Ridgemont Elementary, Union City TN

Original Research by School Decision on Ridgemont Elementary

Ridgemont Elementary is a regular public school serving pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in Obion County, Tennessee. The school operates as part of the Obion County district, which covers Union City and the surrounding area. Because the school does not serve high school grades, there is no graduation rate to report, and the academic data that exists covers state testing in grades three through eight only.

Union City is the county seat and functions as a regional trade center for northwest Tennessee and southwest Kentucky, with a mix of residential neighborhoods, commercial corridors, and industrial employers. Major employers include Titan Tire, which took over the former Goodyear plant, Darling International, and Discovery Park of America, a fifty-acre museum and heritage park. The downtown core along Depot Street has restaurants, antique shops, and the renovated Capitol Theatre, though beyond the central area the city is largely car-dependent and no public transit system is described. Home values in the area are well below the Tennessee median, making housing relatively affordable compared with the state as a whole. Interstate 69 is under construction in the region, and a planned upgrade of a state highway would link the area to I-40 to the south.

The student body at Ridgemont is majority white, with a substantial Hispanic enrollment that accounts for roughly a third of the student population. Smaller shares of Black, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and multiracial students are also present. Enrollment is moderate for a school that spans pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. Data on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, special education status, and English learner status is not available in the public record, so it is not possible to characterize the school’s economic or support-needs profile from the data provided.

On state testing, Ridgemont’s results show a mixed picture. In math and English language arts, the share of students scoring at the proficient level fell short of half. Science and social studies performance was closer to the midpoint, with roughly half of students reaching proficiency. The school’s overall proficiency across all tested subjects and grades places it below the other district in Obion County when the two are compared. This is a straightforward description of the school’s standing relative to the only other district in the county. No information on academic trends from prior years was available, so it is not possible to say whether performance has been improving or declining.

Program offerings, course access, teacher staffing, discipline rates, and attendance data are all absent from the available records. Families looking for detailed information on art, music, physical education, or support services will need to contact the school directly. The district brief turned up no recent changes to district policy or programming that would be relevant for parents.

Ridgemont Elementary offers a neighborhood school experience in a small city with a modest cost of living. Its academic performance is below the county’s other district, but the school may suit families who prioritize a close-to-home setting for their children from pre-kindergarten through middle school. The gaps in the data mean that any family considering Ridgemont should ask the school about areas that matter to them, such as enrichment, student support, and the specific programs available for upper-elementary and middle school students.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grades 3-842%

School 42% · District 44% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median

English language arts

Grades 3-837%

School 37% · District 38% · ▼ 1 pts below district

even with state median

Science

Grades 3-849%

School 49% · District 49% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 6 pts above state median

Social studies

Grades 3-848%

School 48% · District 47% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median

This schoolObion County, 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.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income13%Higher-income30%17 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income30%Higher-income40%10 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income17%Higher-income50%33 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income58%Higher-income56%2 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income18%Higher-income25%7 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income27%Higher-income41%14 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income27%Higher-income27%0 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income30%Higher-income40%10 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income8%Higher-income42%33 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income58%Higher-income68%10 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income29%Higher-income66%36 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income27%Higher-income49%22 pp gap