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Enrollment
446
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WACO ISD·NCES 484428005032
Cedar Ridge Elementary School
2115 MERIDIAN AVE, WACO, TX 76708 · (254) 756-1241 · McLennan County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL446 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
424 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 51 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 63% · 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
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
38.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
32.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 22.0% | 27.0% | 35.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 20.0% | 25.0% | 43.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 38.0% | 32.0% |
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 21.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 20.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 25.0% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 18.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
26.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Cedar Ridge Elementary School
Cedar Ridge Elementary School's state test result (26.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Ridge Elementary School this school | 446 | 95.1% | 26.0% |
| Crestview Elementary School WACO | 464 | 95.3% | 22.9% |
| Highland Park Elementary School TEXARKANA | 427 | 95.1% | 16.8% |
| La Vega Pri Phil Bancale Campus WACO | 444 | 98.6% | N/A |
| Uplift Meridian Prep PS FORT WORTH | 461 | 93.5% | 31.3% |
| Orr Elementary School TYLER | 460 | 90.9% | 26.9% |
Matched among Texas 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 Cedar Ridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In McLennan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #3,985 of 4,401 | #28 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #3,790 of 4,466 ▲ 484 | #22 of 41 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,889 of 4,466 ▲ 431 | #27 of 41 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #1,502 of 3,998 | #16 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 446 | #3,062 of 4,938 | #22 of 49 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #2,893 of 4,622 | #32 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.3% | #1,770 of 4,628 | #21 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.1% | #496 of 4,789 | #8 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.3% | #1,078 of 2,838 | #7 of 28 |
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
446
-75 (-14%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 567
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 446 | 28.8 | 15.5:1 | 95% (424) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 33.4 | 13.5:1 | 94% (425) |
| 2022-23 | 447 | 34 | 13.1:1 | 96% (428) |
| 2020-21 | 521 | 33 | 15.8:1 | 96% (498) |
| 2017-18 | 567 | 36.9 | 15.4:1 | 95% (538) |
| 2015-16 | 607 | 36 | 16.9:1 | 93% (567) |
| 2010-11 | 557 | 38 | 14.7:1 | 94% (521) |
| 2000-01 | 631 | 35 | 18.0:1 | 88% (554) |
| 1990-91 | 567 | 30 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedar Ridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (567 to 446); teachers down 22% (36.9 to 28.8).
About Cedar Ridge Elementary School
Cedar Ridge Elementary School is a public elementary school in WACO, Texas. The school enrolls 446 students in pre-K through 5.
The district, WACO ISD, operates 24 schools serving 13,476 students.
At Cedar Ridge Elementary School, 59% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 29% Black, 8% White, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show McLennan County is about 27% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Cedar Ridge Elementary School scores 56%.
Staffing at Cedar Ridge Elementary School comes to 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.5:1. It is about the same as the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. On the income side, 95% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 33 points above the 62% average for public schools in McLennan County.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Cedar Ridge Elementary School, the prediction is 33.1% and the result is 26.0%.
McLennan County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $66,643 a year, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Cedar Ridge Elementary School shares McLennan County with 123 other public schools.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Waco Center for Youth, is the closest to Cedar Ridge Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 14%, from 521 to 446.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Cedar Ridge Elementary School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
McLennan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
266,067
Census ACS
Median income
$66,643
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
124
45,703 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WACO ISD
- Waco High SchoolHigh · 1,885 students
- University High SchoolHigh · 1,752 students
- Tennyson Middle SchoolMiddle · 963 students
- Bell's Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 786 students
- Cesar Chavez Middle SchoolMiddle · 786 students
- Lake Air Montessori SchoolElementary · 734 students
Other schools in WACO
- Midway High SchoolHigh · 2,687 students
- Waco High SchoolHigh · 1,885 students
- University High SchoolHigh · 1,752 students
- Tennyson Middle SchoolMiddle · 963 students
- La Vega High SchoolHigh · 881 students
- Bell's Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 786 students
Other Cedar Ridge Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 9 states are named Cedar Ridge Elementary. Cedar Ridge Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 11.
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolGrovetown, GA · 1,060 students
- CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARYEDEN PRAIRIE, MN · 557 students
- CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARYBRANSON, MO · 517 students
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolPUEBLO WEST, CO · 458 students
- CEDAR RIDGE ELEM.COLUMBIA, MO · 453 students
Nearby schools
- Waco Center for Youth0.4 mi · 69
- Premier H S of Waco0.6 mi · 128
- Brazos High School1.0 mi · 100
- Challenge Academy1.0 mi · 52
- McLennan County Challenge Academy1.0 mi · 1
- Challenge Academy1.0 mi · 1
Frequently asked questions
About Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cedar Ridge Elementary School?
Cedar Ridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 446 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Cedar Ridge Elementary School serve?
Cedar Ridge Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cedar Ridge Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cedar Ridge Elementary School is approximately 15.5:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Cedar Ridge Elementary School?
Student demographics at Cedar Ridge Elementary School are roughly 8% White, 59% Hispanic, 29% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Cedar Ridge Elementary School?
Cedar Ridge Elementary School is overseen by WACO ISD in McLennan County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.