East Ridge Middle School
Ridgefield, CT · Middle School · Grades 6-8
East Ridge Middle School is a middle school in Ridgefield, CT with 495 students enrolled and a 69% proficiency rate. Part of Ridgefield School District. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
About This School
East Ridge Middle School is a middle school located in Ridgefield, Connecticut. The school serves 495 students in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 10.8:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 69% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
8% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
East Ridge Middle School is part of the Ridgefield School District in Connecticut.
How This School Compares
East Ridge Middle School has 495 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Ridgefield School District (496 students). Its 69% proficiency rate is 1 percentage points below the district average of 70%. Compared to the Connecticut state average of 53%, the school performs 16 points higher. With a 10.8:1 student-teacher ratio, it offers smaller class sizes than the national average.
Frequently Asked Questions
East Ridge Middle School has 495 students enrolled in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 10.8:1.
According to EDFacts data, 69% of students at East Ridge Middle School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
East Ridge Middle School is part of the Ridgefield School District in Ridgefield, Connecticut. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.