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Enrollment
2,713
High
DISTRICT 1,524 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROUND ROCK ISD·NCES 483808011097
Cedar Ridge High School
2801 GATTIS SCHOOL RD, ROUND ROCK, TX 78664 · (512) 704-0100 · Williamson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL2,713 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% of Texas public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
162 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
867 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 727 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 717 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 647 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 622 | 23% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
64.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +39.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +41.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 39 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 41 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 48.0% | 15.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 31.0% | 38.0% | 17.0% |
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 | 64.0% | 45.0% |
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 37.0% |
| 2022-23 | 29.0% | 19.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 14.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 4.0% |
% 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
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 High School
Cedar Ridge High School's state test result (59.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Ridge High School this school | 2,713 | 32.0% | 59.8% |
| Stony Point High School ROUND ROCK | 2,508 | 33.3% | 51.5% |
| Pearland High School PEARLAND | 3,412 | 35.0% | 71.1% |
| Katy High School KATY | 3,543 | 36.8% | 71.4% |
| Central High School KELLER | 2,410 | 31.1% | 64.0% |
| Stratford High School HOUSTON | 2,394 | 32.2% | 69.7% |
Matched among Texas high 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Williamson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #489 of 1,385 | #12 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #684 of 1,425 ▲ 270 | #15 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #514 of 1,425 ▲ 11 | #13 of 21 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +30.5pp | #141 of 1,184 | #6 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,713 | #125 of 2,107 | #3 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #1,034 of 1,344 | #18 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.2% | #110 of 1,346 | #4 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.0% | #1,341 of 1,522 | #11 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #501 of 557 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,713
-124 (-4%) vs 2020
+86% since 2010-11, when it was 1,457
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 2,713 | 161.7 | 16.8:1 | 32% (867) |
| 2023-24 | 2,707 | 170.1 | 15.9:1 | 33% (882) |
| 2022-23 | 2,698 | 166.1 | 16.2:1 | 31% (837) |
| 2020-21 | 2,837 | 184 | 15.4:1 | 27% (754) |
| 2017-18 | 2,765 | 174.8 | 15.8:1 | 27% (739) |
| 2015-16 | 2,746 | 177 | 15.5:1 | 29% (796) |
| 2010-11 | 1,457 | 98 | 14.9:1 | 37% (538) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedar Ridge High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (2,765 to 2,713); teachers down 7% (174.8 to 161.7).
About Cedar Ridge High School
Cedar Ridge High School is a large high school with an address in ROUND ROCK, Texas. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 2,713 students. That compares with an average of about 796 students for high schools in Texas.
Cedar Ridge High School falls under ROUND ROCK ISD, which has 58 schools enrolling 46,954 students.
No group is above 50% at Cedar Ridge High School; the largest is Hispanic, at 41%. It is also 32% White, 12% Black, 9% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Williamson County's residents are about 25% Hispanic, 16 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Cedar Ridge High School scores 70%.
There are 161.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.8:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas, this school's ratio is higher. On the income side, 32% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Cedar Ridge High School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 56% of Texas public high schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Cedar Ridge High School is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 59.8% actual, 60.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
Williamson County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $111,340, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Williamson County's 208 public schools enroll about 126,147 students and include Cedar Ridge High School.
Of the public schools around it, Cedar Ridge High School is closest to Gattis Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Cedar Ridge High School is 4th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Cedar Ridge High School is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
Enrollment decreased 4% over 4 years, reaching 2,713 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 15.4:1 to 16.8:1.
This page is set up for the Cedar Ridge High School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Williamson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
672,688
Census ACS
Median income
$111,340
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
208
126,147 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROUND ROCK ISD
- Round Rock High SchoolHigh · 3,824 students
- Westwood High SchoolHigh · 2,858 students
- McNeil High SchoolHigh · 2,660 students
- Stony Point High SchoolHigh · 2,508 students
- Cedar Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,306 students
- Canyon Vista Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,295 students
Other schools in ROUND ROCK
- Round Rock High SchoolHigh · 3,824 students
- Stony Point High SchoolHigh · 2,508 students
- Meridian World School LlcCombined · 1,745 students
- Ridgeview Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,249 students
- James Garland Walsh Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,208 students
- Hopewell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,202 students
Other Cedar Ridge High schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Cedar Ridge High. Cedar Ridge High School is the largest of the 4.
- Cedar Ridge HighHillsborough, NC · 1,148 students
- CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLNEWARK, AR · 373 students
- Cedar Ridge HighRICHFIELD, UT · 57 students
Nearby schools
- Gattis Elementary School0.4 mi · 610
- Ridgeview Middle School1.1 mi · 1,249
- Blackland Prairie Elementary School1.2 mi · 785
- Neysa Callison Elementary School1.2 mi · 631
- IDEA Round Rock Tech Academy1.5 mi · 718
- IDEA Round Rock Tech College Preparatory1.5 mi · 504
Frequently asked questions
About Cedar Ridge High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cedar Ridge High School?
Cedar Ridge High School enrolls approximately 2,713 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Cedar Ridge High School serve?
Cedar Ridge High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cedar Ridge High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cedar Ridge High School is approximately 16.8:1 (162 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cedar Ridge High School?
At Cedar Ridge High School, the student body is approximately 32% White, 41% Hispanic, 12% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Cedar Ridge High School public or private?
Cedar Ridge High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by ROUND ROCK ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.