Ridgewood Elementary School

Ridgewood Elementary School is one of the mid-tier elementary-level communitys in Renton, Washington, one of the schools within Kent School District, with 412 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within Kent School District, which oversees 44 schools and 25,358 students, Ridgewood Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ridgewood Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 36% Asian, 12% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 5% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, Ridgewood Elementary School shows 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Ridgewood Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.7%, the actual is 67.9%, a residual of +2.2 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for King County shows the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Ridgewood Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Northwood Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Ridgewood Elementary School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 46.9%.

Ridgewood Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Ridgewood Elementary School's enrollment has declined 10% since 2018, when it stood at 460 (now 412). Asian enrollment moved from 28% to 36% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 today.

On allk12, members of the Ridgewood Elementary School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.