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Alumni: what's one memory from RIDGLEA HILLS EL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
742
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001902
Ridglea Hills Elementary School
6817 CUMBERLAND RD, FORT WORTH, TX 76116 · (817) 815-1700 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL742 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
391 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 98 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (118) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -4.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
52.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +24.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 4 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 34.0% | 23.0% | 18.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 28.0% | 21.0% | 27.0% |
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 | 57.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 33.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 29.0% |
| 2020-21 | 61.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
42.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Ridglea Hills Elementary School
Ridglea Hills Elementary School's state test result (42.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridglea Hills Elementary School this school | 742 | 52.7% | 42.3% |
| Blue Haze Elementary School FORT WORTH | 735 | 55.9% | 39.7% |
| Giesinger Elementary School CONROE | 713 | 49.9% | 52.9% |
| Moore Elementary School ARLINGTON | 839 | 51.8% | 52.5% |
| Ruth Cherry Elementary School ROYSE CITY | 772 | 47.4% | 38.3% |
| Sue Evelyn Rattan Elementary School ANNA | 706 | 49.0% | 50.4% |
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 Ridglea Hills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #2,304 of 4,401 | #135 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,577 of 4,466 ▲ 651 | #93 of 339 ▲ 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,725 of 4,466 ▲ 179 | #111 of 339 ▲ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.0pp | #707 of 3,998 | #44 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 742 | #675 of 4,938 | #24 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #3,703 of 4,622 | #300 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #588 of 4,628 | #98 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.7% | #3,472 of 4,789 | #249 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #2,426 of 2,838 | #210 of 242 |
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
742
+79 (+12%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 552
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 742 | 44.6 | 16.7:1 | 53% (391) |
| 2023-24 | 722 | 43.8 | 16.5:1 | 52% (379) |
| 2022-23 | 695 | 42 | 16.6:1 | 56% (387) |
| 2020-21 | 663 | 47 | 14.1:1 | 51% (336) |
| 2017-18 | 786 | 44.4 | 17.7:1 | 40% (312) |
| 2015-16 | 660 | 38 | 17.4:1 | 42% (274) |
| 2010-11 | 701 | 37 | 18.9:1 | 40% (281) |
| 2000-01 | 609 | 33 | 18.4:1 | 19% (118) |
| 1990-91 | 552 | 28 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridglea Hills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (786 to 742); teachers unchanged (44.4 to 44.6).
About Ridglea Hills Elementary School
Ridglea Hills Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Texas, with an address in FORT WORTH. Its enrollment is 742 students, spread over pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
FORT WORTH ISD is the local district for Ridglea Hills Elementary School. It runs 136 schools with 70,612 students.
At Ridglea Hills Elementary School, White students make up the biggest share, 40%. The remaining students are 28% Hispanic, 24% Black, and 6% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.7:1. The school has 44.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 16.7:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for elementary schools in Texas. Federal data show 53% of students (391) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County.
Ridglea Hills Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 40% of Texas public elementary schools.
Ridglea Hills Elementary School scores 42.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 51.2%.
Looking at the county, Tarrant County, the median household earns about $84,207 a year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Tarrant County has 639 public schools with about 385,835 students, including Ridglea Hills Elementary School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Richard Milburn Academy Fort Worth, is about 1.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Ridglea Hills Elementary School is 2nd of 6 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 742, compared with 663 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio rising from 14.1:1 to 16.7:1.
Anyone can start a thread about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Ridglea Hills Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORT WORTH ISD
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
- Trimble Technical High SchoolHigh · 1,924 students
- Arlington Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,898 students
- South Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- North Side High SchoolHigh · 1,676 students
- O D Wyatt High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R Eaton High SchoolHigh · 3,288 students
- Timber Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,970 students
- North Crowley High SchoolHigh · 2,936 students
- Boswell High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
- Chisholm Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
Nearby schools
- Richard Milburn Academy Fort Worth1.1 mi · 167
- Luella Merrett Elementary School1.1 mi · 456
- World Languages Institute1.4 mi · 520
- Premier H S of Fort Worth1.4 mi · 124
- Success High School1.5 mi · 585
- Como Elementary School1.6 mi · 422
Frequently asked questions
About Ridglea Hills Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ridglea Hills Elementary School?
Ridglea Hills Elementary School enrolls approximately 742 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Ridglea Hills Elementary School serve?
Ridglea Hills Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Ridglea Hills Elementary School?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Ridglea Hills Elementary School.
How diverse is Ridglea Hills Elementary School?
Ridglea Hills Elementary School reports a student body of 40% White, 28% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Ridglea Hills Elementary School in?
Ridglea Hills Elementary School is part of FORT WORTH ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.