RIDGETOP EL

RIDGETOP EL is a primary school of small scale in AUSTIN, Texas, part of AUSTIN ISD, instructing 396 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 24% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

AUSTIN ISD comprises 123 schools with combined enrollment of 72,272 students; RIDGETOP EL is among them.

Demographically, RIDGETOP EL shows that 51% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 39% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Travis County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, RIDGETOP EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.8%; this one delivers 66.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Travis County indicate median household income runs about $99,611, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. RIDGETOP EL is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).

Nearest neighbor: REILLY EL, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, RIDGETOP EL comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 64.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 7%: 371 students in 2018 compared to 396 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged up from 32% to 39% over that span.

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