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Enrollment
508
Elementary
DISTRICT 786 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONROE ISD·NCES 481500005858
Ride Elementary School
4920 W PANTHER CREEK DR, THE WOODLANDS, TX 77381 · (281) 465-2800 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL508 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Texas public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
149 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 94 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 34% smaller than its 4th grade class (92).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
72.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
81.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 11 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 | 48.0% | 24.0% | 18.0% | 10.0% |
| Mathematics | 52.0% | 29.0% | 8.0% | 11.0% |
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 | 72.0% | 81.0% |
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 80.0% |
| 2020-21 | 83.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
81.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 61% 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 20 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 Ride Elementary School
Ride Elementary School's state test result (81.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ride Elementary School this school | 508 | 29.3% | 81.3% |
| Walker Creek Elementary School NORTH RICHLAND HILLS | 458 | 25.8% | 61.6% |
| Pauline Naumann Elementary School CEDAR PARK | 473 | 28.8% | 52.3% |
| Eagle Ridge Elementary School KELLER | 499 | 30.7% | 59.5% |
| Pond Springs Elementary School AUSTIN | 532 | 30.1% | 58.4% |
| Park Glen Elementary School FORT WORTH | 479 | 30.5% | 69.1% |
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 Ride Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.3% | #71 of 4,401 | #6 of 77 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #117 of 4,466 ▼ 28 | #3 of 77 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #607 of 4,466 ▼ 456 | #13 of 77 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 508 | #2,453 of 4,938 | #71 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #838 of 4,622 | #8 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.4% | #1,117 of 4,628 | #24 of 78 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.3% | #4,236 of 4,789 | #61 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.2% | #491 of 2,838 | #4 of 37 |
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
508
-63 (-11%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 697
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
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 | 508 | 39 | 13.0:1 | 29% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 565 | 40 | 14.1:1 | 30% (170) |
| 2022-23 | 569 | 39 | 14.6:1 | 33% (185) |
| 2020-21 | 571 | 37 | 15.4:1 | 31% (178) |
| 2017-18 | 728 | 44 | 16.6:1 | 11% (79) |
| 2015-16 | 656 | 37 | 17.7:1 | 10% (68) |
| 2010-11 | 424 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 19% (82) |
| 2000-01 | 519 | 33 | 15.7:1 | 5% (28) |
| 1990-91 | 697 | 44 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ride Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (728 to 508); teachers down 11% (44 to 39).
About Ride Elementary School
Ride Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in THE WOODLANDS, Texas. The school runs pre-K through 4 and enrolls 508 students.
In CONROE ISD, 66 schools enroll a combined 72,914 students.
At Ride Elementary School, 55% of students are White. The remaining students are 20% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 9% Black, and 6% Asian. Census figures show Montgomery County is about 67% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
Ride Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1, with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. The school has 29% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Montgomery County average 48%.
Ride Elementary School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 99% of Texas public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 81.3%, is 20.1 points above the 61.2% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Texas schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Montgomery County show that median household income comes to about $97,701, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 160, with about 134,595 students.
David Elementary School is about 0.8 miles from Ride Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Ride Elementary School is 4th among 8 schools close by.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
In 2020-21, Ride Elementary School enrolled 571 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 508. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.4:1 to 13.0:1.
This page collects posts and questions about Ride Elementary School, such as open houses, carpools, and field trips. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
684,432
Census ACS
Median income
$97,701
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
134,595 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CONROE ISD
- Conroe High SchoolHigh · 5,252 students
- The Woodlands High SchoolHigh · 4,444 students
- Grand Oaks High SchoolHigh · 3,836 students
- College Park High SchoolHigh · 3,313 students
- Caney Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,783 students
- Oak Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,758 students
Other schools in THE WOODLANDS
- The Woodlands High SchoolHigh · 4,444 students
- College Park High SchoolHigh · 3,313 students
- McCullough Junior High SchoolMiddle · 2,195 students
- Knox Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,395 students
- Mitchell Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,253 students
- Creekside Park Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,219 students
Nearby schools
- David Elementary School0.8 mi · 585
- McCullough Junior High School0.8 mi · 2,195
- Glen Loch Elementary School1.1 mi · 555
- Collins Intermediate School1.2 mi · 719
- The Woodlands High School1.8 mi · 4,444
- Creekside Forest Elementary School1.9 mi · 676
Frequently asked questions
About Ride Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ride Elementary School?
Ride Elementary School enrolls approximately 508 students in grades PK-04.
Is Ride Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ride Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Ride Elementary School?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at Ride Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Ride Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ride Elementary School are roughly 55% White, 20% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Ride Elementary School public or private?
Ride Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by CONROE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.