RICE SCH /LA ESCUELA RICE

As a sizable elementary campus in HOUSTON, Texas, RICE SCH /LA ESCUELA RICE teaches 1,043 students from grades K through 8, overseen by HOUSTON ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so RICE SCH /LA ESCUELA RICE sits 101% larger than that benchmark.

HOUSTON ISD runs 273 schools in total, collectively educating 176,727 students. RICE SCH /LA ESCUELA RICE is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, RICE SCH /LA ESCUELA RICE lists that the most-represented group is Black (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 42% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Harris County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, RICE SCH /LA ESCUELA RICE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.9%; this one delivers 48.4%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household income runs about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which RICE SCH /LA ESCUELA RICE is one.

Nearest neighbor: DEBAKEY H S FOR HEALTH PROF, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RICE SCH /LA ESCUELA RICE.

RICE SCH /LA ESCUELA RICE operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 9%: 1,152 students in 2018 compared to 1,043 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 45% to 50% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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