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The Ridgeland handbook

Living in Ridgeland, MS: what to set up and who to call

All of Ridgeland gets its mail under one ZIP code, 39157. Most homes in Ridgeland have two wired internet choices, Xfinity and AT&T.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Ridgeland, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Ridgeland.

Electricity

Power comes from Entergy Mississippi

Entergy Mississippi (Entergy Mississippi LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Ridgeland. Its homes paid an average of 13.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $168 a month (its average across Mississippi).

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from City of Ridgeland water system

The City of Ridgeland water system supplies Ridgeland: about 97% of residents live in its service area. About 3% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 24,340 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.3 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 1.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 54% of similar systems’ latest results.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. MS0450013.

Internet

6 home internet providers serve Ridgeland

100% of 7,922 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 70% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable, Fiber96%2,000/250
AT&TDSL, Fiber, Fixed wireless87%5,000/5,000
C SpireFiber, Fixed wireless77%8,000/8,000
VerizonFixed wireless67%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless64%100/20
NetspeedmsFixed wireless12%267/152

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Curbside recycling in Ridgeland: every week

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Ridgeland, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown’s haulerWaste Management of Mississippi picks up at the curb for every homeridgelandms.org
Curbside recyclingEvery weekRecycling picked up at the curbridgelandms.org
What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Paper
  • Aluminum and tin cans
  • Plastic bottles or containers
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsWaste Management picks up appliances too large for the garbage can on the first pick-up day of the week; call Public Works at 601-853-2027 the day before to arrange collection.

We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check ridgelandms.org →

From ridgelandms.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2024-05-24, 2024-10-03, 2026-07-22, 2026-10-09. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Ridgeland kids go to
PK–2Ann E. Smith ElementaryMadison County School District
3–5Highland Elementary SchoolMadison County School District
6–8Old Town Middle SchoolMadison County School District
9–12Ridgeland High SchoolMadison County School District

Ridgeland is in Madison County School District.

ASchool gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Ridgeland is in ZIP code 39157

ZIP codes where Ridgeland residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of RidgelandZIP’s residents in Ridgeland
39157Ridgeland, MS100%99%

A few homes fall in 39110. 39158 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.

Area code601Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Ridgeland

Who supplies Ridgeland’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The City of Ridgeland water system (EPA ID MS0450013). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.3 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Ridgeland?

Entergy Mississippi (Entergy Mississippi LLC), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Ridgeland?

Xfinity, AT&T, C Spire, Verizon, T-Mobile, Netspeedms (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Ridgeland?

39157. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Ridgeland in?

Madison County School District.

How do I register to vote in Ridgeland?

Mississippi has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Madison County Registrar. Check your registration at msegov.com.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: Ridgeland’s own website (ridgelandms.org), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.