📍 2345 Howell Mountain Drive, Columbia, Boone County, 65201
Cedar Ridge Elem. is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Columbia, Boone County. The school has 472 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Columbia 93 school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Cedar Ridge Elem. enrolls 472 students across grades K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% White, 20% Black or African American and 14% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 260 | 55% |
| Black or African American | 96 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 68 | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 25 | 5.3% |
| Asian | 17 | 3.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
202 of the school's 472 students (43%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 172 qualify for free lunch and 30 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.
Cedar 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-30, state senate district 19, state house district 50.
Cedar 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 472 students, Cedar Ridge Elem. is close to the district average of about 518 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize