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Ridgecrest Elementary Acad for Language Music and Sci, Ridgecrest, CA

Charter schoolRidgecrest Elementary Acad for Language Music and Sci is a public elementary school in Ridgecrest, part of Ridgecrest Elementary Acad for Language Music and Sci District. It enrolled 239 students in 2024-25, with 19.9 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "Ridgecrest Elem Acad for Language Music and Sci".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
239
Teachers (FTE)
12.0
Students per teacher
19.9
Grades
K to 6

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 19.9. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school19.9
District19.9
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
325 South Downs St., Ridgecrest, CA 93555
Phone
(760)375-1010
District
Ridgecrest Elementary Acad for Language Music and Sci District
County
Kern County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
Town: Remote
NCES school ID
060193108706
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
112
Reduced-price lunch
13
Free or reduced-price lunch
12552.3% of enrollment.
Direct certification
103Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Ridgecrest

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.