Enrollment
249
Combined
STATE 485
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHARDS ISD·NCES 483699004121
RICHARDS H S
9477 PANTHER DR, RICHARDS, TX 77873 · (936) 851-2364 · Grimes County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL249 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
22 FTE teachers
STATE 11.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
95 students
STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
52.0%
TX avg 51.8%
Mathematics
28.0%
TX avg 42.0%
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 57% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
249
+165 (+196%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 10.0:1
% White
82%
was 77%
% Hispanic
10%
was 8%
% Black
3%
was 13%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About RICHARDS H S
As a close-knit combined-grade school in RICHARDS, Texas, RICHARDS H S works with 249 students from grades pre-K through 12, one of the schools within RICHARDS ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 485 students each, so RICHARDS H S sits 49% below that benchmark.
RICHARDS H S is a school of RICHARDS ISD, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.
On demographics, RICHARDS H S records that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Grimes County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, RICHARDS H S sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 57.2%; actual is 37.4%, a gap of -19.8 points.
In the broader community, Grimes County reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,803 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Grimes County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,974 students), of which RICHARDS H S is one.
Nearest neighbor: ANDERSON-SHIRO EL, around 9.7 miles off. On composite proficiency, RICHARDS H S comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.0%.
RICHARDS H S operates from a rural location.
Over the past 7-year window. RICHARDS H S's enrollment has climbed 196% since 2018, when it stood at 84 (now 249). The Black share of enrollment fell from 13% to 3% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.
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Grimes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
31,340
Census ACS
Median income
$69,803
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
4,974 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- ANDERSON-SHIRO EL9.7 mi · 458
- ANDERSON-SHIRO JR/SR H S10.2 mi · 521
- LINCOLN EL12.6 mi · 472
- MONTGOMERY H S12.7 mi · 1,523
- HIGH POINT EL13.6 mi · 519
- MONTGOMERY EL13.8 mi · 672
Frequently asked questions
About RICHARDS H SHow large is RICHARDS H S?
RICHARDS H S enrolls approximately 249 students in grades PK-12.
What grades does RICHARDS H S serve?
RICHARDS H S serves grades PK-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at RICHARDS H S?
The student-to-teacher ratio at RICHARDS H S is approximately 11.4:1 (22 FTE teachers).
How diverse is RICHARDS H S?
RICHARDS H S reports a student body of 82% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees RICHARDS H S?
RICHARDS H S is overseen by RICHARDS ISD in Grimes County.
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