📍 5306 W 37th, Amarillo, Randall County, 79109
Ridgecrest el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Amarillo, Randall County. The school has 412 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lesley Mccoy. It is part of the Amarillo Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. 44% of students are proficient in reading. 45% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Ridgecrest el enrolls 412 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% White, 34% Hispanic or Latino and 5.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 231 | 56% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 140 | 34% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 5.1% |
| Black or African American | 17 | 4.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
241 of the school's 412 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 192 qualify for free lunch and 49 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Ridgecrest el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 31, state house district 86.
Ridgecrest el is one of 55 schools in AMARILLO ISD, based in AMARILLO, Texas. The district serves 29,321 students district-wide and employs 2,091 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 412 students, Ridgecrest el is smaller than the district average of about 533 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize