Ridgecrest Elementary

Ridgecrest Elementary is an elementary campus of mid-tier scale in Puyallup, Washington, run under Puyallup School District, enrolling 456 students in grades K through 6.

Puyallup School District runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 23,026 students. Ridgecrest Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Ridgecrest Elementary shows that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 20% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 9% Asian, 5% Black. By comparison, Pierce County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ridgecrest Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Washington public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 44.7%; Ridgecrest Elementary posts 60.8%, +16.1 points above that line.

In the broader community, census data for Pierce County shows the typical household earns roughly $99,564 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Pierce County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), Ridgecrest Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Warren Hunt Elem, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ridgecrest Elementary comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 44.6%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Ridgecrest Elementary's enrollment has declined 12% since 2018, when it stood at 519 (now 456). White enrollment moved from 68% to 52% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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