RIDGE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

RIDGE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the middle-of-the-pack primary schools in BLACKFOOT, Idaho, part of BLACKFOOT DISTRICT, with 359 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

BLACKFOOT DISTRICT comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 3,796 students; RIDGE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, RIDGE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 3% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, RIDGE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.9:1. The state averages about 18.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bingham County (around 45%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Bingham County indicate median household earnings sit near $77,878, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bingham County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,273 students), of which RIDGE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

VAUGHN HUGIE FAMILY ED CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RIDGE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

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

Five-year trend. RIDGE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 357 (now 359). Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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