Ridgecrest Elementary School

Summary:

Ridgecrest Elementary School is a public elementary school in Huntsville, Alabama, serving 511 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Huntsville City School District, which is ranked 83 out of 137 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating.

Ridgecrest Elementary faces significant challenges in improving student achievement, particularly among its Hispanic, African American, and economically disadvantaged student populations. The school consistently ranks in the bottom 25% of Alabama elementary schools, with proficiency rates in Mathematics, Science, and English Language Arts that are significantly lower than the Huntsville City and Alabama state averages across all grade levels. Ridgecrest's Hispanic and African American student subgroups perform significantly worse than their peers statewide, ranking in the bottom 25% of Alabama elementary schools, while the school's White student subgroup also performs poorly, ranking in the bottom 10%.

Nearby schools, such as Blossomwood Elementary and Jones Valley Elementary, perform significantly better than Ridgecrest across various academic metrics, suggesting that factors beyond just student demographics may be contributing to the school's underperformance. The higher-performing nearby schools have lower percentages of economically disadvantaged students, which may indicate the importance of addressing socioeconomic factors in improving academic outcomes at Ridgecrest.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 3505 Cerro Vista Street SW
       Huntsville, AL  35805-4903


(256) 428-7380

District: Huntsville City

SchoolDigger Rank:
577th of 684 Alabama Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,463 Help


Students who attend Ridgecrest Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Morris Middle School
High:    Columbia High School

Student/teacher ratio:  17.6 Help
Number of students:  511

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
49.5%
African American:
37.2%
White:
11.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  85.3% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Ridgecrest Elementary School ranks worse than 84.4% of elementary schools in Alabama. It also ranks 16th among 24 ranked elementary schools in the Huntsville City School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 15.93. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (49.5%), African American (37.2%), White (11.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 85.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ridgecrest Elementary School is 17.6, which is the 10th best among 24 elementary schools in the Huntsville City School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ridgecrest Elementary School is $9,463. 14 elementary schools in the Huntsville City School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ridgecrest Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Ridgecrest Elementary School 577th of 684 Alabama public elementary schools. (See Ridgecrest Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Huntsville City:

