Summary
Ridge Crest Elementary is a K–6 school with 575 students in Moreno Valley, California. Its results look very different by grade: in 2025–2026, third grade had the school’s lowest proficiency rates—23% in English language arts (ELA) and 18% in math—while sixth grade reached 58% in ELA and 48% in math. Third grade was the weakest among Ridge Crest and nearby schools with third-grade results, while sixth-grade math was the strongest among the four schools serving sixth grade. This sharp grade-level contrast is the most important finding for families to keep in mind.
Overall, math is Ridge Crest’s strongest subject relative to its district and the state, but its results were below the nearby-school average in all three subjects. Ridge Crest scored 27% in math, 36% in ELA, and 20% in science, compared with nearby averages of 29%, 38%, and 21%. It scored below 8 of 10 nearby schools in ELA and below 6 in both math and science. Compared with Moreno Valley Unified, Ridge Crest was 7 points higher in math and essentially level in ELA and science. Compared with California, it was below the state in all three subjects: by 12 points in math, 14 in ELA, and 16 in science. Sixth grade is a notable exception: its ELA and math rates exceeded state rates by 10 and 11 points.
Scores have improved unevenly: from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, ELA rose by 1 point, math fell by 1 point, and science rose by 6 points. Meanwhile, the state gained in all three subjects, and Ridge Crest’s math gap widened from 7 to 12 points. SchoolDigger places Ridge Crest at the 31st statewide percentile with 2 stars, near the middle of nearby schools; its percentile rose from 28 the prior year but remains below its 2022–2023 percentile of 36. One notable SchoolDigger subgroup pattern is that its ranking for English Language Learner Students reached the 60th percentile in 2022–2023, versus the school’s overall 36th percentile that year. For Special Education Students, the ranking fell from the 49th percentile in 2023–2024 to 19th the next year, then rose to 28 in 2025–2026. The 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 25.0, above the nearby-school average of 23.6. In 2024–2025, 83% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, compared with a nearby-school average of 86%; these figures offer context, not an explanation for results.
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