RICE MIDDLE

RICE MIDDLE is one of the reasonably sized 6-8 campuss in PLANO, Texas, one of the schools within PLANO ISD, with 872 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 36% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

Within PLANO ISD, which oversees 73 schools and 46,612 students, RICE MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

On demographics, RICE MIDDLE logs that Asian students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder reads as 16% White, 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Collin County as a whole is about 19% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Collin County (around 30%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, RICE MIDDLE ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 69.2%; RICE MIDDLE posts 84.5%, +15.3 points above that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Collin County put the typical household earns roughly $121,600 per year, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Collin County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), of which RICE MIDDLE is one.

SKAGGS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RICE MIDDLE at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 82.6%.

RICE MIDDLE operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. RICE MIDDLE's enrollment has shrank 19% since 2018, when it stood at 1,080 (now 872). The White share of enrollment contracted from 21% to 16% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for RICE MIDDLE typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.