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Enrollment
456
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUYALLUP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530696001795
Ridgecrest Elementary
12616 Shaw Rd E, Puyallup, WA 98374 · (253) 841-8753 · Pierce County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL456 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
241 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 51%
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 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 71 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 8% smaller than its 6th grade class (71).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 68% · 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
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
60.6%
WA avg 58.4% . +4.0pp since 2014
Math
53.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -5.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.6% | 53.6% |
| 2023-24 | 63.8% | 63.0% |
| 2022-23 | 64.8% | 63.6% |
| 2021-22 | 57.2% | 60.0% |
| 2018-19 | 73.8% | 72.4% |
| 2017-18 | 68.4% | 68.7% |
| 2016-17 | 55.4% | 51.7% |
| 2015-16 | 62.7% | 57.9% |
| 2014-15 | 56.6% | 59.0% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
60.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Washington's top 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 Elementary
Ridgecrest Elementary's state test result (60.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgecrest Elementary this school | 456 | 52.9% | 60.8% |
| Oak Harbor Elementary Oak Harbor | 411 | 50.4% | 62.5% |
| Sunset Elementary School Vancouver | 415 | 55.9% | N/A |
| Graham Elementary Graham | 428 | 52.1% | 55.4% |
| Julia Butler Hansen Elementary OLYMPIA | 412 | 53.6% | 44.1% |
| Hedden Elementary School Edgewood | 469 | 52.0% | 48.2% |
Matched among Washington 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 Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #246 of 936 | #32 of 142 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #374 of 1,103 ▼ 161 | #51 of 142 ▼ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #286 of 1,102 ▼ 43 | #36 of 142 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #302 of 928 | #52 of 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 456 | #426 of 1,268 | #61 of 155 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #490 of 1,085 | #51 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #374 of 1,088 | #91 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.9% | #582 of 1,169 | #73 of 148 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #518 of 778 | #61 of 91 |
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
456
+12 (+3%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 624
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 456 | 29.2 | 15.6:1 | 53% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 466 | 28.8 | 16.2:1 | 51% (237) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 27.8 | 17.2:1 | 43% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 27 | 16.4:1 | 40% (179) |
| 2017-18 | 519 | 30.7 | 16.9:1 | 37% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 586 | 28 | 20.9:1 | 38% (221) |
| 2010-11 | 478 | 24 | 19.9:1 | 34% (163) |
| 2000-01 | 470 | 25 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 624 | 34 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridgecrest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (519 to 456); teachers down 5% (30.7 to 29.2).
About Ridgecrest Elementary
Ridgecrest Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Washington, located in Puyallup. A federal count lists 456 students at the school, in kindergarten through 6.
Puyallup School District is the local district for Ridgecrest Elementary. It runs 37 schools with 23,026 students.
White students are the majority at Ridgecrest Elementary, with 52% of enrollment. It is also 20% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 9% Asian, and 5% Black. Pierce County's residents are about 64% White, 12 points above the school's share. Ridgecrest Elementary's diversity index is 66%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Ridgecrest Elementary is 29.2 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 15.6:1. That is lower than the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 53%. For comparison, public schools in Pierce County average 50%.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Ridgecrest Elementary is among the top 10% of schools in Washington. Predicted: 44.7%. Actual: 60.8%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Pierce County, the median household income is $99,564, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. There are 287 public schools in Pierce County, enrolling about 138,462 students in all.
Nearest public school: Warren Hunt Elem, about 1.0 miles away. Ridgecrest Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 60.8% average proficiency ranks 1st among 9 nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Ridgecrest Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has grown by 12 students since 2020-21, to 456.
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Pierce County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,319
Census ACS
Median income
$99,564
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
287
138,462 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Puyallup School District
- Puyallup High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- Gov John Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Emerald Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,599 students
- Dessie F Evans ElementaryElementary · 919 students
- Ballou Jr HighMiddle · 852 students
- Doris Stahl Junior HighMiddle · 846 students
Other schools in Puyallup
- Puyallup High SchoolHigh · 1,815 students
- Gov John Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Emerald Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,599 students
- Dessie F Evans ElementaryElementary · 919 students
- Ballou Jr HighMiddle · 852 students
- Doris Stahl Junior HighMiddle · 846 students
Other Ridgecrest Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 6 states are named Ridgecrest Elementary. Ridgecrest Elementary is the 5th largest of the 10.
- Ridgecrest ElementaryShoreline, WA · 424 students
- Ridgecrest Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 836 students
- Ridgecrest Elementary SchoolPhenix City, AL · 722 students
- Ridgecrest ElementaryHyattsville, MD · 631 students
- Ridgecrest Elementary SchoolHuntsville, AL · 463 students
Nearby schools
- Warren Hunt Elem1.0 mi · 681
- Sunrise Elementary1.1 mi · 724
- Ferrucci Jr High1.5 mi · 815
- Pope Elementary1.6 mi · 710
- Firgrove Elementary1.8 mi · 593
- Ballou Jr High1.9 mi · 852
Frequently asked questions
About Ridgecrest ElementaryHow large is Ridgecrest Elementary?
Ridgecrest Elementary enrolls approximately 456 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Ridgecrest Elementary serve?
Ridgecrest Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Ridgecrest Elementary?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Ridgecrest Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Ridgecrest Elementary?
Student demographics at Ridgecrest Elementary are roughly 52% White, 20% Hispanic, 5% Black, 9% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Ridgecrest Elementary in?
Ridgecrest Elementary is part of Puyallup School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.