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What's one thing Ridgewood Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
412
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530396002111
Ridgewood Elementary School
18030 162nd PL SE, Renton, WA 98058 · (253) 373-7482 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
89 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 51%
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 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 68% · 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
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
67.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -8.1pp since 2014
Math
67.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -5.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 67.9% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 68.5% |
| 2022-23 | 72.3% | 67.4% |
| 2021-22 | 67.2% | 65.2% |
| 2018-19 | 76.2% | 72.0% |
| 2017-18 | 73.6% | 67.7% |
| 2016-17 | 73.7% | 69.1% |
| 2015-16 | 77.6% | 72.7% |
| 2014-15 | 75.1% | 73.4% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. 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
67.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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 Ridgewood Elementary School
Ridgewood Elementary School's state test result (67.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgewood Elementary School this school | 412 | 21.6% | 67.9% |
| Enatai Elementary School Bellevue | 518 | 21.4% | 65.0% |
| Maplewood Heights Elementary School Renton | 395 | 19.5% | 70.2% |
| Endeavour Elementary Mukilteo | 436 | 24.1% | 63.5% |
| Sunset Elementary BELLEVUE | 499 | 19.2% | 68.4% |
| Hazelwood Elementary School Newcastle | 478 | 20.3% | 72.6% |
Matched among Washington 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 Ridgewood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #162 of 936 | #104 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #151 of 1,103 ▼ 3 | #95 of 281 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #199 of 1,102 no change | #108 of 280 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.2pp | #488 of 928 | #133 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 412 | #588 of 1,268 | #160 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #911 of 1,085 | #235 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #293 of 1,088 | #153 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.6% | #1,020 of 1,169 | #190 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #545 of 778 | #165 of 220 |
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
412
-73 (-15%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 570
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 412 | 23.5 | 17.5:1 | 22% (89) |
| 2023-24 | 424 | 25 | 16.9:1 | 22% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 496 | 25.8 | 19.2:1 | 23% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 485 | 26 | 18.6:1 | 15% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 460 | 28.3 | 16.3:1 | 15% (71) |
| 2015-16 | 505 | 23 | 22.0:1 | 18% (90) |
| 2010-11 | 561 | 27 | 20.8:1 | 15% (83) |
| 2000-01 | 534 | 27 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 570 | 28 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridgewood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (460 to 412); teachers down 17% (28.3 to 23.5).
About Ridgewood Elementary School
The public elementary school Ridgewood Elementary School is located in Renton, Washington. The student body numbers 412 students, from pre-K through 5.
Ridgewood Elementary School is run by Kent School District, whose 44 schools enroll 25,358 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Ridgewood Elementary School. The largest is White students, at 38%. Smaller groups are 36% Asian, 12% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 5% Black. For comparison, the population of King County is roughly 55% White. The school's diversity index is 70%, meaning two students picked at random have a 70% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Ridgewood Elementary School and a ratio of 17.5:1. That is close to the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 22% of students. That rate is below the 38% average among public schools in King County.
Ridgewood Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 67.9%, compared with a predicted 65.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations.
Ridgewood Elementary School is located in King County, where the median household income is $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Ridgewood Elementary School is one of 544 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Ridgewood Elementary School to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Northwood Middle School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Ridgewood Elementary School is 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Ridgewood Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment dropped 15% from its 2020-21 level of 485. The ratio of students to teachers went from 18.6:1 to 17.5:1 over the same years.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kent School District
- Kentridge High SchoolHigh · 2,186 students
- Kentwood High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Kent-Meridian High SchoolHigh · 1,639 students
- Kentlake High SchoolHigh · 1,561 students
- Northwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 911 students
- Cedar Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 876 students
Other schools in Renton
- Hazen Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,796 students
- Liberty Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- Renton Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,208 students
- Lindbergh Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,201 students
- Nelsen Middle SchoolMiddle · 913 students
- Northwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 911 students
Other Ridgewood Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Ridgewood Elementary. Ridgewood Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 9.
- Ridgewood ElementaryWinterville, NC · 700 students
- Ridgewood Elementary SchoolHilliard, OH · 598 students
- Ridgewood Elementary SchoolLUBBOCK, TX · 545 students
- Ridgewood Elementary SchoolWest, OH · 432 students
- Ridgewood Elementary SchoolEast Moline, IL · 407 students
Nearby schools
- Northwood Middle School0.5 mi · 911
- Fairwood Elementary School1.3 mi · 355
- Carriage Crest Elementary School1.6 mi · 324
- Lake Youngs Elementary School1.7 mi · 416
- Maywood Middle School2.2 mi · 826
- Lindbergh Senior High School2.3 mi · 1,201
Frequently asked questions
About Ridgewood Elementary SchoolHow large is Ridgewood Elementary School?
Ridgewood Elementary School enrolls approximately 412 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Ridgewood Elementary School serve?
Ridgewood Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ridgewood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ridgewood Elementary School is approximately 17.5:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ridgewood Elementary School?
At Ridgewood Elementary School, the student body is approximately 38% White, 8% Hispanic, 5% Black, 36% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Ridgewood Elementary School public or private?
Ridgewood Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kent School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.