RIDGE CREEK EL

RIDGE CREEK EL is an elementary school of well-populated scale in HUMBLE, Texas, one of the schools within HUMBLE ISD, works with 1,058 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so RIDGE CREEK EL sits 104% bigger than that benchmark.

HUMBLE ISD comprises 50 schools with combined enrollment of 48,502 students; RIDGE CREEK EL is among them.

Demographically, RIDGE CREEK EL logs that 46% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 44% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, RIDGE CREEK EL has 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), RIDGE CREEK EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.1%; this one delivers 31.4%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household income runs about $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. RIDGE CREEK EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

Nearest neighbor: AUTUMN RIDGE MIDDLE, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, RIDGE CREEK EL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 43.6%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. RIDGE CREEK EL's enrollment has expanded 40% since 2018, when it stood at 758 (now 1,058). Class-load math has tightened: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.