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Enrollment
512
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510189000823
Ridge Elementary
8910 Three Chopt Rd, Richmond, VA 23229 · (804) 673-3745 · Henrico County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
449 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 66%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 71% · 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
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
41.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -4.0pp since 2022
Math
35.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 41.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 64% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Elementary
Ridge Elementary's state test result (40.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridge Elementary this school | 512 | 87.7% | 40.7% |
| Mary Carr Greer Elementary Charlottesville | 520 | 85.4% | 49.1% |
| Burlington Elementary Roanoke | 530 | 90.0% | 69.9% |
| Woodbrook Elementary Charlottesville | 522 | 90.0% | 39.5% |
| Ferdinand T. Day Elementary Alexandria | 589 | 89.1% | 49.9% |
| Cameron Elementary Alexandria | 606 | 87.6% | 57.3% |
Matched among Virginia 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 Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Henrico County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #1,060 of 1,101 | #40 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,099 of 1,111 ▼ 18 | #43 of 45 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,077 of 1,111 ▼ 43 | #41 of 45 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #545 of 1,176 | #21 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #921 of 1,105 | #33 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.5% | #71 of 1,106 | #5 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.7% | #386 of 1,157 | #32 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.2% | #517 of 759 | #18 of 26 |
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
512
+40 (+8%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 435
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 512 | 32 | 16.0:1 | 88% (449) |
| 2023-24 | 485 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 90% (437) |
| 2022-23 | 466 | 30.5 | 15.3:1 | 88% (411) |
| 2020-21 | 472 | 29 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 558 | 32.5 | 17.2:1 | 78% (436) |
| 2015-16 | 558 | 27 | 20.7:1 | 73% (405) |
| 2010-11 | 486 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 64% (313) |
| 2000-01 | 357 | 24 | 14.9:1 | 36% (127) |
| 1990-91 | 435 | 23 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (558 to 512); teachers down 2% (32.5 to 32).
About Ridge Elementary
Ridge Elementary is one of the public schools in Richmond, Virginia. It is a mid-sized elementary school. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 512 students on the rolls.
Ridge Elementary belongs to Henrico County Public Schools, a district of 69 schools and 51,044 students.
Hispanic students account for 34% of enrollment at Ridge Elementary, more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 28% White, 23% Black, 9% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Henrico County, the Hispanic share is about 7%. The diversity index for Ridge Elementary is 74%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 32 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1. Elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1, 2.2 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 88% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Henrico County average 67%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Ridge Elementary is -23.6 points, in the bottom 10% of Virginia. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.7%, and the predicted rate is 64.2%.
For Henrico County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $88,783, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 84 public schools in the county, enrolling about 51,753, Ridge Elementary among them.
Of the public schools around it, Ridge Elementary is closest to Tuckahoe Middle, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ridge Elementary is 9th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Ridge Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 40 students, from 472 to 512.
The Ridge Elementary discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Henrico County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
335,744
Census ACS
Median income
$88,783
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
51,753 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Henrico County Public Schools
- John Randolph Tucker HighHigh · 2,132 students
- Deep Run HighHigh · 1,992 students
- Glen Allen HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Highland Springs HighHigh · 1,928 students
- Douglas S. Freeman HighHigh · 1,881 students
- Hermitage HighHigh · 1,719 students
Other schools in Richmond
- John Randolph Tucker HighHigh · 2,132 students
- Douglas S. Freeman HighHigh · 1,881 students
- Hermitage HighHigh · 1,719 students
- Mills E. Godwin HighHigh · 1,702 students
- Monacan HighHigh · 1,644 students
- Huguenot HighHigh · 1,469 students
Other Ridge Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Ridge Elementary. Ridge Elementary is the 4th largest of the 7.
- RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLRIDGE, NY · 684 students
- Ridge Elementary SchoolMentor, OH · 661 students
- Ridge Elementary SchoolDuson, LA · 592 students
- Ridge Elementary SchoolPlainfield, IL · 481 students
- Ridge Elementary SchoolRIDGEWOOD, NJ · 448 students
Nearby schools
- Tuckahoe Middle0.2 mi · 1,114
- Douglas S. Freeman High0.3 mi · 1,881
- Pemberton Elementary1.1 mi · 344
- Three Chopt Elementary1.2 mi · 306
- Quioccasin Middle1.2 mi · 1,053
- Jackson Davis Elementary1.3 mi · 535
Frequently asked questions
About Ridge ElementaryHow large is Ridge Elementary?
Ridge Elementary enrolls approximately 512 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Ridge Elementary serve?
Ridge Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Ridge Elementary?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Ridge Elementary.
How diverse is Ridge Elementary?
Ridge Elementary reports a student body of 28% White, 34% Hispanic, 23% Black, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Ridge Elementary?
Ridge Elementary is overseen by Henrico County Public Schools in Henrico County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.