Is Ridge Crest Elementary a good school?

Ridge Crest Elementary ranks 3905 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Ridge Crest Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 561 students attended Ridge Crest Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Ridge Crest Elementary?

Students at Ridge Crest Elementary are 66% Hispanic, 12% African American, 11% White, 7% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Ridge Crest Elementary attend?

Students who attend Ridge Crest Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Landmark Middle High : Vista del Lago High

Ridge Crest Elementary

Summary:

Ridge Crest Elementary is a public elementary school in Moreno Valley, California, serving 542 students in grades K-6. The school is part of the Moreno Valley Unified School District, which is ranked 1248 out of 1568 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Ridge Crest Elementary's performance is generally below the district and state averages, with only 30.71% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy and 27.4% proficient or better in mathematics. The school's science performance, as measured by the CAST assessment, is also below the district and state averages. Additionally, the school has experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, with 21.1% of students chronically absent in the 2022-2023 school year, compared to the district average of 35.8% and the state average of 14.3%. A significant proportion of Ridge Crest Elementary students come from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 64.02% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

When compared to other nearby schools within the Moreno Valley Unified School District, Ridge Crest Elementary generally performs below the district averages, with the exception of Butterfield Language Academy, which has slightly lower proficiency rates in some areas. However, when compared to schools in the neighboring Val Verde Unified School District, Ridge Crest Elementary's performance is more comparable, with some schools in the Val Verde district performing at similar or slightly higher levels.

Detail:

Public K-6

28500 John F Kennedy Dr.
Moreno Valley, CA 92555-6308

(951) 571-4640

District: Moreno Valley Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
3905^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,758

Students who attend Ridge Crest Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Landmark Middle
High:	Vista del Lago High

Student/teacher ratio: 25.5

Number of students: 561

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

66.1%

African American:

11.8%

White:

11.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 81.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Ridge Crest Elementary ranks worse than 66.6% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 6^th among 23 ranked elementary schools in the Moreno Valley Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 30.22. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (66.1%), African American (11.8%), White (11.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 81.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ridge Crest Elementary is 25.5, which is the highest among 23 elementary schools in the Moreno Valley Unified School District! (See more...)

Compare Ridge Crest Elementary employs 22 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ridge Crest Elementary is $7,758, which is the 8^th highest among 23 elementary schools in the Moreno Valley Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ridge Crest Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Ridge Crest Elementary 3905^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Ridge Crest Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Moreno Valley Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Moreno Valley Unified 1248^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Ridge Crest Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Ridge Crest Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	53.61	1978^th	4809	58.9%
2005	45.64	2410^th	4822	50.0%
2006	36.21	2923^rd	4818	39.3%
2007	25.52	3892^nd	5113	23.9%
2008	36.16	3192^nd	5113	37.6%
2009	23.64	4161^st	5193	19.9%
2010	29.49	3889^th	5314	26.8%
2011	39.10	3318^th	5377	38.3%
2012	30.80	3887^th	5390	27.9%
2013	24.37	4445^th	5530	19.6%
2015	19.24	4703^rd	5611	16.2%
2016	14.27	5102^nd	5614	9.1%
2017	33.01	3599^th	5692	36.8%
2018	28.09	3986^th	5662	29.6%
2019	30.81	3870^th	5789	33.1%
2022	31.56	3744^th	5883	36.4%
2023	31.50	3766^th	5874	35.9%
2024	30.22	3905^th	5862	33.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ridge Crest Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	48.85	1303^rd	3246	59.9%
2019	51.77	1155^th	3275	64.7%
2022	31.43	2499^th	3311	24.5%
2023	48.09	1287^th	3250	60.4%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Ridge Crest Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	25.18	1897^th	2420	21.6%
2024	39.78	1333^rd	2634	49.4%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ridge Crest Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	29.46	3813^th	5084	25.0%
2019	45.26	2723^rd	5173	47.4%
2022	40.39	2974^th	5264	43.5%
2023	33.21	3637^th	5374	32.3%
2024	35.51	3480^th	5511	36.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Ridge Crest Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	23.11	4304^th	5413	20.5%
2019	36.33	3322^nd	5492	39.5%
2022	32.76	3511^th	5635	37.7%
2023	34.64	3368^th	5617	40.0%
2024	32.34	3614^th	5605	35.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Ridge Crest Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	38.65	1074^th	2128	49.5%
2019	33.85	1593^rd	2585	38.4%
2022	34.47	1292^nd	2227	42.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Ridge Crest Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	33.73	3419^th	5431	37.0%
2019	26.12	4092^nd	5510	25.7%
2022	29.82	3798^th	5663	32.9%
2023	28.83	3882^nd	5650	31.3%
2024	28.28	3972^nd	5636	29.5%

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Rank History for African American students at Ridge Crest Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	21.98	599^th	700	14.4%
2022	46.29	292^nd	663	56.0%
2023	42.33	334^th	662	49.5%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ridge Crest Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	38.87	2942^nd	4830	39.1%
2019	39.16	3012^th	4963	39.3%
2022	40.65	2853^rd	5084	43.9%
2023	40.28	2882^nd	5098	43.5%
2024	38.83	3052^nd	5102	40.2%

