Enrollment
396
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSTIN ISD·NCES 480894000352
Ridgetop Elementary School
5005 CASWELL AVE, AUSTIN, TX 78751 · (512) 414-4469 · Travis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
73 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 47 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
85.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +53.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
70.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +49.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 53 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 49 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 64.0% | 21.0% | 8.0% | 7.0% |
| Mathematics | 45.0% | 25.0% | 15.0% | 15.0% |
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 | 85.0% | 70.0% |
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 60.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 57.0% | 39.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
62.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Ridgetop Elementary School
Ridgetop Elementary School's state test result (62.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgetop Elementary School this school | 396 | 18.4% | 62.5% |
| Howard Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 418 | 23.0% | N/A |
| Helotes Elementary School HELOTES | 316 | 17.7% | 73.2% |
| Jim Cullen Elementary School KYLE | 396 | 20.2% | 68.0% |
| Becker Elementary School AUSTIN | 502 | 15.1% | 52.5% |
| Eleanor Kolitz Hebrew Language Academy SAN ANTONIO | 486 | 12.8% | 72.2% |
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 Ridgetop Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #630 of 4,401 | #35 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #400 of 4,466 ▲ 643 | #33 of 176 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #109 of 4,466 ▲ 294 | #13 of 176 ▲ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +32.5pp | #106 of 3,998 | #6 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 396 | #3,508 of 4,938 | #126 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #2,145 of 4,622 | #115 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #1,567 of 4,628 | #58 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.4% | #4,476 of 4,789 | #139 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.7% | #907 of 1,307 | #28 of 36 |
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
396
+48 (+14%) vs 2020
+58% since 1990-91, when it was 251
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 396 | 27 | 14.7:1 | 18% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 27 | 13.1:1 | 17% (59) |
| 2022-23 | 367 | 24 | 15.3:1 | 19% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 348 | 22 | 15.8:1 | 23% (79) |
| 2017-18 | 371 | 24.9 | 14.9:1 | 31% (116) |
| 2015-16 | 292 | 23 | 12.7:1 | 42% (123) |
| 2010-11 | 220 | 19 | 11.6:1 | 79% (173) |
| 2000-01 | 261 | 22 | 11.9:1 | 80% (208) |
| 1990-91 | 251 | 20 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridgetop Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (371 to 396); teachers up 8% (24.9 to 27).
About Ridgetop Elementary School
Ridgetop Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school for students in AUSTIN, Texas. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 396 students. It has 24% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Texas (about 519).
AUSTIN ISD includes 123 schools. Together they enroll 72,272 students.
More than half of enrollment at Ridgetop Elementary School is Hispanic: 51%. Enrollment also includes 39% White, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 18 points above the 33% share among Travis County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 58%.
Ridgetop Elementary School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is similar, at 15.1:1. At Ridgetop Elementary School, 18% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is below the 54% average among public schools in Travis County.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 62.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 65.8%.
In the surrounding county, Travis County, median household income comes to about $99,611, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 333, with about 191,706 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Reilly Elementary School, is about 1.1 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Ridgetop Elementary School ranks 5th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Ridgetop Elementary School as City: Large.
The school grew from 348 students in 2020-21 to 396 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.7:1.
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Travis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,330,015
Census ACS
Median income
$99,611
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
333
191,706 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in AUSTIN ISD
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,876 students
- Akins Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,421 students
- Austin High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Anderson High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- McCallum High SchoolHigh · 1,897 students
- Navarro Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,633 students
Other schools in AUSTIN
- Lake Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,569 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,876 students
- Westwood High SchoolHigh · 2,858 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,854 students
- McNeil High SchoolHigh · 2,660 students
- Vandegrift High SchoolHigh · 2,437 students
Nearby schools
- Reilly Elementary School1.1 mi · 349
- Austin St Hospital1.1 mi · 20
- Cedars Academy Next Generation H S at Highland1.2 mi · 116
- Maplewood Elementary School1.3 mi · 403
- McCallum High School1.3 mi · 1,897
- Helping Hand1.4 mi · 19
Frequently asked questions
About Ridgetop Elementary SchoolHow large is Ridgetop Elementary School?
Ridgetop Elementary School enrolls approximately 396 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Ridgetop Elementary School serve?
Ridgetop Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Ridgetop Elementary School?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Ridgetop Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ridgetop Elementary School?
At Ridgetop Elementary School, the student body is approximately 39% White, 51% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Ridgetop Elementary School public or private?
Ridgetop Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by AUSTIN ISD.
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