RIDGLEA HILLS EL

RIDGLEA HILLS EL is one of the mid-tier K-5 schools in FORT WORTH, Texas, part of FORT WORTH ISD, with 742 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so RIDGLEA HILLS EL sits 43% larger than that benchmark.

FORT WORTH ISD runs 136 schools in total, collectively educating 70,612 students. RIDGLEA HILLS EL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, RIDGLEA HILLS EL reports that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 28% Hispanic, 24% Black, 6% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, RIDGLEA HILLS EL has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, RIDGLEA HILLS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.9%, the actual is 40.2%, a residual of -10.7 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Tarrant County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which RIDGLEA HILLS EL is one.

RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY FORT WORTH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, RIDGLEA HILLS EL comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 31.2%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. RIDGLEA HILLS EL's enrollment has declined 6% since 2018, when it stood at 786 (now 742). The White share of enrollment contracted from 47% to 40% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.