RICE INTERMEDIATE/MIDDLE SCHOOL

RICE INTERMEDIATE/MIDDLE SCHOOL, a close-knit middle school in RICE, Texas, overseen by RICE ISD, hosts 321 students, covering grades 5 through 8. That puts it 50% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

RICE ISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,105 students; RICE INTERMEDIATE/MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, RICE INTERMEDIATE/MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 77% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 18% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 32% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, RICE INTERMEDIATE/MIDDLE SCHOOL shows 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 87% of students at RICE INTERMEDIATE/MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Navarro County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, RICE INTERMEDIATE/MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.9%, the actual is 48.9%, a residual of +12.9 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Navarro County) logs that 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%. RICE INTERMEDIATE/MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 25 public schools in Navarro County (combined enrollment of about 10,681 students).

Nearest neighbor: RICE H S, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RICE INTERMEDIATE/MIDDLE SCHOOL at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 41.6%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. RICE INTERMEDIATE/MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 26% since 2018, when it stood at 435 (now 321). White enrollment moved from 35% to 18% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

On this page, members of the RICE INTERMEDIATE/MIDDLE SCHOOL community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.