📍 1500 Sw Mckinney, Rice, Navarro County, 75155
Rice el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Rice, Navarro County. The school has 407 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Cindy Black. It is part of the Rice Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a rural setting. The school employs 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Rice el enrolls 407 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 76% Hispanic or Latino, 20% White and 1.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 310 | 76% |
| White | 83 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 1.7% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 1.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
322 of the school's 407 students (79%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 312 qualify for free lunch and 10 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Rice el is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX-60, state senate district 22, state house district 8.
Rice el is one of 3 schools in RICE ISD, based in RICE, Texas. The district serves 1,105 students district-wide and employs 77 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 407 students, Rice el is close to the district average of about 368 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant