Riceville High School

Riceville High School is one of the small four-year high schools in Riceville, Iowa, operated by Riceville Comm School District, with 205 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. That puts it 56% leaner than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 468 students.

Riceville Comm School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 431 students. Riceville High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Riceville High School lists that nearly all students (89%) are White. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Howard County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Riceville High School logs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Riceville High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Howard County's rate of about 48%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Riceville High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.2%; this one delivers 68.3%.

Across the wider county, Howard County reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,446 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Riceville High School is one of 6 public schools in Howard County (combined enrollment of about 1,452 students).

Riceville Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, Riceville High School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 61.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Riceville High School has ticked up 18%, going from 174 students in 2018 to 205 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 97% to 89%. Class-load math has rose: from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Riceville High School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.