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Enrollment
401
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1·NCES 080399006315
Rice Elementary School
7000 THIRD STREET, WELLINGTON, CO 80549 · (970) 488-8700 · Larimer County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL401 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Colorado public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
127 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
45.3%
CO avg 44.9% . -4.5pp since 2023
Math
49.2%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.3% | 49.2% |
| 2023-24 | 49.8% | 46.3% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Rice Elementary School
Rice Elementary School's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rice Elementary School this school | 401 | 31.7% | 44.5% |
| Benjamin Eaton Elementary School EATON | 357 | 30.8% | 55.3% |
| Central Elementary School LONGMONT | 344 | 31.1% | 70.2% |
| Knowledge Quest Academy MILLIKEN | 395 | 27.1% | 35.4% |
| Singing Hills Elementary School PARKER | 383 | 27.4% | 47.9% |
| McGraw Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 349 | 34.4% | 68.6% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Rice Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #378 of 931 | #32 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #280 of 940 ▲ 8 | #20 of 53 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #435 of 946 ▼ 69 | #36 of 53 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 401 | #424 of 1,056 | #19 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #274 of 896 | #22 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.8% | #565 of 896 | #30 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.7% | #686 of 983 | #34 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.8% | #266 of 664 | #17 of 41 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
401
-28 (-7%) vs 2020
+1% since 2010-11, when it was 397
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 401 | 27.9 | 14.4:1 | 32% (127) |
| 2023-24 | 424 | 30.3 | 14.0:1 | 37% (155) |
| 2022-23 | 455 | 33.5 | 13.6:1 | 31% (140) |
| 2020-21 | 429 | 27 | 15.9:1 | 30% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 506 | 30 | 16.9:1 | 31% (156) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 27 | 18.5:1 | 33% (165) |
| 2010-11 | 397 | 24 | 16.5:1 | 35% (137) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rice Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (506 to 401); teachers down 7% (30 to 27.9).
About Rice Elementary School
This page covers Rice Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in WELLINGTON, Colorado. Enrollment is 401 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5.
Poudre School District R-1 runs Rice Elementary School along with 51 other schools, enrolling 29,381 students in total.
At 70%, White students outnumber all other groups at Rice Elementary School combined. It is also 24% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Larimer County's residents are about 82% White, 12 points above the school's share. By the diversity index, Rice Elementary School comes in at 45%.
Rice Elementary School employs 27.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.4:1. That ratio is under the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 32% in 2024-25. Across public schools in Larimer County, the average is about the same, 35%.
Rice Elementary School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 47% of Colorado public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Rice Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Colorado schools: 44.5% actual against 47.5% predicted.
Census Bureau estimates for Larimer County show that median household income is about $93,765, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. A total of 94 public schools operate in Larimer County, serving about 47,159 students.
Wellington Middle-High School is the closest public school, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Rice Elementary School ranks 3rd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school is in a town close to an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Fringe).
The number of students dropped from 429 to 401 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher fell from 15.9 to 14.4 over 4 years.
To ask about school safety, transportation, and start times, start a discussion on this page. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Larimer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
367,368
Census ACS
Median income
$93,765
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
94
47,159 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Poudre School District R-1
- Rocky Mountain High SchoolHigh · 2,044 students
- Fossil Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- Fort Collins High SchoolHigh · 1,836 students
- Liberty Common Charter SchoolCombined · 1,516 students
- Timnath Middle-High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
- Poudre High SchoolHigh · 1,409 students
Other schools in WELLINGTON
- Wellington Middle-High SchoolHigh · 1,173 students
- Eyestone Elementary SchoolElementary · 619 students
Other Rice Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Rice Elementary. Rice Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 7.
- Rice Elementary SchoolMountain Top, PA · 735 students
- Rice Elementary SchoolSan Carlos, AZ · 673 students
- Rice Elementary SchoolTYLER, TX · 613 students
- Rice Elementary SchoolCONROE, TX · 602 students
- Rice Elementary SchoolRICE, TX · 444 students
Nearby schools
- Wellington Middle-High School1.5 mi · 1,173
- Eyestone Elementary School1.6 mi · 619
- Tavelli Elementary School5.7 mi · 519
- Lincoln Middle School8.1 mi · 552
- Timnath Middle-High School8.3 mi · 1,456
- Laurel Elementary School8.3 mi · 412
Frequently asked questions
About Rice Elementary SchoolHow large is Rice Elementary School?
Rice Elementary School enrolls approximately 401 students in grades PK-05.
Is Rice Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rice Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Rice Elementary School have?
Rice Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Rice Elementary School?
Student demographics at Rice Elementary School are roughly 70% White, 24% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Rice Elementary School in?
Rice Elementary School is part of Poudre School District R-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.