📍 5005 Caswell Ave, Austin, Travis County, 78751
Ridgetop el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Austin, Travis County. The school has 367 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kara Schultz. It is part of the Austin Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. 67% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Ridgetop el enrolls 367 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 43% male and 57% female. A teaching staff of 24 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% Hispanic or Latino, 40% White and 6.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 175 | 48% |
| White | 147 | 40% |
| Two or more races | 25 | 6.8% |
| Asian | 11 | 3% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 2.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
70 of the school's 367 students (19%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 60 qualify for free lunch and 10 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.
Ridgetop el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 14, state house district 49.
Ridgetop el is one of 124 schools in AUSTIN ISD, based in AUSTIN, Texas. The district serves 72,272 students district-wide and employs 4,433 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 367 students, Ridgetop el is smaller than the district average of about 583 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large