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RIDGE POINT H S
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 65 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 26 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About RIDGE POINT H S
RIDGE POINT H S is one of the heavily attended senior highs in MISSOURI CITY, Texas, one of the schools within FORT BEND ISD, with 2,816 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 254% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.
Across the 83 schools in FORT BEND ISD (79,663 students total), RIDGE POINT H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, RIDGE POINT H S shows that the most-represented group is White (30%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 25% Black, 21% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Fort Bend County as a whole.
On the resource side, On paper, RIDGE POINT H S has 137 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.6:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Fort Bend County's rate of about 42%.
After controlling for student poverty, RIDGE POINT H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 74.1%.
Zooming out to the county, Fort Bend County reports that median household earnings sit near $114,041, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fort Bend County's 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), RIDGE POINT H S is one campus in the mix.
DONALD LEONETTI EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, RIDGE POINT H S comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.2%.
The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.
Five-year trend. RIDGE POINT H S's enrollment has grew 4% since 2018, when it stood at 2,712 (now 2,816). The Asian share of enrollment expanded from 12% to 21% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 in 2025.
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