NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools NY

Best-Resourced Schools in Ridgewood, NY

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9 public K-12 schools in Ridgewood from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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9
Schools
6,417
Students
26.1/100
Avg Resource Index
12.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Ridgewood has more public-school enrollment than 66% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Ridgewood's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

6 of Ridgewood's 9 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Ridgewood's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 5th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 80th percentile. The 75-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 34%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
5th percentile
Teacher staffing
80th percentile

Grover Cleveland High School accounts for 26.7% of all Ridgewood public-school enrollment

That concentration means Ridgewood-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Ridgewood school enrollment varies 4.1× across entities

Ridgewood school enrollment ranges from 414 students (lowest) to 1,711 students (highest), a spread of 1,297 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Ridgewood reports 76.2% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Ridgewood student-teacher ratio is 12.9:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Robert E Peary School 38
2. Ace Academy for Scholars at the Geraldine Ferraro Campus 33
3. Joseph F Quinn Intermediate School 77 30
4. Is 93 Ridgewood 26
5. Ps 239 26
6. Ps 71 Forest 23
7. Ps 68 Cambridge 22
8. Grover Cleveland High School 20
9. Ps 88 Seneca 17

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Ridgewood

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Robert E Peary School 69.6/100
  2. 2 Ace Academy for Scholars at the Geraldine Ferraro Campus 60.3/100
  3. 3 Ps 88 Seneca 53.4/100
  4. 4 Ps 71 Forest 49.5/100
  5. 5 Grover Cleveland High School 43.5/100

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Which Ridgewood school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Robert E Peary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Ridgewood schools in this federal-data comparison at 38/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Ridgewood, NY? ▼

Ridgewood has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,417 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.