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Rank History for White students at Ridge Crest Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	20.41	2309^th	2737	15.6%
2019	21.99	2340^th	2834	17.4%
2024	23.07	2144^th	2647	19.0%

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Data source: test scores: California 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.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Ridge Crest Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1991	145	42	19	65	0	n/a	n/a	0	271
1992	371	36	31	100	3	n/a	n/a	0	541
1993	369	38	35	98	1	n/a	n/a	0	541
1994	377	44	26	98	3	n/a	n/a	0	548
1995	363	57	25	102	2	n/a	n/a	0	549
1996	363	57	25	102	2	n/a	n/a	0	549
1997	352	72	24	118	1	n/a	n/a	0	567
1998	342	76	19	128	7	n/a	n/a	0	572
1999	302	95	20	142	0	n/a	n/a	0	559
2000	297	98	18	161	0	n/a	n/a	6	580
2001	301	80	27	160	1	n/a	n/a	7	576
2002	238	107	32	207	1	n/a	n/a	25	610
2003	238	107	32	207	1	n/a	n/a	25	610
2004	221	119	45	230	1	n/a	n/a	3	619
2005	205	166	54	265	4	n/a	n/a	0	694
2006	147	94	39	228	5	n/a	n/a	0	513
2007	130	96	41	262	2	n/a	n/a	6	537
2008	117	117	37	294	5	n/a	n/a	0	570
2009	108	108	39	298	4	6	15	0	578
2010	119	122	43	332	6	6	12	0	640
2011	109	121	36	336	4	5	14	0	625
2012	95	97	35	324	2	1	19	0	573
2013	83	83	31	316	4	3	18	0	538
2014	90	91	34	348	6	0	30	0	599
2015	71	75	36	368	7	3	26	0	586
2016	72	67	32	371	4	1	27	0	574
2017	81	73	33	381	6	2	31	0	607
2018	83	69	25	376	2	2	35	0	592
2019	84	71	15	392	2	3	34	0	601
2020	69	81	19	372	2	2	37	0	582
2021	70	70	22	346	4	0	42	0	554
2022	68	74	25	339	2	0	40	0	548
2023	65	74	20	340	2	2	39	0	542
2024	62	66	21	371	2	1	38	0	561

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 Ridge Crest Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1991	271	15.0	18.0	n/a
1992	541	15.2	35.5	14.4
1993	541	22.5	24.0	19
1994	548	24.0	22.8	18.8
1995	549	21.0	26.1	25.9
1996	549	21.0	26.1	25.9
1997	567	26.5	21.4	29.5
1998	572	27.5	20.8	35.1
1999	559	30.5	18.3	36.1
2000	580	29.4	19.7	37.5
2001	576	29.0	19.9	31.6
2002	610	27.0	22.6	38.6
2003	610	27.0	22.6	38.6
2004	619	28.0	22.1	39.9
2005	694	30.0	23.1	35.3
2006	513	23.0	22.3	44.4
2007	537	24.0	22.4	49
2008	570	29.0	19.7	59.1
2009	578	27.0	20.6	63.3
2010	640	27.0	23.7	58.1
2011	625	n/a	n/a	61.8
2012	573	20.0	28.5	n/a
2013	538	19.0	28.3	71
2014	599	20.0	29.9	69.8
2015	586	21.0	27.9	68.6
2016	574	21.0	27.3	69.3
2017	607	22.0	27.5	69.5
2018	592	23.0	25.7	68.9
2019	601	25.0	24.0	74.9
2020	582	n/a	n/a	85.1
2021	554	25.0	22.1	85.2
2022	548	23.5	23.3	81.2
2023	542	23.5	23.0	64
2024	561	22.0	25.5	81.1

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 Ridge Crest Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1991	271	15.0	18.0	n/a
1992	541	15.2	35.5	14.4
1993	541	22.5	24.0	19
1994	548	24.0	22.8	18.8
1995	549	21.0	26.1	25.9
1996	549	21.0	26.1	25.9
1997	567	26.5	21.4	29.5
1998	572	27.5	20.8	35.1
1999	559	30.5	18.3	36.1
2000	580	29.4	19.7	37.5
2001	576	29.0	19.9	31.6
2002	610	27.0	22.6	38.6
2003	610	27.0	22.6	38.6
2004	619	28.0	22.1	39.9
2005	694	30.0	23.1	35.3
2006	513	23.0	22.3	44.4
2007	537	24.0	22.4	49
2008	570	29.0	19.7	59.1
2009	578	27.0	20.6	63.3
2010	640	27.0	23.7	58.1
2011	625	n/a	n/a	61.8
2012	573	20.0	28.5	n/a
2013	538	19.0	28.3	71
2014	599	20.0	29.9	69.8
2015	586	21.0	27.9	68.6
2016	574	21.0	27.3	69.3
2017	607	22.0	27.5	69.5
2018	592	23.0	25.7	68.9
2019	601	25.0	24.0	74.9
2020	582	n/a	n/a	85.1
2021	554	25.0	22.1	85.2
2022	548	23.5	23.3	81.2
2023	542	23.5	23.0	64
2024	561	22.0	25.5	81.1

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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