School?
Ridge Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 525 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does Ridge Park Elementary School serve?
Ridge Park Elementary School serves grades KG-03.
How many teachers does Ridge Park Elementary School have?
Ridge Park Elementary School employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ridge Park Elementary School?
At Ridge Park Elementary School, the student body is approximately 71% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Ridge Park Elementary School public or private?
Ridge Park Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Colonial SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.