RIDGECREST EL

RIDGECREST EL, an expansive K-5 school in HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools within SPRING BRANCH ISD, enrolls 836 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 61% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

SPRING BRANCH ISD runs 46 schools in total, collectively educating 33,793 students. RIDGECREST EL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, RIDGECREST EL lists that 91% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Harris County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, RIDGECREST EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.7%; this one delivers 45.5%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Harris County shows median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which RIDGECREST EL is one.

LANDRUM MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RIDGECREST EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. RIDGECREST EL's enrollment has edged up 10% since 2018, when it stood at 760 (now 836). Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 96% to 91%.

On the community side, the feed for RIDGECREST EL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.