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Enrollment
489
Elementary
DISTRICT 563 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLLEGE STATION ISD·NCES 480735010465
Forest Ridge
1950 GREENS PRAIRIE RD W, COLLEGE STATION, TX 77845 · (979) 694-5801 · Brazos County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL489 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
132 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 41 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 27% smaller than its 4th grade class (104).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
78.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
80.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 56.0% | 22.0% | 14.0% | 8.0% |
| Mathematics | 55.0% | 25.0% | 10.0% | 10.0% |
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 | 78.0% | 80.0% |
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 88.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 74.0% |
| 2022-23 | 85.0% | 77.0% |
| 2021-22 | 82.0% | 100.0% |
| 2020-21 | 67.0% | 75.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
79.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 62% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Forest Ridge
Forest Ridge's state test result (79.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Ridge this school | 489 | 27.0% | 79.1% |
| Bette Perot Elementary School KELLER | 498 | 24.5% | 70.6% |
| Keller-Harvel Elementary School KELLER | 464 | 28.7% | 74.8% |
| Independence Elementary School KELLER | 447 | 28.0% | 60.5% |
| Pauline Naumann Elementary School CEDAR PARK | 473 | 28.8% | 52.3% |
| Wilson Elementary School LUBBOCK | 557 | 26.0% | 66.3% |
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 Forest Ridge ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Brazos County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.1% | #104 of 4,401 | #1 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #130 of 4,466 ▼ 106 | #1 of 28 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #318 of 4,466 ▼ 136 | #1 of 28 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #946 of 3,998 | #6 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 489 | #2,638 of 4,938 | #15 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,868 of 4,622 | #15 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.3% | #1,293 of 4,628 | #13 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.0% | #4,288 of 4,789 | #27 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.7% | #667 of 2,838 | #2 of 14 |
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
489
-28 (-5%) vs 2020
-27% since 2010-11, when it was 667
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 489 | 34 | 14.4:1 | 27% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 37.5 | 13.3:1 | 28% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 514 | 39.4 | 13.1:1 | 25% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 517 | 42 | 12.3:1 | 22% (116) |
| 2017-18 | 667 | 44.1 | 15.1:1 | 27% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 614 | 43 | 14.3:1 | 28% (173) |
| 2010-11 | 667 | 47 | 14.2:1 | 14% (91) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forest Ridge.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (667 to 489); teachers down 23% (44.1 to 34).
About Forest Ridge
Forest Ridge is a public elementary school run by COLLEGE STATION ISD in COLLEGE STATION, Texas. It had 489 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 4.
COLLEGE STATION ISD has 21 schools; together they serve 14,314 students.
The largest group at Forest Ridge is White students, at 58%. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 11% Black, and 3% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Forest Ridge scores 61%.
Forest Ridge reported 34 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 14.4:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. There are 132 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 27% of enrollment. That rate is below the 60% average among public schools in Brazos County.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Forest Ridge is among the top 10% of schools in Texas. Predicted: 62.2%. Actual: 79.1%.
In Brazos County, the median household earns about $58,553 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Across Brazos County, 53 public schools serve about 32,430 students.
About 1.2 miles separate Forest Ridge from the closest public school, Spring Creek Elementary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Forest Ridge at 1st of 9.
Federal data place Forest Ridge in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment decreased 5% over 4 years, reaching 489 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 12.3:1 to 14.4:1.
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Brazos County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
242,311
Census ACS
Median income
$58,553
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
32,430 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COLLEGE STATION ISD
- College Station High SchoolHigh · 2,226 students
- A & M Cons High SchoolHigh · 2,166 students
- Wellborn Middle SchoolMiddle · 843 students
- Pecan Trail Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 779 students
- Oakwood Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 729 students
- Spring Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 696 students
Other schools in COLLEGE STATION
- College Station High SchoolHigh · 2,226 students
- A & M Cons High SchoolHigh · 2,166 students
- Wellborn Middle SchoolMiddle · 843 students
- Iltexas College Station Elementary SchoolElementary · 799 students
- Pecan Trail Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 779 students
- Oakwood Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 729 students
Nearby schools
- Spring Creek Elementary School1.2 mi · 696
- College Station High School1.2 mi · 2,226
- Pebble Creek Elementary School1.3 mi · 628
- Creek View Elementary School1.8 mi · 437
- Cypress Grove Intermediate School2.0 mi · 556
- Iltexas College Station Elementary School2.0 mi · 799
Frequently asked questions
About Forest RidgeHow large is Forest Ridge?
Forest Ridge enrolls approximately 489 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Forest Ridge serve?
Forest Ridge serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Forest Ridge?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Forest Ridge.
How diverse is Forest Ridge?
Forest Ridge reports a student body of 58% White, 17% Hispanic, 11% Black, 11% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Forest Ridge public or private?
Forest Ridge is a public K-12 school, overseen by COLLEGE STATION ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.