1
Enrollment
424
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHORELINE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530792001314
Ridgecrest Elementary
16516 10th Avenue N.E., Shoreline, WA 98155 · (206) 393-4272 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL424 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
161 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
53.8%
WA avg 58.4% . -22.0pp since 2014
Math
51.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -18.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 22 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 19 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.8% | 51.2% |
| 2023-24 | 49.1% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 57.8% | 53.4% |
| 2021-22 | 57.6% | 49.3% |
| 2018-19 | 71.9% | 62.7% |
| 2017-18 | 72.5% | 63.7% |
| 2016-17 | 76.2% | 71.4% |
| 2015-16 | 74.8% | 67.3% |
| 2014-15 | 75.8% | 69.9% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.7%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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 Elementary
Ridgecrest Elementary's state test result (53.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgecrest Elementary this school | 424 | 38.0% | 53.9% |
| Crestwood Elementary School Covington | 386 | 38.9% | 56.0% |
| Meridian Elementary School Kent | 390 | 40.5% | 56.1% |
| Bowman Creek Elementary Auburn | 440 | 35.0% | 55.6% |
| Briarcrest Elementary Shoreline | 454 | 35.9% | 64.7% |
| Evergreen Primary UNIVERSITY PLACE | 516 | 38.8% | 56.8% |
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 King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #366 of 936 | #154 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #423 of 1,103 ▲ 16 | #157 of 281 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #429 of 1,102 ▲ 91 | #151 of 280 ▲ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #324 of 928 | #104 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 424 | #537 of 1,268 | #146 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #283 of 1,085 | #65 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.2% | #217 of 1,088 | #118 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.0% | #827 of 1,169 | #141 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.3% | #266 of 778 | #91 of 220 |
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
424
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 474
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 424 | 28.8 | 14.7:1 | 38% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 446 | 29.5 | 15.1:1 | 44% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 27.3 | 16.5:1 | 44% (199) |
| 2020-21 | 434 | 28 | 15.5:1 | 29% (126) |
| 2017-18 | 539 | 27.2 | 19.8:1 | 25% (133) |
| 2015-16 | 563 | 27 | 20.9:1 | 27% (150) |
| 2010-11 | 502 | 24 | 20.9:1 | 24% (122) |
| 2000-01 | 434 | 25 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 474 | 25 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridgecrest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (539 to 424); teachers up 6% (27.2 to 28.8).
About Ridgecrest Elementary
Shoreline, Washington, is home to Ridgecrest Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. School enrollment was 424 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5.
Shoreline School District includes 18 schools. Together they enroll 9,717 students.
Ridgecrest Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 45%. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 12% multiracial, and 9% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 55%. By the diversity index, Ridgecrest Elementary comes in at 72%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1 at Ridgecrest Elementary, with 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is higher than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 38%. Across public schools in King County, the average is about the same, 38%.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 53.9%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 54.7%.
In King County (population about 2,287,171), median household income is about $124,746, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Ridgecrest Elementary is one of 544 public schools in King County, which together enroll about 278,492 students.
The closest public school to Ridgecrest Elementary is Fircrest Residential Habilitation, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Ridgecrest Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Ridgecrest Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Ridgecrest Elementary is Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, Ridgecrest Elementary enrolled 434; in 2024-25, 424.
The Ridgecrest Elementary community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shoreline School District
- Shorecrest High SchoolHigh · 1,565 students
- Shorewood High SchoolHigh · 1,544 students
- Albert Einstein Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,032 students
- Kellogg Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 students
- Meridian Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 589 students
- Briarcrest ElementaryElementary · 454 students
Other schools in Shoreline
- Shorecrest High SchoolHigh · 1,565 students
- Shorewood High SchoolHigh · 1,544 students
- Albert Einstein Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,032 students
- Kellogg Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 students
- Meridian Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 589 students
- Briarcrest ElementaryElementary · 454 students
Other Ridgecrest Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 6 states are named Ridgecrest Elementary. Ridgecrest Elementary is the 8th largest of the 10.
- Ridgecrest ElementaryPuyallup, WA · 456 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
- Fircrest Residential Habilitation0.7 mi · 1
- Kellogg Middle School0.7 mi · 991
- Shorecrest High School0.8 mi · 1,565
- Edwin Pratt Learning Center0.9 mi · 318
- Meridian Park Elementary School0.9 mi · 589
- Briarcrest Elementary1.1 mi · 454
Frequently asked questions
About Ridgecrest ElementaryHow many students attend Ridgecrest Elementary?
Ridgecrest Elementary enrolls approximately 424 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Ridgecrest Elementary serve?
Ridgecrest Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ridgecrest Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ridgecrest Elementary is approximately 14.7:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ridgecrest Elementary?
At Ridgecrest Elementary, the student body is approximately 45% White, 17% Hispanic, 9% Black, 17% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Ridgecrest Elementary in?
Ridgecrest Elementary is part of Shoreline School District.
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