Ridgefield Early Learning Center

Ridgefield Early Learning Center is a K-5 school of micro-enrollment scale in Ridgefield, Washington, overseen by Ridgefield School District, teacheing 100 students in grade pre-K. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 74% below typical.

Ridgefield School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,297 students. Ridgefield Early Learning Center is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Ridgefield Early Learning Center records that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 16% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Ridgefield Early Learning Center has 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Ridgefield Early Learning Center higher than the state norm the norm. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Clark County's rate of about 43%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Clark County indicate median household income runs about $97,536, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Clark County runs 151 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,406 students), of which Ridgefield Early Learning Center is one.

Union Ridge Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ridgefield Early Learning Center.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

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