SchoolDigger ranks Huntsville City 83rd of 137 Alabama school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Ridgecrest Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Ridgecrest Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 63.08 212th 623 66.0%
2005 47.80 390th 688 43.3%
2006 23.87 597th 689 13.4%
2007 21.13 617th 698 11.6%
2008 30.12 566th 698 18.9%
2009 21.45 619th 696 11.1%
2010 30.66 567th 704 19.5%
2011 30.94 569th 709 19.7%
2012 40.14 509th 696 26.9%
2013 37.10 536th 696 23.0%
2014 32.34 501st 695 27.9%
2015 33.16 481st 691 30.4%
2016 19.98 565th 691 18.2%
2017 15.33 597th 688 13.2%
2018 15.84 580th 680 14.7%
2019 14.59 600th 681 11.9%
2021 25.25 510th 692 26.3%
2022 19.37 550th 687 19.9%
2023 14.02 587th 680 13.7%
2024 15.93 577th 684 15.6%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Ridgecrest Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 9.16 38th 39 2.6%
2021 8.53 52nd 54 3.7%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ridgecrest Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 51.53 7th 25 72.0%
2018 40.21 41st 65 36.9%
2019 33.41 54th 74 27.0%
2021 42.06 51st 100 49.0%
2022 23.80 99th 110 10.0%
2023 19.33 116th 123 5.7%
2024 27.03 114th 131 13.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Ridgecrest Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 21.61 243rd 280 13.2%
2018 23.49 279th 344 18.9%
2019 23.38 334th 392 14.8%
2021 62.47 95th 398 76.1%
2022 50.35 143rd 345 58.6%
2023 36.48 245th 373 34.3%
2024 26.04 309th 395 21.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ridgecrest Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 18.81 482nd 567 15.0%
2018 17.73 572nd 651 12.1%
2019 19.84 563rd 649 13.3%
2021 40.82 400th 653 38.7%
2022 35.36 432nd 651 33.6%
2023 17.21 544th 623 12.7%
2024 19.24 560th 670 16.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Ridgecrest Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 12.42 587th 639 8.1%
2018 12.41 581st 640 9.2%
2019 13.40 584th 646 9.6%
2021 26.29 482nd 656 26.5%
2022 23.82 504th 656 23.2%
2023 15.31 564th 645 12.6%
2024 17.14 555th 650 14.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Ridgecrest Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 20.09 528th 639 17.4%
2018 22.67 512th 650 21.2%
2019 19.92 539th 650 17.1%
2021 27.19 484th 669 27.7%
2022 14.67 580th 669 13.3%
2023 13.91 561st 649 13.6%
2024 17.57 547th 655 16.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Ridgecrest Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 20.19 305th 336 9.2%
2018 23.26 364th 423 13.9%
2019 21.10 381st 426 10.6%
2021 40.26 230th 426 46.0%
2022 32.49 287th 426 32.6%
2023 30.37 307th 427 28.1%
2024 28.61 321st 420 23.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ridgecrest Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 29.23 100th 130 23.1%
2018 34.94 98th 140 30.0%
2019 22.14 128th 152 15.8%
2021 28.75 129th 164 21.3%
2022 22.08 148th 175 15.4%
2023 18.26 166th 184 9.8%
2024 24.38 164th 196 16.3%
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Rank History for White students at Ridgecrest Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 9.07 359th 369 2.7%
2018 22.51 438th 508 13.8%
2019 11.31 501st 529 5.3%
2021 17.17 488th 539 9.5%
2022 10.93 514th 540 4.8%
2023 6.96 513th 528 2.8%
2024 8.43 511th 535 4.5%
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Data source: test scores: Alabama State Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: Alabama State Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Ridgecrest Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 908 908
1989 543 218 32 29 4 n/a n/a 0 826
1990 492 206 26 27 1 n/a n/a 0 752
1991 372 108 17 7 0 n/a n/a 0 504
1992 381 132 12 5 1 n/a n/a 0 531
1993 392 130 11 9 4 n/a n/a 0 546
1994 378 148 7 2 3 n/a n/a 0 538
1995 331 156 5 3 3 n/a n/a 0 498
1996 331 156 5 3 3 n/a n/a 0 498
1997 317 141 4 9 5 n/a n/a 0 476
1998 318 168 1 14 5 n/a n/a 0 506
1999 284 157 2 24 6 n/a n/a 0 473
2000 262 182 5 31 6 n/a n/a 4 490
2001 249 168 4 53 5 n/a n/a 6 485
2002 180 202 9 61 7 n/a n/a 0 459
2003 180 202 9 61 7 n/a n/a 0 459
2004 157 178 10 73 6 n/a n/a 7 431
2005 149 201 7 80 6 n/a n/a 0 443
2006 140 188 1 73 5 n/a n/a 8 415
2007 130 200 0 91 5 n/a n/a 12 438
2008 121 155 0 109 5 n/a n/a 0 390
2009 104 146 0 121 3 n/a n/a 0 374
2010 107 162 3 131 1 n/a n/a 20 424
2011 114 164 3 133 3 0 22 0 439
2012 115 123 4 128 2 0 27 0 399
2013 123 166 2 155 2 7 38 0 493
2014 132 163 1 170 3 1 41 0 511
2015 116 187 1 225 6 1 48 0 584
2016 142 226 2 278 3 2 33 0 686
2017 105 229 3 297 1 3 32 0 670
2018 101 189 3 270 1 1 40 0 605
2019 98 178 0 258 0 1 40 0 575
2020 87 162 1 259 2 5 32 0 548
2021 83 157 1 236 1 5 25 0 508
2022 68 189 4 244 1 1 0 0 507
2023 57 190 4 253 0 2 5 0 511

