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CEDAR RIDGE H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 37 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 33 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 59% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CEDAR RIDGE H S
CEDAR RIDGE H S, a sprawling secondary school in ROUND ROCK, Texas, one of the schools within ROUND ROCK ISD, serves 2,713 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 241% above the state mean of about 796.
Across the 58 schools in ROUND ROCK ISD (46,954 students total), CEDAR RIDGE H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, CEDAR RIDGE H S lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 32% White, 12% Black, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 162 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CEDAR RIDGE H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.4%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Williamson County shows the typical household earns roughly $111,340 per year, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Williamson County runs 208 public schools (combined enrollment of about 126,147 students), of which CEDAR RIDGE H S is one.
Nearest neighbor: GATTIS EL, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CEDAR RIDGE H S at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 54.5%.
The school occupies an inner-city site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 2,765 students in 2018 compared to 2,713 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 37% to 32%.
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