Lake Ridge Elementary

Lake Ridge Elementary is one of the mid-sized K-5 schools in Johnson City, Tennessee, one of the schools within Johnson City, with 632 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 470 students per school, that is 34% above typical.

Johnson City runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 7,818 students. Lake Ridge Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Lake Ridge Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian, 2% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Washington County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $62,809 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Lake Ridge Elementary is one of 30 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 15,787 students).

Indian Trail Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Lake Ridge Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 21%: 522 students in 2018 compared to 632 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Lake Ridge Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.