Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Forest Ridge Elementary School, Hernando, FL

CEP schoolForest Ridge Elementary School is a public elementary school in Hernando, part of Citrus County Public Schools. It enrolled 665 students in 2024-25, with 18.0 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 665
Teachers (FTE): 37.0
Students per teacher: 18.0
Grades: PK to 5

This school's ratio is 1.1 higher than the district figure of 16.9. The Florida average across schools is 18.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school18.0

District16.9

Florida18.2

United States15.3

School details

Address: 2927 N Forest Ridge Blvd, Hernando, FL 34442
Phone: (352)527-1808
District: Citrus County Public Schools
County: Citrus County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Suburb: Small
NCES school ID: 120027004325

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 339
Reduced-price lunch: 0
Free or reduced-price lunch: 33951.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 339Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Citrus County Public Schools

Citrus Springs Elementary School 877 students
Lecanto Primary School 816 students
Central Ridge Elementary School 801 students
Hernando Elementary School 730 students
Rock Crusher Elementary School 664 students
Crystal River Primary School 644 students
Inverness Primary School 641 students
Pleasant Grove Elementary School 637 students
Homosassa Elementary School 405 students
Floral City Elementary School 387 students

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.