Ridgeview Elementary School

Ridgeview Elementary School operates as a compact elementary-level community in CRAIG, Colorado, operated by Moffat County School District RE: No. 1. Current enrollment sits at 233 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 39% below the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Within Moffat County School District RE: No. 1, which oversees 7 schools and 1,821 students, Ridgeview Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Ridgeview Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 29% Hispanic, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Ridgeview Elementary School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Ridgeview Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.7%, the actual is 32.1%, a residual of -2.6 points.

In the surrounding community, Moffat County reports that the typical household earns roughly $73,849 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Moffat County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,821 students), of which Ridgeview Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Moffat County High School, roughly 1.5 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ridgeview Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 25.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 13%: 267 students in 2018 compared to 233 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 15% to 29% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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