Ridgeway Elementary Primary School
2861 Ridgeway Rd
Manchester Township NJ, 08759, Ocean County
Phone: 732-323-0800
Ranking: 
(1,336 out of 1,869, bottom 29%)*
(1,336 out of 1,869, bottom 29%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Manchester Township School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 33 | 39 | 35 | |||
| Total Students: | 531 | 495 | 490 | |||
| Kindergarten: | 87 | 16.4% | 74 | 14.9% | 66 | 13.5% |
| Grade 1: | 81 | 15.3% | 72 | 14.5% | 73 | 14.9% |
| Grade 2: | 77 | 14.5% | 80 | 16.2% | 80 | 16.3% |
| Grade 3: | 82 | 15.4% | 82 | 16.6% | 90 | 18.4% |
| Grade 4: | 82 | 15.4% | 86 | 17.4% | 68 | 13.9% |
| Grade 5: | 86 | 16.2% | 69 | 13.9% | 77 | 15.7% |
| Ungraded: | 36 | 6.8% | 32 | 6.5% | 36 | 7.3% |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||
| Male: | 270 | 50.8% | 262 | 52.9% | 276 | 56.3% |
| Female: | 261 | 49.2% | 233 | 47.1% | 210 | 42.9% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 3 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.4% |
| Asian: | 33 | 6.2% | 27 | 5.5% | 32 | 6.5% |
| Hispanic: | 76 | 14.3% | 78 | 15.8% | 71 | 14.5% |
| Black: | 75 | 14.1% | 68 | 13.7% | 68 | 13.9% |
| White: | 331 | 62.3% | 319 | 64.4% | 317 | 64.7% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 12 | 2.3% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 120 | 22.6% | 106 | 21.4% | 64 | 13.1% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 52 | 9.8% | 33 | 6.7% | 32 | 6.5% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.09 | 9.90 | 14.00 | |||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ASK | ||||||
| 2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 78.0% | 85.9% | 79.4% |
| 2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 86% | 85.8% | 83.2% |
| 2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 77.1% | 80.2% | 82.4% |
| 2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 74.4% | 84.6% | 83.4% |
| 2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 79.6% | 80.3% | 86.1% |
| 2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 53.0% | 49.3% | 62.9% |
| 2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 47.7% | 53.4% | 59.8% |
| 2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 53.3% | 53.1% | 63.0% |
| 2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 66.0% | 77.9% | 76.6% |
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 84% | 87.4% | 82.5% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 85.7% | 88.1% | 86.8% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 82.5% | 89.9% | 87.3% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 80.3% | 86.1% | 86.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 66.6% | 65.6% | 75.4% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 77.9% | 78.6% | 78.3% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 82.7% | 77.1% | 78.9% |
| 2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 69.9% | 77.5% | 77.6% |
| 2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 74.4% | 83.6% | 82.2% |
| 2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 80.9% | 86.3% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 75.0% | 79.0% | 80.0% |
| 2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 83.1% | 84.6% | 80.6% |
| 2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 78.0% | 82.6% | 82.7% |
| 2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 61.8% | 56.2% | 63.2% |
| 2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 49.4% | 53.7% | 59.7% |
| 2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 50.6% | 61.9% | 62.7% |
| 2003 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 62.7% | 69.0% | 68.0% |
| 2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 67.5% | 73.9% | 72.1% |
| 2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 80.9% | 87.3% | 80.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 84.1% | 86.6% | 82.3% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 93.5% | 89.0% | 84.7% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 77.0% | 84.1% | 84.9% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 66.3% | 68.0% | 73.1% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 68.9% | 73.2% | 77.2% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 66.2% | 76.1% | 79.3% |
| 2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 92.2% | 93.1% | 81.1% |
| 2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 88.9% | 88.0% | 82.3% |
| 2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 81.8% | 88% | 83.1% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 78.4% | 83.6% | 85.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 92.1% | 91.2% | 91.1% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 90.8% | 94.2% | 93.5% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 90.6% | 93.2% | 90.0% |
| 2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 92.6% | 92.7% | 88.8% |
| 2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 62.9% | 54.3% | 60.0% |
| 2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 60.2% | 56.3% | 66.2% |
| 2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 64.5% | 49.4% | 63.3% |
| 2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 50.0% | 58.8% | 60.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 86.2% | 89.6% | 84.1% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 81.0% | 76.8% | 76.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 73.0% | 76.5% | 77.6% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 82.8% | 79.3% | 79.0% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 75.6% | 79.4% | 80.6% |
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* Ridgeway Elementary Primary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.