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Which teacher or staff member at River Ridge High School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,547
High
DISTRICT 1,116 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH THURSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 530585001208
River Ridge High School
350 River Ridge Drive SE, Lacey, WA 98513 · (360) 412-4820 · Thurston County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,547 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Washington public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public high schools
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
725 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 445 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 387 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 373 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 342 | 22% |
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
57.7%
WA avg 58.4% . +31.7pp since 2014
Math
21.7%
WA avg 51.2% . +10.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 32 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.7% | 21.7% |
| 2023-24 | 60.7% | 24.0% |
| 2022-23 | 58.2% | 22.3% |
| 2021-22 | 70.5% | 27.3% |
| 2018-19 | 76.8% | 39.5% |
| 2017-18 | 62.4% | 28.9% |
| 2016-17 | 28.6% | 15.4% |
| 2015-16 | 22.4% | 19.4% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 11.1% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
36.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for Washington 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 River Ridge High School
River Ridge High School's state test result (36.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Ridge High School this school | 1,547 | 46.9% | 36.3% |
| Auburn Riverside High School AUBURN | 1,852 | 48.9% | 39.9% |
| Gov John Rogers High School Puyallup | 1,788 | 46.7% | 35.9% |
| North Thurston High School Lacey | 1,378 | 50.2% | 43.8% |
| Marysville Getchell High School Marysville | 1,381 | 44.2% | 35.6% |
| Kentlake High School Kent | 1,561 | 47.9% | 38.0% |
Matched among Washington high 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 River Ridge High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Thurston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #186 of 271 | #11 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #223 of 321 ▼ 37 | #10 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #168 of 327 ▼ 4 | #10 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.2pp | #28 of 259 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,547 | #77 of 570 | #3 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #125 of 311 | #2 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.4% | #20 of 316 | #1 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.9% | #220 of 386 | #7 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.5% | #48 of 136 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,547
+64 (+4%) vs 2020
+30% since 2000-01, when it was 1,187
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 1,547 | 76.8 | 20.1:1 | 47% (725) |
| 2023-24 | 1,524 | 73.2 | 20.8:1 | 47% (723) |
| 2022-23 | 1,476 | 77.1 | 19.1:1 | 44% (645) |
| 2020-21 | 1,483 | 65 | 22.8:1 | 39% (581) |
| 2017-18 | 1,363 | 65.3 | 20.9:1 | 42% (570) |
| 2015-16 | 1,094 | 59 | 18.5:1 | 44% (486) |
| 2010-11 | 1,189 | 55 | 21.6:1 | 21% (250) |
| 2000-01 | 1,187 | 58 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for River Ridge High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (1,363 to 1,547); teachers up 18% (65.3 to 76.8).
About River Ridge High School
River Ridge High School runs as a large high school in Lacey, Washington. The student body numbers 1,547 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Washington) has about 573 students.
Across its 24 schools, North Thurston Public Schools enrolls 15,167 students. River Ridge High School is one of those schools.
River Ridge High School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 34%. The remaining students are 27% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 11% Asian, and 6% Black. Among people living in Thurston County, the White share is about 72%. River Ridge High School has a diversity index of 76%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 76.8 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 20.1:1. The average ratio among high schools in Washington is 21.6:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at River Ridge High School is 47%.
allk12 grades River Ridge High School a D. The grade compares the school only with Washington public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at River Ridge High School are 12.4 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 36.3%, compared with a predicted 48.8%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in Washington.
Across Thurston County, median household income is about $96,563, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. River Ridge High School is among the 86 public schools in Thurston County.
The closest public school, Meadows Elementary, is about 0.8 miles from River Ridge High School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, River Ridge High School ranks 5th of 8 on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around River Ridge High School as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 1,547, 4% above the 1,483 of 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 22.8:1 to 20.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Thurston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
299,067
Census ACS
Median income
$96,563
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
44,412 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Thurston Public Schools
- Timberline High SchoolHigh · 1,401 students
- North Thurston High SchoolHigh · 1,378 students
- Nisqually Middle SchoolMiddle · 789 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 776 students
- Meadows ElementaryElementary · 765 students
- Chinook Middle SchoolMiddle · 746 students
Other schools in Lacey
- Timberline High SchoolHigh · 1,401 students
- North Thurston High SchoolHigh · 1,378 students
- Nisqually Middle SchoolMiddle · 789 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 776 students
- Meadows ElementaryElementary · 765 students
- Chinook Middle SchoolMiddle · 746 students
Other River Ridge High schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named River Ridge High. River Ridge High School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- River Ridge High SchoolWoodstock, GA · 1,902 students
- RIVER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLNEW PORT RICHEY, FL · 1,798 students
- River Ridge HighPatch Grove, WI · 167 students
- River Ridge High SchoolHanover, IL · 128 students
Nearby schools
- Meadows Elementary0.8 mi · 765
- Nisqually Middle School0.9 mi · 789
- Olympic View Elementary1.3 mi · 552
- Lydia Hawk Elementary1.3 mi · 496
- Salish Middle School1.7 mi · 745
- Seven Oaks Elementary2.1 mi · 428
Frequently asked questions
About River Ridge High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at River Ridge High School?
River Ridge High School enrolls approximately 1,547 students in grades 09-12.
Is River Ridge High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
River Ridge High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does River Ridge High School have?
River Ridge High School employs 77 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.1:1.
What is the student diversity at River Ridge High School?
Student demographics at River Ridge High School are roughly 34% White, 27% Hispanic, 6% Black, 11% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is River Ridge High School public or private?
River Ridge High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by North Thurston Public Schools.
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