There were 4,484 students enrolled in Ridgefield School District in the 2024-25 school year, 0.2% more than the previous year, according to the Connecticut State Department of Education.
Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 78.3% of the district’s total enrollment.
Ridgefield School District roughly covers nine schools within Fairfield County and has a main office in Ridgefield.
Among those schools, Ridgefield High School recorded the highest enrollment of 1,411 students in the 2024-25 school year.
Connecticut’s public school enrollment has been in continuous decline over the past decade, falling to an estimated 508,402 students in the 2024-25 school year, according to state data. That represents a drop of about 4,250 students from the prior year and roughly 33,400 fewer students than a decade ago, extending a long-running downward trend in statewide enrollment.
A similar pattern also appears in nonpublic schools. Data from the Connecticut State Department of Education shows about 53,000 students were enrolled in nonpublic schools in 2023-24, slightly fewer than in 2019-20 and well below levels in the late 2010s.
| School | Total Enrollment in 2023-24 | Total Enrollment in 2024-25 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgefield High School | 1,420 | 1,411 | -0.6% |
| Scotts Ridge Middle School | 527 | 548 | 4% |
| East Ridge Middle School | 481 | 489 | 1.7% |
| Barlow Mountain Elementary School | 377 | 377 | 0% |
| Branchville Elementary School | 335 | 340 | 1.5% |
| Ridgebury Elementary School | 351 | 322 | -8.3% |
| Scotland Elementary School | 333 | 318 | -4.5% |
| Farmingville Elementary School | 321 | 311 | -3.1% |
| Veterans Park Elementary School | 241 | 262 | 8.7% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Connecticut State Department of Education. The source data can be found here.
