+0.3 ptsvs 80.7 average · 1,935 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
965 of 1,935tied with 79 others
Score vs region
−0.8 ptsvs 81.8 average · 208 rated schools in Region 16: Amarillo
Region 16: Amarillo placement
119 of 208tied with 11 others
Score vs county
+0.4 ptsvs 80.6 average · 62 rated schools in Potter County
Potter County placement
33 of 62tied with 4 others
Score vs similar-size group
+0.7 ptsvs 80.3 average · 3,564 similarly sized rated schools
Similar size placement
1,768 of 3,564tied with 121 others
Score vs state
−0.3 ptsvs 81.3 average · 7,646 rated Texas schools
Texas placement
4,141 of 7,646tied with 260 others
B81
At a glance
Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 84 in 2021-22. The current score is level with the 80.7 average for 1,935 rated schools serving a similar economic context.The current score is below the 81.8 average for 208 rated schools in Region 16: Amarillo.The current score is level with the 80.6 average for 62 rated schools in Potter County.The current score is above the 80.3 average for 3,564 similarly sized rated schools.The current score is level with the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools.
Evidence worth noticing
Strengths and momentum
STAAR result
All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters
Meets
53%vs 49.7% avg · +3.3 pts
Masters
28%vs 20.5% avg · +7.5 pts
Among 1,851 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Ridgecrest Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — level with the 80.7 average for 1,935 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 4 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 965th of 1,935 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 79 others).
Ridgecrest Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 81.8 average for 208 rated schools in Region 16: Amarillo. It is down 4 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 119th of 208 rated schools in Region 16: Amarillo (tied with 11 others).
Ridgecrest Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — level with the 80.6 average for 62 rated schools in Potter County. It is down 4 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 33rd of 62 rated schools in Potter County (tied with 4 others).
Ridgecrest Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.3 average for 3,564 similarly sized rated schools. It is down 4 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 1,768th of 3,564 similarly sized rated schools (tied with 121 others).
Ridgecrest Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — level with the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools. It is down 4 points since 2021-22.
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Compare against
2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated B with 84 that year.
Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.
Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.
Student Achievement79 C−0.2 vs similar economic context · 1,851 reporting
School Progress83 B+1.7 vs similar economic context · 1,844 reporting
Closing the Gaps77 C−0.9 vs similar economic context · 1,827 reporting
Academic Growth78 C+3.5 vs similar economic context · 1,792 reporting
Relative Performance83 B+3.5 vs similar economic context · 1,844 reporting
Ridgecrest Elem
Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,935 in cohort)
Domain scores
Domain
Score
Grade
Points to next grade
Student Achievement
79
C
1
School Progress
83
B
7
Closing the Gaps
77
C
3
Academic Growth
78
C
2
Relative Performance
83
B
7
Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 3 points below B in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.
TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student
Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (83), so
Student Achievement (79) is published above but does not enter the overall
score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 83.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
All Subjects
Approaches grade level76%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,851 reporting
Meets grade level53%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,851 reporting
Masters grade level28%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,851 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
Approaches grade level81%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,848 reporting
Meets grade level57%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,848 reporting
Masters grade level31%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,848 reporting
Math3 performance levels
Approaches grade level68%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,840 reporting
Meets grade level44%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,840 reporting
Masters grade level22%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,840 reporting
Science3 performance levels
Approaches grade level83%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,695 reporting
Meets grade level66%+18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,695 reporting
Masters grade level36%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,695 reporting
Approaches grade level
Meets grade level
Masters grade level
Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,935 in cohort)
Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.
Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.
Who this school serves
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
Students
361
Economically disadvantaged
60.2%−0.3 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
5.3%−10.7 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
32.0%+13.1 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.1%+0.9 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
9.5%−6.5 pts vs similar economic context
Student demographics
Ridgecrest Elem
African American 6.4%
Hispanic 34.8%
White 51.8%
American Indian 1.4%
Asian 0.3%
Two or More Races 5.3%
Selected comparison averageFor schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,935 reporting for every category shown · 1,935 in full cohort
African American 10.4%
Hispanic 48.2%
White 34.7%
American Indian 0.3%
Asian 2.3%
Pacific Islander 0.2%
Two or More Races 3.9%
Selected comparison averageFor Region 16: Amarillo · 208 reporting for every category shown · 208 in full cohort
African American 4.1%
Hispanic 49.5%
White 41.7%
American Indian 0.4%
Asian 1.7%
Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or More Races 2.6%
Selected comparison averageFor Potter County · 62 reporting for every category shown · 62 in full cohort
African American 9.6%
Hispanic 46.4%
White 35.8%
American Indian 0.5%
Asian 4.1%
Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or More Races 3.5%
Selected comparison averageFor similarly sized schools · 3,564 reporting for every category shown · 3,564 in full cohort
African American 11.3%
Hispanic 54.4%
White 27.8%
American Indian 0.3%
Asian 2.8%
Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or More Races 3.3%
Statewide average7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
African American 11.5%
Hispanic 52.6%
White 27.8%
American Indian 0.3%
Asian 4.2%
Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or More Races 3.4%
Student counts behind the percentages
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
Students in this TEA accountability summary
359
Economically disadvantaged students
216
Emergent bilingual students
19
Special education students
115
Campus mobility · 2024–25
Mobile students
37
Students in TEA mobility denominator
308
TEA-published mobility rate
12%
The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.
The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.
Enrollment over time
TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.
TEA reported 361 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 1 (0.3%) from 2024–25.
