Summary:
Ridgeview Elementary is a public elementary school in Yakima, Washington, serving 537 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the Yakima School District, which is ranked 230 out of 249 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. Ridgeview Elementary has a predominantly Hispanic student body, with 88.08% of students identifying as Hispanic in the 2022-2023 school year.
Ridgeview Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 10-15% of Washington elementary schools, with a ranking between 864 and 1,048 out of 1,169 schools over the past several years. The school's performance on state assessments, such as the SBAC and WCAS, is significantly below the state and district averages. For example, in the 2022-2023 school year, only 27.1% of Ridgeview students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 52.86% and the district average of 33.56%. Ridgeview's performance is particularly low for specific student subgroups, such as White students and Special Education students, who rank in the bottom 10-20% of their respective subgroups in the state. Additionally, Ridgeview Elementary has a very high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 91.62% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year.
The challenges faced by Ridgeview Elementary are not unique, as the nearby schools in the Yakima School District, such as Garfield Elementary, Robertson Elementary, and Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary, have similar demographic profiles and academic performance, also ranking in the bottom 10-15% of Washington elementary schools. This suggests that the issues at Ridgeview Elementary are likely systemic within the Yakima School District, and may require broader, district-wide interventions to address the underlying factors contributing to the low academic achievement.
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Detail:
Public K-5
District:
Yakima School District
SchoolDigger Rank:
1047th of 1,168 Washington Elementary Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $19,335
Students who attend Ridgeview Elementary usually attend:
Student/teacher ratio: 15.0
Number of students: 537
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
88.1%
White:
9.9%
American Indian:
0.7%
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Two or more races:
0.7%
African American:
0.2%
Asian:
0.2%
Pacific Islander:
0.2%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 91.6%
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