RICE EL

Located at 1500 SW MCKINNEY, in RICE, Texas, RICE EL is a mid-tier elementary campus that enrolls 444 students (grades pre-K through 4), part of RICE ISD.

RICE ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,105 students. RICE EL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, RICE EL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 77% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 19% White. By comparison, Navarro County as a whole is about 32% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, RICE EL lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Navarro County's rate of about 71%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, RICE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.3%, the actual is 47.5%, a residual of +9.2 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Navarro County indicate the typical household earns roughly $63,111 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Navarro County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,681 students), of which RICE EL is one.

RICE INTERMEDIATE/MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around RICE EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RICE EL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 39.2%.

RICE EL operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. RICE EL's enrollment has climbed 122% since 2018, when it stood at 200 (now 444). Over the same period, the White share declined from 25% to 19%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

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