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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the RIDER H S administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,569
High
DISTRICT 1,184 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA FALLS ISD·NCES 484578005220
Rider High School
4611 CYPRESS AVE, WICHITA FALLS, TX 76310 · (940)235-1077 · Wichita County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,569 STUDENTS
·
allk12 Grade
Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
88 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
698 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2023-24
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 383 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 370 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 425 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 391 | 25% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
55.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2023-24
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 8.0% | 47.0% | 18.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 28.0% | 43.0% | 16.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 23.0% | 60.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 36.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Rider High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Wichita County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #653 of 1,385 | #2 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #797 of 1,425 ▼ 351 | #3 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #816 of 1,425 ▲ 292 | #3 of 9 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.5pp | #681 of 1,184 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,569 | #442 of 2,107 | #3 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #1,193 of 1,344 | #9 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.0% | #238 of 1,346 | #5 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.5% | #1,123 of 1,522 | #7 of 9 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
6-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2023-24Enrollment
1,569
+75 (+5%) vs 2017
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 1,650
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 14.0:1
% White
52%
was 58%
% Hispanic
25%
was 24%
% Black
11%
was 8%
% Asian
4%
was 5%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 1,569 | 87.8 | 17.9:1 | 44% (698) |
| 2022-23 | 1,589 | 88 | 18.1:1 | 44% (693) |
| 2020-21 | 1,594 | 96 | 16.6:1 | 35% (564) |
| 2017-18 | 1,494 | 107 | 14.0:1 | 39% (580) |
| 2015-16 | 1,482 | 100 | 14.8:1 | 31% (453) |
| 2010-11 | 1,696 | 107 | 15.8:1 | 30% (511) |
| 2000-01 | 1,663 | 107 | 15.5:1 | 19% (313) |
| 1990-91 | 1,650 | 101 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rider High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (1,494 to 1,569); teachers down 18% (107 to 87.8).
About Rider High School
Rider High School is a large high school in Texas, located in WICHITA FALLS. It educates 1,569 students in grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Texas is about 796 students.
Rider High School is one school in a 25-school district, WICHITA FALLS ISD, which enrolls 16,226 students.
Roughly 52% of students at Rider High School are White. Other groups make up 25% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. County-wide, 71% of Wichita County residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 65% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 87.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Rider High School in 2023-24, for a ratio of 18.1:1. That is 3.0 students per teacher above the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 44%. On average, public schools in Wichita County report 62%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Rider High School is +0.2 points: 54.9% actual, 54.7% predicted.
Wichita County has about 129,996 residents, and the median household income is $63,524, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Rider High School, Wichita County has 52 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Jefferson Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Rider High School is 3rd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place Rider High School in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment has grown by 75 students since 2017-18, to 1,569. The White share was 58% in 2017-18 and 52% in 2023-24. By 2023-24, the school had 17.9 students per teacher, compared with 14.0 in 2017-18.
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Wichita County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
129,996
Census ACS
Median income
$63,524
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
23,047 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WICHITA FALLS ISD
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 1,857 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- Wichita Falls High SchoolHigh · 1,243 students
- Barwise Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,164 students
- McNiel Middle SchoolMiddle · 996 students
- Hirschi High SchoolHigh · 770 students
Other schools in WICHITA FALLS
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 1,857 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- Wichita Falls High SchoolHigh · 1,243 students
- Barwise Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,164 students
- McNiel Middle SchoolMiddle · 996 students
- Hirschi High SchoolHigh · 770 students
Nearby schools
- Jefferson Elementary School0.3 mi · 322
- Fowler Elementary School0.7 mi · 490
- McNiel Middle School0.9 mi · 996
- West Foundation Elementary School1.1 mi · 381
- Cunningham School1.2 mi · 437
- Milam Elementary School1.6 mi · 430
Frequently asked questions
About Rider High SchoolHow large is Rider High School?
Rider High School enrolls approximately 1,569 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Rider High School serve?
Rider High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Rider High School?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at Rider High School.
What is the student diversity at Rider High School?
Student demographics at Rider High School are roughly 52% White, 25% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Rider High School?
Rider High School is overseen by WICHITA FALLS ISD in Wichita County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.