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EASTRIDGE EL
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 EASTRIDGE EL
EASTRIDGE EL is one of the moderately sized elementary-level communitys in RED OAK, Texas, part of RED OAK ISD, with 530 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.
Within RED OAK ISD, which oversees 8 schools and 6,696 students, EASTRIDGE EL is one campus in the system.
Demographically, EASTRIDGE EL lists that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% Black, 23% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 64% of students at EASTRIDGE EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Ellis County's rate of about 51%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, EASTRIDGE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.0%, the actual is 44.5%, a residual of -1.5 points.
In the surrounding community, Ellis County reports that the typical household earns roughly $99,595 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. EASTRIDGE EL is one of 83 public schools in Ellis County (combined enrollment of about 46,344 students).
The closest other public school is RED OAK EL, roughly 1.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EASTRIDGE EL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 41.8%.
EASTRIDGE EL operates from an outer-ring location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EASTRIDGE EL has rose 18%, going from 451 students in 2018 to 530 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 50% to 23% across the same window.
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Ellis County at a glance
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