RICE H S

RICE H S is a four-year high school of small scale in RICE, Texas, operated by RICE ISD, instructing 340 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 57% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

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

In terms of who attends, RICE H S shows that 72% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 24% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 32% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Navarro County (around 71%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RICE H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 60.8%, a residual of +11.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Navarro County put median household income runs about $63,111, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. RICE H S is one of 25 public schools in Navarro County (combined enrollment of about 10,681 students).

RICE INTERMEDIATE/MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around RICE H S. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RICE H S at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 40.3%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 31%: 260 students in 2018 compared to 340 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 61% to 72%. Class-load math has loosened: from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the RICE H S community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.