CEDAR RIDGE EL

CEDAR RIDGE EL is one of the mid-tier primary schools in WACO, Texas, run under WACO ISD, with 446 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

WACO ISD comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 13,476 students; CEDAR RIDGE EL is among them.

In terms of who attends, CEDAR RIDGE EL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 29% Black, 8% White, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, McLennan County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CEDAR RIDGE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.4%, the actual is 25.6%, a residual of -6.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for McLennan County shows median household income runs about $66,643, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, McLennan County runs 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,703 students), of which CEDAR RIDGE EL is one.

WACO CTR FOR YOUTH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CEDAR RIDGE EL.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 21%: 567 students in 2018 compared to 446 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.