Photo: DanTD · CC BY-SA 4.0Ridge’s public schools
Longwood Central School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Ridge. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 44% of students in New York’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Ridge’s schools, in brief
School by school
2 of Ridge’s 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s 4,095 public schools. Longwood High School places highest (better than 84%); West Middle Island School lowest (27%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Four elementary schools serve Ridge, graded from C to B−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Longwood High School. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Ridge, with each school’s own grade.
5th grade in Ridge
Longwood Middle School
Grades 5–6 · 1,304 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Middle Island
6th grade in Ridge
Longwood Middle School
Grades 5–6 · 1,304 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Middle Island
7th grade in Ridge
Longwood Junior High School
Grades 7–8 · 1,363 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Middle Island
8th grade in Ridge
Longwood Junior High School
Grades 7–8 · 1,363 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Middle Island
9th grade in Ridge
Longwood High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,993 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Middle Island
10th grade in Ridge
Longwood High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,993 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Middle Island
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Longwood Central School District.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Below the state in reading
Ridge vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the New York towns that share Ridge’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Ridge | — | Longwood Central |
| Riverhead | C− | Riverhead Central |
| Brookhaven | B | Longwood Central |
Every school in Ridge
6 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with New York’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Ridge’s schools
Are Ridge’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Ridge. Longwood Central School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Ridge. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Ridge in?
Longwood Central School District.
Where do Ridge kids go to high school?
Longwood High School.
Parents talk
What Ridge families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Ridge → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.