Latest enrollment
361
2025–26
Change from 2024–25
−1
Decrease · −0.3%
Change since 2021–22
−58
Decrease · −13.8%
Enrollment in 2025–26
This school
361
Selected comparison
635.2
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,901 rated schools reporting
Student enrollment by school year for Ridgecrest Elem
School year
Students enrolledRidgecrest Elem
Change from previous school year
Average enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22
419
First available year
643.1
2022–23
412
Decrease of 7 (1.7%)
647.6
2023–24
400
Decrease of 12 (2.9%)
646.1
2024–25
362
Decrease of 38 (9.5%)
643.5
2025–26
361
Decrease of 1 (0.3%)
635.2
The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.
These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.
Discipline and removal from class
TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.
Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
Suppressed
Rate not available
Disciplinary actions
19
4.82 per 100 students
Cumulative year-end enrollment
394
2024–25
Actions per 100 students · 2024–25
This school
4.82
Selected comparison
28.7
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,597 rated schools reporting
−23.9 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Ridgecrest Elem
School year
Cumulative enrollment
Studentsall discipline
Students% of enrollment
Actionsall discipline
Actionsper 100 students
Studentsselected comparison average %
Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21
453
11
2.4%
16
3.53
9.7%
18.9
2021–22
441
12
2.7%
14
3.17
12.5%
28.6
2022–23
452
18
4.0%
26
5.75
13.0%
30.5
2023–24
415
16
3.9%
41
9.88
12.9%
30.2
2024–25
394
Suppressed
—
19
4.82
—
28.7
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Ridgecrest Elem in 2024–25
Category
Students
Students% of enrollment
Actions
Actionsper 100 students
Studentsselected comparison average %
Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline
Suppressed
—
19
4.82
—
28.7
In-school suspensions
Suppressed
—
17
4.31
—
22.1
Out-of-school suspensions
Suppressed
—
Suppressed
—
—
—
DAEP placements
Suppressed
—
Suppressed
—
—
—
Mandatory DAEP placements
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Discretionary DAEP placements
Suppressed
—
Suppressed
—
—
—
JJAEP placements
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Mandatory JJAEP placements
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Discretionary JJAEP placements
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Expulsions
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Mandatory expulsions
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Discretionary expulsions
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.
Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.
Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.
Spending per student
The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.
Ridgecrest Elem
Parent district: Amarillo ISD
Texas average
Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Spending per student · 2025
This school
$10,708
Selected comparison
$12,446
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,907 rated schools reporting
−$1,738 vs similar economic context
For 2025, TEA reported $10,708 per student for this campus, $14,058 per student for its parent district, Amarillo ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.
Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.
View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
Year
Ridgecrest Elem
Parent district: Amarillo ISD
Texas average
Selected comparison average
Reportingselected comparison
2018
$6,875
$10,152
$13,054
$7,921
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,764 rated schools reporting
2019
$7,333
$10,834
$13,108
$8,065
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,783 rated schools reporting
2020
$7,826
$11,942
$14,058
$8,677
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,801 rated schools reporting
2021
$8,626
$13,611
$14,797
$9,094
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,814 rated schools reporting
2022
$9,764
$13,291
$15,708
$10,432
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,832 rated schools reporting
2023
$9,122
$13,092
$16,792
$11,100
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,856 rated schools reporting
2024
$9,287
$13,483
$18,125
$11,919
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,886 rated schools reporting
2025
$10,708
$14,058
$18,972
$12,446
average forschools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,907 rated schools reporting
The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.
Teachers and actual class size
Average salary
$68,779+$2,344 vs similar economic context
Teachers
26−16.3 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
14−5.2 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
Ridgecrest Elem
Beginning 4.7%
1 to 5 years 23.3%
6 to 10 years 11.7%
11 to 20 years 31.1%
21 to 30 years 25.3%
Over 30 years 3.9%
Selected comparison averageFor schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,935 reporting for every category shown · 1,935 in full cohort
Beginning 6%
1 to 5 years 25.4%
6 to 10 years 19.1%
11 to 20 years 28.3%
21 to 30 years 16.3%
Over 30 years 4.2%
Selected comparison averageFor Region 16: Amarillo · 208 reporting for every category shown · 208 in full cohort
Beginning 6%
1 to 5 years 26.5%
6 to 10 years 18%
11 to 20 years 28.4%
21 to 30 years 16.2%
Over 30 years 5%
Selected comparison averageFor Potter County · 62 reporting for every category shown · 62 in full cohort
Beginning 6.5%
1 to 5 years 23.3%
6 to 10 years 20.3%
11 to 20 years 30.8%
21 to 30 years 16.2%
Over 30 years 2.9%
Selected comparison averageFor similarly sized schools · 3,564 reporting for every category shown · 3,564 in full cohort
Beginning 6.1%
1 to 5 years 25.4%
6 to 10 years 18.9%
11 to 20 years 28.9%
21 to 30 years 16.6%
Over 30 years 3.7%
Statewide average7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
Beginning 6.2%
1 to 5 years 25.6%
6 to 10 years 19.2%
11 to 20 years 28.7%
21 to 30 years 15.9%
Over 30 years 3.7%
Average students in a class
TEA average class size by grade or subject for Ridgecrest Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subject
Average students per classRidgecrest Elem · 2024–25
Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten
15.2
17.9
Grade 1
20.3
18.2
Grade 2
19
18.4
Grade 3
17.7
18.6
Grade 4
19.3
18.9
Grade 5
17.7
19.7
These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.
Out of 105 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.
#4–10 rankings
Fourth- through tenth-place results
2 measures
8of 62
Chronically absent (lowest is best)
Potter County · of the 62 that report this measure
8of 54
Science — Masters
Potter County · of the 54 that report this measure · tied with 1
These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above
this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears
once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any
tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones
no school would put in a press release.
Where this comes from
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outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through
txschools.gov,
fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal
links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's
PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026.
The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.
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pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row
in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 188901123.