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Ridgecrest Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 908 27.0 33.6 0
1989 826 41.0 20.1 n/a
1990 752 42.0 17.9 0
1991 504 29.0 17.3 n/a
1992 531 28.0 18.9 n/a
1993 546 30.0 18.2 n/a
1994 538 32.0 16.8 n/a
1995 498 36.5 13.6 n/a
1996 498 36.5 13.6 n/a
1997 476 35.1 13.6 57.4
1998 506 33.0 15.3 61.5
1999 473 36.0 13.1 74.4
2000 490 35.0 14.0 77.2
2001 485 34.7 14.0 79.1
2002 459 32.5 14.1 83.4
2003 459 32.5 14.1 83.4
2004 431 35.2 12.2 85.1
2005 443 36.0 12.3 84.9
2006 415 29.0 14.0 79.4
2007 438 28.9 15.2 84.5
2008 390 30.4 12.8 80
2009 374 28.0 13.2 86.6
2010 424 28.5 14.8 96.3
2011 439 32.3 13.5 85.6
2012 399 27.8 14.3 92
2013 493 28.8 17.1 76.7
2014 511 28.9 17.6 87.9
2015 584 33.0 17.6 54.6
2016 686 40.0 17.1 56.3
2017 670 38.6 17.3 65.4
2018 605 39.6 15.2 86.8
2019 575 38.0 15.1 85.4
2020 548 33.4 16.4 86.9
2021 508 36.8 13.8 87.8
2022 507 24.8 20.4 86.2
2023 511 29.0 17.6 85.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Ridgecrest Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 908 27.0 33.6 0
1989 826 41.0 20.1 n/a
1990 752 42.0 17.9 0
1991 504 29.0 17.3 n/a
1992 531 28.0 18.9 n/a
1993 546 30.0 18.2 n/a
1994 538 32.0 16.8 n/a
1995 498 36.5 13.6 n/a
1996 498 36.5 13.6 n/a
1997 476 35.1 13.6 57.4
1998 506 33.0 15.3 61.5
1999 473 36.0 13.1 74.4
2000 490 35.0 14.0 77.2
2001 485 34.7 14.0 79.1
2002 459 32.5 14.1 83.4
2003 459 32.5 14.1 83.4
2004 431 35.2 12.2 85.1
2005 443 36.0 12.3 84.9
2006 415 29.0 14.0 79.4
2007 438 28.9 15.2 84.5
2008 390 30.4 12.8 80
2009 374 28.0 13.2 86.6
2010 424 28.5 14.8 96.3
2011 439 32.3 13.5 85.6
2012 399 27.8 14.3 92
2013 493 28.8 17.1 76.7
2014 511 28.9 17.6 87.9
2015 584 33.0 17.6 54.6
2016 686 40.0 17.1 56.3
2017 670 38.6 17.3 65.4
2018 605 39.6 15.2 86.8
2019 575 38.0 15.1 85.4
2020 548 33.4 16.4 86.9
2021 508 36.8 13.8 87.8
2022 507 24.8 20.4 86.2
2023 511 29.0 17.6 85.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Ridgecrest Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $2,004 (21.2%) $7,457 (78.8%) $9,463

Data source: Alabama Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Ridgecrest Elementary School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 600th of 681 Elementary schoolsRanks 587th of 680 Elementary schools
 1.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Ridgecrest Elementary School)39.815.5
 24.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Huntsville City)53.933.4
 20.5%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Alabama)57.543.6
 13.9%
4th Grade Mathematics (Ridgecrest Elementary School)23.36.1
 17.2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Huntsville City)44.729.8
 14.9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)47.334.9
 12.4%
5th Grade Mathematics (Ridgecrest Elementary School)18.45.9
 12.5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Huntsville City)4428.2
 15.8%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)44.933.9
 10.9%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students575511
 11.1%
African American178190
 6.7%
American Indian00
Asian04
Hispanic258253
 1.9%
Pacific Islander12
 100%
White9857
 41.8%
Two or More Races405
 87.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients85.4%85.3%
 0.1%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Ridgecrest Elementary School

In the 2022-23 school year, 511 students attended Ridgecrest Elementary School.

Students at Ridgecrest Elementary School are 50% Hispanic, 37% African American, 11% White.

Students who attend Ridgecrest Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Morris Middle School
High : Columbia High School

Ridgecrest Elementary School ranks in the bottom 15.6% of Alabama elementary schools.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Alabama State Department of Education.

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