Rice High School
Public high school in Rice, Texas · Rice ISD · Grades 9–12
Rice High School serves 340 students in grades 9–12 in Rice (Navarro County). It is one of 3 schools in Rice ISD. By enrollment it is the 1111th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 13.8 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as the typical Texas high school (14).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,920 Texas high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 24.56 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Rice ISD |
| County | Navarro County |
| Area type | Rural, distant |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 483696008005 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Rice ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 340 | 1,105 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 13.8 | 15.5 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 56.2% | 75.3% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 48% of Texas high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Rice High School in context
Size
Rice High School is the only high school in Rice ISD. Its 340 students are 30.8% of the district's 1,105. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 17 miles away with a median enrollment of 428; Rice High School is smaller than most of them.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 10 with 98 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 74, against an average of 85 per grade. This year grade 12 has 14% fewer students than grade 9 (74 against 86). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Hispanic students: 72.4% here and 75.7% across Rice ISD. White students are next, at 23.5%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
56.2% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 75.3% across Rice ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 24.56 full-time-equivalent teachers for 340 students, Rice High School has 13.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 340 students would have about 24.3 teachers, so Rice High School has about as many as that.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
Rice High School is in rural territory 5 to 25 miles from an urbanized area, or 2.5 to 10 miles from a town, which NCES calls rural, distant. The nearest other high school is Ennis High School, 9.5 miles away in Ennis ISD. Within 10 miles there is 1 other high school, 0 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 72.4% |
| White | 23.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |
| Black | 1.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
49.4% of students are girls and 50.6% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 86 |
| Grade 10 | 98 |
| Grade 11 | 82 |
| Grade 12 | 74 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
1400 Sw McKinney St, Rice, TX 75155
Phone: (903)326-4502
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Rice High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ennis High School | Ennis ISD | 9.5 mi | 1,887 | 15.4 | 59.7% |
| Corsicana High School | Corsicana ISD | 10.1 mi | 1,837 | 15.5 | 68.4% |
| Mildred High School | Mildred ISD | 15.0 mi | 453 | 12.3 | 45.7% |
| Blooming Grove High School | Blooming Grove ISD | 16.3 mi | 288 | 14.8 | 48.6% |
| Palmer High School | Palmer ISD | 17.7 mi | 403 | 14.7 | 46.7% |
| Kemp High School | Kemp ISD | 20.5 mi | 566 | 12.2 | 66.3% |
| Scurry-Rosser High School | Scurry-Rosser ISD | 20.5 mi | 347 | 12.3 | 37.2% |
| Frost Secondary | Frost ISD | 21.5 mi | 215 | 10 | 48.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Rice ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rice Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–4 | 444 |
| Rice Intermediate/Middle School | Middle | 5–8 | 321 |