RIDGECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

RIDGECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a modestly sized primary school in LARGO, Florida, run under PINELLAS, works with 438 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so RIDGECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 27% below that benchmark.

PINELLAS comprises 151 schools with combined enrollment of 87,955 students; RIDGECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, RIDGECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Black (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 33% White, 13% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 10% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Pinellas County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RIDGECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.1%; this one delivers 61.1%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Pinellas County shows median household earnings sit near $72,646, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Pinellas County's 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students), RIDGECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MILDRED HELMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RIDGECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RIDGECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 58.9%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. RIDGECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 43% since 2018, when it stood at 767 (now 438). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 44% to 33%.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.