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What's the most underrated thing about RIDGE POINT H S that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
2,816
High
DISTRICT 1,925 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT BEND ISD·NCES 481965012240
Ridge Point High School
500 WATERS LAKE BLVD, MISSOURI CITY, TX 77459 · (281) 327-5200 · Fort Bend County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,816 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Texas public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
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 high schools
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
137 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
614 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 636 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 650 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 685 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 845 | 30% |
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from FORT BEND ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
81.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +42.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
68.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +29.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 42 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 29 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 63.0% | 10.0% | 9.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 44.0% | 24.0% | 8.0% |
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 | 81.0% | 68.0% |
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 65.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.0% | 24.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.0% | 39.0% |
| 2020-21 | 39.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
75.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% 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%.
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 Ridge Point High School
Ridge Point High School's state test result (75.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridge Point High School this school | 2,816 | 21.8% | 75.6% |
| Glenda Dawson High School PEARLAND | 2,569 | 29.9% | 78.0% |
| Cypress Ranch High School CYPRESS | 3,463 | 27.1% | 82.9% |
| Wylie High School WYLIE | 3,189 | 24.8% | 82.0% |
| Lone Star High School FRISCO | 2,004 | 15.6% | 70.2% |
| George Ranch High School RICHMOND | 2,337 | 26.8% | 76.3% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Ridge Point High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #145 of 1,385 | #9 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #160 of 1,425 ▲ 5 | #12 of 30 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #159 of 1,425 ▲ 8 | #8 of 30 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +45.5pp | #8 of 1,184 | #2 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,816 | #106 of 2,107 | #9 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #1,291 of 1,344 | #25 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.6% | #4 of 1,346 | #1 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.8% | #1,442 of 1,522 | #28 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.8% | #542 of 672 | #15 of 18 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,816
-214 (-7%) vs 2020
+380% since 2010-11, when it was 587
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 2,816 | 137 | 20.6:1 | 22% (614) |
| 2023-24 | 2,854 | 145.1 | 19.7:1 | 24% (698) |
| 2022-23 | 3,170 | 161 | 19.7:1 | 31% (976) |
| 2020-21 | 3,030 | 162 | 18.7:1 | 25% (749) |
| 2017-18 | 2,712 | 138.8 | 19.5:1 | 19% (506) |
| 2015-16 | 2,342 | 123 | 19.0:1 | 15% (353) |
| 2010-11 | 587 | 39 | 15.1:1 | 18% (105) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridge Point High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (2,712 to 2,816); teachers down 1% (138.8 to 137).
About Ridge Point High School
Ridge Point High School serves students in MISSOURI CITY, Texas, as a high-enrollment high school. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 2,816 students. The average among high schools in Texas is roughly 796 students; this school is 254% bigger than that.
Ridge Point High School is part of a district of 83 schools: FORT BEND ISD, with 79,663 students.
White students are the largest group at Ridge Point High School, with 30% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 25% Black, 21% Asian, 19% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. That is close to the 34% White share among all Fort Bend County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Ridge Point High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 77%.
Teachers at the school number 137 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 20.6:1. The 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas is lower than this school's figure. Roughly 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 42% for public schools in Fort Bend County.
The allk12 Grade for Ridge Point High School is A. Compared with Texas public high schools, the school scored higher than 91% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 64.4%. Ridge Point High School scores 75.6%.
Fort Bend County census figures show that median household income is about $114,041, roughly 50% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Ridge Point High School is among the 217 public schools in Fort Bend County.
The next-closest public school is Donald Leonetti Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Ridge Point High School. Its average proficiency rate of 75.6% is above the 54.8% average for nearby schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Ridge Point High School had 3,030 students in 2020-21 and 2,816 in 2024-25, a 7% decrease. Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.7:1 in 2020-21, and 20.6:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Ridge Point High School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Fort Bend County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
893,767
Census ACS
Median income
$114,041
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
217
191,372 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORT BEND ISD
- William B Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,114 students
- Lawrence E Elkins High SchoolHigh · 2,848 students
- Stephen F Austin High SchoolHigh · 2,655 students
- Clements High SchoolHigh · 2,641 students
- George Bush High SchoolHigh · 2,428 students
- Hightower High SchoolHigh · 2,312 students
Other schools in MISSOURI CITY
- Lawrence E Elkins High SchoolHigh · 2,848 students
- Hightower High SchoolHigh · 2,312 students
- Ronald Thornton Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,760 students
- Thurgood Marshall High SchoolHigh · 1,698 students
- Billy Baines Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,383 students
- Lake Olympia Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,078 students
Nearby schools
- Donald Leonetti Elementary School1.0 mi · 891
- Ronald Thornton Middle School1.1 mi · 1,760
- Alyssa Ferguson Elementary School1.2 mi · 722
- Scanlan Oaks Elementary School1.3 mi · 714
- Sienna Crossing Elementary School1.4 mi · 1,035
- Billy Baines Middle School2.3 mi · 1,383
Frequently asked questions
About Ridge Point High SchoolHow many students attend Ridge Point High School?
Ridge Point High School enrolls approximately 2,816 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Ridge Point High School serve?
Ridge Point High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Ridge Point High School?
Approximately 20.6:1 students per teacher at Ridge Point High School.
What is the student diversity at Ridge Point High School?
Student demographics at Ridge Point High School are roughly 30% White, 19% Hispanic, 25% Black, 21% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Ridge Point High School?
Ridge Point High School is overseen by FORT BEND ISD in Fort Bend County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.