Elementary · Maryland
Ridge Elementary
Ridge Elementary, a public elementary school in Ridge, Maryland: grades pre-k–5, 209 students, 13.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of St. Mary's County Public Schools.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 209
- Teachers (FTE)
- 15.4
- Students per teacher
- 13.5
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 56% of elementary schools in Maryland
Median 13.9 · 884 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 62% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 95% of elementary schools in Maryland
Median 473 · 886 schools compared
Smaller than 87% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Area
- Distant rural area
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with St. Mary's County Public Schools.
Location
- Address
- 49430 Airedale Rd, Ridge, MD 20680
- Phone
- (301)872-0200
- County
- St. Mary's County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Park Hall ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 569 | 14.9 |
| Pre-K–5 | 435 | 16.3 | |
Chesapeake Charter SchoolCharter | K–8 | 539 | 14.2 |
George Washington Carver ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 460 | 12.1 |
Lexington Park ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 383 | 12.4 |
| Pre-K–5 | 294 | 12.4 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
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NCES 240060001236