📍 3700 Woodland Dr, Columbia, Boone County, 65202
Blue Ridge Elem. is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Columbia, Boone County. The school has 419 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Columbia 93 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 9% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Blue Ridge Elem. enrolls 419 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 33% Black or African American, 29% White and 21% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 137 | 33% |
| White | 123 | 29% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 86 | 21% |
| Two or more races | 53 | 13% |
| Asian | 17 | 4.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
283 of the school's 419 students (68%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 233 qualify for free lunch and 50 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Blue Ridge Elem. is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MO-40, state senate district 19, state house district 44.
Blue Ridge Elem. is one of 36 schools in COLUMBIA 93, based in COLUMBIA, Missouri. The district serves 18,640 students district-wide and employs 1,445 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 419 students, Blue Ridge Elem. is smaller than the district average of about 518 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize