Ridges Elementary School, Sherwood OR

Original Research by School Decision on Ridges Elementary School

Ridges Elementary School is one of four elementary schools in the Sherwood School District, serving preschool through fifth grade. The school sits within a primarily residential suburban community in the Tualatin Valley, roughly a short commute southwest of Portland. Sherwood blends a historic Old Town with modern amenities, and its schools are dispersed across separate campuses throughout the city rather than clustered in a downtown core. The district has made notable recent investments: a new high school campus opened on a large site, and the district expanded Pre-Kindergarten offerings to three of its elementary schools, including Ridges, alongside a Dual Language Immersion program at another school.

The student body at Ridges is predominantly white, with a substantial Hispanic population and smaller shares of Asian students and students identifying as two or more races. A modest portion of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the school serves a grade span that includes a pre-kindergarten program. Enrollment is relatively large for an elementary school serving this grade band.

Academically, Ridges Elementary posted strong results on the state assessments, with proficiency rates in both math and English language arts that were consistently well above the midpoint among districts in Washington County. Across the tested grades, math proficiency was at a solid level, and English language arts proficiency was similarly strong. Fifth-grade science proficiency was notably lower, and this is an area a parent may want to look into further with the school. Because the state testing data available covers only one school year, there is no multi-year trend to examine, so the current results represent a single snapshot rather than a trajectory.

The comparison data places Ridges in the top quartile of Washington County districts for overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades, which is a strong position relative to its neighbors. The data does not include chronic absenteeism rates, a factor some families consider when evaluating school climate.

The school is a regular public school and is not a charter or magnet. Data on special education identification rates and English learner populations was missing, so those dimensions of student support are not available in this profile. Housing in the area is expensive relative to national averages; the typical home value and rent in Sherwood’s zip code are substantially above state and national benchmarks, and the cost of owning a home significantly exceeds the cost of renting. The local unemployment rate was at a moderate level, and median household income was above the national figure.

For a family evaluating Ridges, the picture is of a suburban elementary school with strong core academic results, a large enrollment, and a student body that is less economically diverse than the county average. The school serves its community within a district that has invested in new facilities and early childhood programming. The lower science proficiency in fifth grade and the lack of available data on chronic absenteeism and special populations are gaps worth exploring directly with the school.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 368%

School 68% · District 66% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Grade 469%

School 69% · District 65% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Grade 562%

School 62% · District 58% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 34 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 367%

School 67% · District 66%

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 466%

School 66% · District 68% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 568%

School 68% · District 74% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Science

Grade 547%

School 47% · District 51% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

This schoolSherwood SD 88J, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.