RICE H S

RICE H S is a tight-knit high school in ALTAIR, Texas, operated by RICE CISD. The school works with 348 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 56% below typical.

Within RICE CISD, which oversees 7 schools and 1,306 students, RICE H S is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, RICE H S records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder breaks down as 18% White, 16% Black. By comparison, Colorado County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, RICE H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.1%, the actual is 36.1%, a residual of -7.0 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Colorado County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,377 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Colorado County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,697 students), of which RICE H S is one.

RICE JH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RICE H S ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RICE H S has ticked down 5%, going from 366 students in 2018 to 348 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 54% to 65% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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