Ridge Elementary

Ridge Elementary, an average-sized elementary-level community in Richmond, Virginia, one of the schools within Henrico County Public Schools, serves 512 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Ridge Elementary is one of 69 schools operated by Henrico County Public Schools, a district that works with 51,044 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Ridge Elementary shows that 34% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 28% White, 23% Black, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Henrico County as a whole is about 7% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Ridge Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Henrico County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ridge Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Virginia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 64.2%; Ridge Elementary posts 40.7%, -23.6 points below that line.

Across the wider county, Henrico County reports that the typical household earns roughly $88,783 per year, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Henrico County's 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,753 students), Ridge Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Tuckahoe Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ridge Elementary comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 74.8%.

Ridge Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ridge Elementary has declined 8%, going from 558 students in 2018 to 512 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 27% to 34% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Ridge Elementary typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.