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Enrollment
491
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANYONS DISTRICT·NCES 490014200319
Ridgecrest School
1800 E 7200 S, COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, UT 84121 · (801) 826-9250 · Salt Lake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL491 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Utah public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Utah public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
129 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 33%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 47% · 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
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
55.9%
UT avg 41.4% . +7.2pp since 2023
Math
62.0%
UT avg 41.8% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.9% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.7% | 59.1% |
% Proficient + Highly Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. 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
57.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.0%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% typical for Utah 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 Utah'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 Ridgecrest School
Ridgecrest School's state test result (57.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgecrest School this school | 491 | 26.3% | 57.4% |
| Wasatch School PROVO | 546 | 25.8% | 62.1% |
| Calvin S. Smith School TAYLORSVILLE | 525 | 19.4% | 53.4% |
| Hawthorn Academy South Jordan SOUTH JORDAN | 621 | 25.9% | 46.5% |
| Freedom Preparatory Academy - Vineyard VINEYARD | 505 | 21.2% | 46.8% |
| Odyssey Charter School American Fork | 420 | 17.9% | 54.5% |
Matched among Utah 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 Ridgecrest School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #144 of 562 | #44 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #87 of 578 ▲ 42 | #30 of 180 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #115 of 578 ▲ 136 | #37 of 180 ▲ 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #326 of 613 | #91 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #117 of 556 | #42 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #94 of 559 | #70 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.3% | #325 of 582 | #102 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.9% | #155 of 388 | #74 of 133 |
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
491
-26 (-5%) vs 2020
+4% since 2010-11, when it was 472
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 | 491 | 26 | 18.9:1 | 26% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 516 | 26 | 19.9:1 | 29% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 547 | 25.5 | 21.4:1 | 30% (162) |
| 2020-21 | 517 | N/A | N/A | 25% (131) |
| 2017-18 | 621 | N/A | N/A | 34% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 666 | N/A | N/A | 31% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 472 | 21 | 22.5:1 | 31% (145) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridgecrest School.
About Ridgecrest School
Students in COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah, attend Ridgecrest School, a mid-sized elementary school. It had 491 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5.
Ridgecrest School is part of Canyons District, where 47 schools serve 32,688 students.
Federal enrollment data show Ridgecrest School is 61% White. The next largest groups are 19% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The school's White share is 10 points below the 70% share among Salt Lake County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 58%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ridgecrest School is 18.9:1, based on 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah, this school's ratio is lower. Lunch program data show 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Ridgecrest School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 77% of Utah public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Ridgecrest School is 47.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 57.4%.
The school is in Salt Lake County, where median household income comes to about $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Salt Lake County's 325 public schools enroll about 209,757 students and include Ridgecrest School.
About 0.7 miles separate Ridgecrest School from the closest public school, Bella Vista School. The five-mile area around Ridgecrest School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 56.5% on proficiency, and Ridgecrest School is above that at 57.4%.
Locale data from NCES put Ridgecrest School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
The school shrank from 517 students in 2020-21 to 491 in 2024-25.
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Salt Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,196,523
Census ACS
Median income
$97,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
325
209,757 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Canyons District
- Corner Canyon HighHigh · 2,437 students
- Brighton HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Hillcrest HighHigh · 2,421 students
- Alta HighHigh · 2,278 students
- Jordan HighHigh · 1,820 students
- Draper Park MiddleMiddle · 1,411 students
Nearby schools
- Bella Vista School0.7 mi · 219
- Brighton High0.9 mi · 2,435
- Oakdale School1.1 mi · 340
- Jordan Valley School1.1 mi · 79
- Butler Middle1.2 mi · 913
- Butler School1.3 mi · 600
Frequently asked questions
About Ridgecrest SchoolHow many students attend Ridgecrest School?
Ridgecrest School enrolls approximately 491 students in grades KG-05.
Is Ridgecrest School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ridgecrest School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Ridgecrest School have?
Ridgecrest School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ridgecrest School?
At Ridgecrest School, the student body is approximately 61% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Ridgecrest School public or private?
Ridgecrest School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Canyons District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.