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Enrollment
631
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001138
Ridgecrest Elementary
6120 Riggs Rd, Hyattsville, MD 20783 · (301) 853-0820 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL631 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of Maryland public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 Maryland public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
565 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 54%
Community
5
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 | 58 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 127 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 73% · 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
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
15.1%
MD avg 50.6% . -22.0pp since 2023
Math
12.4%
MD avg 34.8% . -18.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 22 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 19 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.1% | 12.4% |
| 2023-24 | 37.1% | 31.1% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. 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
23.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% typical for Maryland 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 Maryland'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 Ridgecrest Elementary
Ridgecrest Elementary's state test result (23.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgecrest Elementary this school | 631 | 89.5% | 23.9% |
| Rosa L. Parks Elementary Hyattsville | 607 | 89.6% | 15.6% |
| James McHenry Elementary Lanham | 610 | 91.6% | 20.1% |
| Hillcrest Elementary Frederick | 581 | 91.0% | 28.7% |
| Thomas S. Stone Elementary Mt Rainier | 580 | 89.1% | 23.1% |
| Bladensburg Elementary Bladensburg | 713 | 91.4% | 30.1% |
Matched among Maryland 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 Ridgecrest Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #739 of 853 | #99 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.4% | #827 of 853 ▼ 292 | #124 of 136 ▼ 90 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #839 of 853 ▼ 289 | #133 of 136 ▼ 77 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 631 | #172 of 898 | #18 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #304 of 857 | #66 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.3% | #739 of 857 | #121 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.5% | #98 of 885 | #80 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #376 of 551 | #79 of 99 |
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
631
-35 (-5%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 577
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 631 | 48.2 | 13.1:1 | 90% (565) |
| 2023-24 | 636 | 44 | 14.4:1 | 87% (555) |
| 2022-23 | 636 | 46.5 | 13.7:1 | 93% (591) |
| 2020-21 | 666 | 48 | 13.9:1 | 90% (601) |
| 2017-18 | 692 | 51.6 | 13.4:1 | 95% (656) |
| 2015-16 | 712 | 50 | 14.2:1 | 96% (686) |
| 2010-11 | 621 | 42 | 14.8:1 | 88% (545) |
| 2000-01 | 650 | 38 | 17.1:1 | 66% (428) |
| 1990-91 | 577 | 26 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridgecrest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (692 to 631); teachers down 7% (51.6 to 48.2).
About Ridgecrest Elementary
Ridgecrest Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school for students in Hyattsville, Maryland. Enrollment is 631 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. Against the 481-student average for elementary schools in Maryland, enrollment here is 31% higher.
A total of 199 schools make up Prince George's County Public Schools, with 132,693 students enrolled.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Ridgecrest Elementary, with 83% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 16% Black. Among people living in Prince George's County, the Hispanic share is about 23%. Ridgecrest Elementary has a diversity index of 28%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 13.1 students per teacher and 48.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Maryland is 13.8:1, higher than at this school. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 79% average for public schools in Prince George's County.
The allk12 Grade for Ridgecrest Elementary is C-. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 23% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, Ridgecrest Elementary is 2.7 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Maryland schools.
Among Prince George's County residents, median household income is about $101,798, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Ridgecrest Elementary is one of 203 public schools in Prince George's County, which together enroll about 132,693 students.
The shortest distance from Ridgecrest Elementary to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Cesar Chavez Elementary. The five-mile area around Ridgecrest Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 4 nearby schools that report test results, Ridgecrest Elementary ranks 2nd on proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The number of students declined from 666 to 631 over 4 years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Prince George's County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
959,754
Census ACS
Median income
$101,798
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
203
132,693 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince George's County Public Schools
- High Point HighHigh · 3,012 students
- Charles Herbert Flowers HighHigh · 2,712 students
- Parkdale HighHigh · 2,588 students
- Bowie HighHigh · 2,580 students
- Eleanor Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,544 students
- Duval HighHigh · 2,522 students
Other schools in Hyattsville
- Northwestern HighHigh · 2,396 students
- Hyattsville MiddleMiddle · 1,305 students
- Ellen Ochoa MiddleMiddle · 1,086 students
- Nicholas Orem MiddleMiddle · 1,007 students
- Langley Park-McCormick ElementaryElementary · 697 students
- Edward M. Felegy ESElementary · 641 students
Other Ridgecrest Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 6 states are named Ridgecrest Elementary. Ridgecrest Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 10.
- Ridgecrest Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 836 students
- Ridgecrest Elementary SchoolPhenix City, AL · 722 students
- Ridgecrest Elementary SchoolHuntsville, AL · 463 students
- Ridgecrest Elementary SchoolLawton, OK · 456 students
- Ridgecrest ElementaryPuyallup, WA · 456 students
Nearby schools
- Cesar Chavez Elementary0.5 mi · 355
- Chillum Elementary0.7 mi · 308
- LaSalle-Backus Elementary School0.7 mi · 279
- Rosa L. Parks Elementary0.9 mi · 607
- Sela PCS1.0 mi · 302
- Social Justice PCS1.1 mi · 97
Frequently asked questions
About Ridgecrest ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Ridgecrest Elementary?
Ridgecrest Elementary enrolls approximately 631 students in grades PK-05.
Is Ridgecrest Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ridgecrest Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Ridgecrest Elementary?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Ridgecrest Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Ridgecrest Elementary?
Student demographics at Ridgecrest Elementary are roughly 0% White, 83% Hispanic, 16% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees Ridgecrest Elementary?
Ridgecrest Elementary is overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools in Prince George's County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.