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What tradition at Cedar Ridge Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
458
Elementary
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUEBLO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 70·NCES 080615001854
Cedar Ridge Elementary School
1266 WEST ORO GRANDE DRIVE, PUEBLO WEST, CO 81007 · (719) 547-8268 · Pueblo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Colorado public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
181 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 27 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
51.4%
CO avg 44.9% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
46.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.4% | 46.7% |
| 2023-24 | 48.4% | 44.7% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cedar Ridge Elementary School
Cedar Ridge Elementary School's state test result (47.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Ridge Elementary School this school | 458 | 39.5% | 47.1% |
| Little Raven Elementary School LITTLETON | 475 | 40.2% | 43.9% |
| Park Elementary School DURANGO | 452 | 38.9% | 57.4% |
| Strasburg Elementary School STRASBURG | 544 | 39.2% | 34.5% |
| Skyview Elementary School WINDSOR | 440 | 43.0% | 42.9% |
| Eaton Elementary School EATON | 484 | 42.8% | 49.0% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cedar Ridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Pueblo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #339 of 931 | #2 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #310 of 940 ▲ 1 | #2 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #343 of 946 ▲ 40 | #3 of 33 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #303 of 1,056 | #4 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #796 of 896 | #29 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #344 of 896 | #9 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.5% | #589 of 983 | #31 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #478 of 664 | #22 of 26 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
458
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
+7% since 2010-11, when it was 427
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 21.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 458 | 25 | 18.3:1 | 40% (181) |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 25 | 18.9:1 | 44% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 469 | 23.5 | 20.0:1 | 34% (160) |
| 2020-21 | 462 | 22 | 21.0:1 | 29% (135) |
| 2017-18 | 508 | 21 | 24.2:1 | 26% (132) |
| 2015-16 | 512 | 23 | 22.3:1 | 28% (142) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | 17 | 25.1:1 | 18% (78) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedar Ridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (508 to 458); teachers up 19% (21 to 25).
About Cedar Ridge Elementary School
Cedar Ridge Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in PUEBLO WEST, Colorado, (ZIP code 81007). A federal count lists 458 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Colorado is about 379, so this school runs 21% larger than that.
The district for Cedar Ridge Elementary School is Pueblo County School District 70, with 27 schools and 10,563 students.
Cedar Ridge Elementary School's enrollment is 59% White. Enrollment also includes 33% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Among people living in Pueblo County, the White share is about 72%. Cedar Ridge Elementary School has a diversity index of 54%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 18.3:1, with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1, lower than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 40% of enrollment. Public schools in Pueblo County average 66%.
allk12 grades Cedar Ridge Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Cedar Ridge Elementary School scores 47.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 42.8%.
Pueblo County has about 169,356 residents, and median household income is about $64,010, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Pueblo County number 66 and enroll about 32,254.
The next-closest public school is Sky View Middle School, about 1.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Cedar Ridge Elementary School ranks 1st of 9 nearby schools, at 47.1% versus a 31.4% average.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Fringe.
Cedar Ridge Elementary School had 462 students in 2020-21 and 458 in 2024-25, nearly the same. Federal data show the ratio falling from 21.0:1 to 18.3:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Pueblo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
169,356
Census ACS
Median income
$64,010
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
32,254 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pueblo County School District 70
- Pueblo West High SchoolHigh · 1,540 students
- Pueblo County High SchoolHigh · 1,148 students
- Swallows Charter AcademyElementary · 677 students
- Sky View Middle SchoolMiddle · 565 students
- Prairie Winds Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Liberty Point Elementary SchoolElementary · 451 students
Other schools in PUEBLO WEST
- Pueblo West High SchoolHigh · 1,540 students
- Swallows Charter AcademyElementary · 677 students
- Sky View Middle SchoolMiddle · 565 students
- Prairie Winds Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Liberty Point Elementary SchoolElementary · 451 students
- Sierra Vista Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
Other Cedar Ridge Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 9 states are named Cedar Ridge Elementary. Cedar Ridge Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 11.
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolGrovetown, GA · 1,060 students
- CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARYEDEN PRAIRIE, MN · 557 students
- CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARYBRANSON, MO · 517 students
- CEDAR RIDGE ELEM.COLUMBIA, MO · 453 students
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolWACO, TX · 446 students
Nearby schools
- Sky View Middle School1.3 mi · 565
- Pueblo West High School1.7 mi · 1,540
- Sierra Vista Elementary School2.0 mi · 443
- Desert Sage Elementary School2.7 mi · 368
- Swallows Charter Academy3.4 mi · 677
- Swallows Charter Academy High School3.4 mi · 178
Frequently asked questions
About Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolHow large is Cedar Ridge Elementary School?
Cedar Ridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 458 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Cedar Ridge Elementary School serve?
Cedar Ridge Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cedar Ridge Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cedar Ridge Elementary School is approximately 18.3:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cedar Ridge Elementary School?
At Cedar Ridge Elementary School, the student body is approximately 59% White, 33% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Cedar Ridge Elementary School?
Cedar Ridge Elementary School is overseen by Pueblo County School District 70 in Pueblo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.