📍 200 Ne 3rd Ave, Rice, Benton County, 56367
Rice Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Rice, Benton County. The school has 372 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 57% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Rice Elementary enrolls 372 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% White, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino and 3.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 339 | 91% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 14 | 3.8% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 3.5% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 1.3% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
139 of the school's 372 students (37%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 98 qualify for free lunch and 41 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Rice Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MN-60, state senate district 15.
Rice Elementary is one of 8 schools in Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools, based in SAUK RAPIDS, Minnesota. The district serves 4,331 students district-wide and employs 287 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 372 students, Rice Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 541 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant