STAAR result
Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 42%vs 38.1% avg · +3.9 pts
- Masters
- 18%vs 14.2% avg · +3.8 pts
Among 2,028 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measureTraditional public school campus
Rice Elem
Navarro County · Region 12: Waco · 447 students
- Current score
- 74/1002025-26
- Change
- −2 ptssince 2021-22
- Score vs similar economic context
- −3.5 ptsvs 77.5 average · 2,206 rated schools serving a similar economic context
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
- 1,429 of 2,206tied with 75 others
- Score vs region
- −4.5 ptsvs 78.5 average · 301 rated schools in Region 12: Waco
- Region 12: Waco placement
- 202 of 301tied with 11 others
- Score vs county
- −2.3 ptsvs 76.3 average · 20 rated schools in Navarro County
- Navarro County placement
- 12 of 20tied with 1 other
- Score vs similar-size group
- −6.1 ptsvs 80.1 average · 4,427 similarly sized rated schools
- Similar size placement
- 3,190 of 4,427tied with 131 others
- Score vs state
- −7.3 ptsvs 81.3 average · 7,646 rated Texas schools
- Texas placement
- 5,844 of 7,646tied with 207 others
C74
At a glance
Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 75 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 77.5 average for 2,206 rated schools serving a similar economic context.The current score is below the 78.5 average for 301 rated schools in Region 12: Waco.The current score is below the 76.3 average for 20 rated schools in Navarro County.The current score is below the 80.1 average for 4,427 similarly sized rated schools.The current score is below the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools.
Evidence worth noticing
Strengths and momentum
Current strength
Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average
6.2% −14.5 pts vs 20.7%
- 6.2% is 14.5 percentage points lower than the 20.7% average among 2,116 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
Current strength
Attendance above the similar-context average
95.9% +2.5 pts vs 93.4%
- 95.9% is 2.5 percentage points above the 93.4% average among 2,119 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
Current strength
Chronically absent lower than the Region 12: Waco average
6.2% −8.5 pts vs 14.7%
- 6.2% is 8.5 percentage points lower than the 14.7% average among 293 schools in Region 12: Waco reporting this measure.
Current strength
Attendance above the Region 12: Waco average
95.9% +1.4 pts vs 94.5%
- 95.9% is 1.4 percentage points above the 94.5% average among 293 schools in Region 12: Waco reporting this measure.
Current strength
Chronically absent lower than the Navarro County average
6.2% −9.6 pts vs 15.8%
- 6.2% is 9.6 percentage points lower than the 15.8% average among 20 schools in Navarro County reporting this measure.
- 1st-lowest of 20 schools in Navarro County reporting this measure.
Current strength
Attendance above the Navarro County average
95.9% +1.7 pts vs 94.2%
- 95.9% is 1.7 percentage points above the 94.2% average among 20 schools in Navarro County reporting this measure.
- 1st of 20 schools in Navarro County reporting this measure.
STAAR result
Math above Navarro County averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 42%vs 39.1% avg · +2.9 pts
- Masters
- 18%vs 14.2% avg · +3.8 pts
Among 20 schools in Navarro County reporting this measure.
See the full measureCurrent strength
Chronically absent lower than the similar-size average
6.2% −9.4 pts vs 15.6%
- 6.2% is 9.4 percentage points lower than the 15.6% average among 4,291 similarly sized schools reporting this measure.
Current strength
Attendance above the similar-size average
95.9% +1.5 pts vs 94.4%
- 95.9% is 1.5 percentage points above the 94.4% average among 4,296 similarly sized schools reporting this measure.
Current strength
Chronically absent lower than the Texas average
6.2% −10.5 pts vs 16.7%
- 6.2% is 10.5 percentage points lower than the 16.7% average among 7,358 Texas schools reporting this measure.
Current strength
Attendance above the Texas average
95.9% +1.8 pts vs 94.1%
- 95.9% is 1.8 percentage points above the 94.1% average among 7,366 Texas schools reporting this measure.
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Rice Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 74 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 77.5 average for 2,206 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 1,429th of 2,206 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 75 others).
Rice Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 74 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 78.5 average for 301 rated schools in Region 12: Waco. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 202nd of 301 rated schools in Region 12: Waco (tied with 11 others).
Rice Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 74 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 76.3 average for 20 rated schools in Navarro County. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 12th of 20 rated schools in Navarro County (tied with 1 other).
Rice Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 74 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 80.1 average for 4,427 similarly sized rated schools. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 3,190th of 4,427 similarly sized rated schools (tied with 131 others).
Rice Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 74 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools. It is down 2 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 5,844th of 7,646 rated Texas schools (tied with 207 others).
Put the numbers in context
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2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated C with 75 that year.
Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.
View the yearly scores and comparisons
| Year | Rating | Score | Selected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rate | StateTexas average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | C | 74 | 77.5 2,206 reporting | 81.3 7,646 reporting |
| 2024-25 | C | 78 | 77.2 2,192 reporting | 81.2 7,554 reporting |
| 2023-24 | B | 84 | 74.7 2,178 reporting | 78.9 7,466 reporting |
| 2022-23 | B | 80 | 75.1 2,161 reporting | 79.1 7,377 reporting |
| 2021-22 | C | 76 | 81.6 2,141 reporting | 83.7 7,283 reporting |
Where the score comes from
Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.
- Rice Elem
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,206 in cohort)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 72 | C | 8 |
| School Progress | 78 | C | 2 |
| Closing the Gaps | 65 | D | 5 |
| Academic Growth | 55 | F | 5 |
| Relative Performance | 78 | C | 2 |
Closest to moving up: School Progress, 2 points below B in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.
TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (78), so Student Achievement (72) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 78.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,206 in cohort)
Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.
Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.
Who this school serves
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
- Students
- 447
- Economically disadvantaged
- 80.6%−0.6 pts vs similar economic context
- English learners
- 25.7%−4.1 pts vs similar economic context
- Special education
- 10.8%−7.8 pts vs similar economic context
- Attendance
- 95.9%+2.5 pts vs similar economic context
- Chronically absent
- 6.2%−14.5 pts vs similar economic context
Student demographics
Rice Elem
- African American 2.9%
- Hispanic 76.7%
- White 18.1%
- Two or More Races 2.3%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,206 reporting for every category shown · 2,206 in full cohort
- African American 14%
- Hispanic 68.4%
- White 13%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 1.7%
- Pacific Islander 0.2%
- Two or More Races 2.5%
Selected comparison average For Region 12: Waco · 301 reporting for every category shown · 301 in full cohort
- African American 14.2%
- Hispanic 37.4%
- White 40.7%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 1.1%
- Pacific Islander 0.7%
- Two or More Races 5.7%
Selected comparison average For Navarro County · 20 reporting for every category shown · 20 in full cohort
- African American 7.4%
- Hispanic 51.6%
- White 35.3%
- American Indian 0.2%
- Asian 0.4%
- Pacific Islander 1.6%
- Two or More Races 3.6%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 4,427 reporting for every category shown · 4,427 in full cohort
- African American 11.9%
- Hispanic 55.1%
- White 25.6%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 3.7%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 3.4%
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
- African American 11.5%
- Hispanic 52.6%
- White 27.8%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 4.2%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 3.4%
Student counts behind the percentages
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
- Students in this TEA accountability summary
- 443
- Economically disadvantaged students
- 357
- Emergent bilingual students
- 114
- Special education students
- 48
Campus mobility · 2024–25
- Mobile students
- 44
- Students in TEA mobility denominator
- 359
- TEA-published mobility rate
- 12.3%
The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.
The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.
Enrollment over time
TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.
TEA reported 447 students in 2025–26, an increase of 3 (0.7%) from 2024–25.
- Latest enrollment
- 447
2025–26
- Change from 2024–25
- +3
Increase · +0.7%
- Change since 2021–22
- +47
Increase · +11.8%
Enrollment in 2025–26
- This school
- 447
- Selected comparison
- 626.7
| School year | Students enrolledRice Elem | Change from previous school year | Average enrollmentselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 400 | First available year | 652.1 |
| 2022–23 | 407 | Increase of 7 (1.8%) | 655 |
| 2023–24 | 441 | Increase of 34 (8.4%) | 649.2 |
| 2024–25 | 444 | Increase of 3 (0.7%) | 645.6 |
| 2025–26 | 447 | Increase of 3 (0.7%) | 626.7 |
The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.
Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.
These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.
Discipline and removal from class
TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.
- Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
- 22
4.5% of cumulative year-end enrollment
- Disciplinary actions
- 26
5.37 per 100 students
- Cumulative year-end enrollment
- 484
2024–25
Share of students · 2024–25
- This school
- 4.5%
- Selected comparison
- 13.3%
Actions per 100 students · 2024–25
- This school
- 5.37
- Selected comparison
- 32.1
| School year | Cumulative enrollment | Studentsall discipline | Students% of enrollment | Actionsall discipline | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 381 | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| 2021–22 | 440 | 22 | 5.0% | 28 | 6.36 | 12.9% | 30.8 |
| 2022–23 | 451 | 12 | 2.7% | 18 | 3.99 | 13.7% | 33.9 |
| 2023–24 | 477 | 14 | 2.9% | 16 | 3.35 | 13.7% | 33.9 |
| 2024–25 | 484 | 22 | 4.5% | 26 | 5.37 | 13.3% | 32.1 |
See 2024–25 discipline categories
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All discipline | 22 | 4.5% | 26 | 5.37 | 13.3% | 32.1 |
| In-school suspensions | 22 | 4.5% | 26 | 5.37 | 11.7% | 23.2 |
| Out-of-school suspensions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.
Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.
Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.
Spending per student
The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.
- Rice Elem
- Parent district: Rice ISD
- Texas average
- Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Spending per student · 2025
- This school
- $19,758
- Selected comparison
- $13,044
For 2025, TEA reported $19,758 per student for this campus, $19,277 per student for its parent district, Rice ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.
Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.
View yearly spending figures
| Year | Rice Elem | Parent district: Rice ISD | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $7,771 | $15,688 | $13,054 | $8,153 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,074 rated schools reporting |
| 2019 | $7,462 | $24,702 | $13,108 | $8,274 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,097 rated schools reporting |
| 2020 | $5,888 | $14,754 | $14,058 | $8,784 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,113 rated schools reporting |
| 2021 | $7,502 | $13,682 | $14,797 | $9,436 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,124 rated schools reporting |
| 2022 | $8,098 | $14,992 | $15,708 | $10,867 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,142 rated schools reporting |
| 2023 | $8,414 | $14,562 | $16,792 | $11,377 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,161 rated schools reporting |
| 2024 | $8,961 | $15,586 | $18,125 | $12,287 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,177 rated schools reporting |
| 2025 | $19,758 | $19,277 | $18,972 | $13,044 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,191 rated schools reporting |
The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.
Teachers and actual class size
- Average salary
- $76,476+$9,318 vs similar economic context
- Teachers
- 26−16.6 vs similar economic context
- Students per staff member
- 16.8+2.5 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
Rice Elem
- 1 to 5 years 10.6%
- 6 to 10 years 16.7%
- 11 to 20 years 41.7%
- 21 to 30 years 23.9%
- Over 30 years 6.8%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,206 reporting for every category shown · 2,206 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.8%
- 1 to 5 years 27.7%
- 6 to 10 years 19%
- 11 to 20 years 27.1%
- 21 to 30 years 15%
- Over 30 years 3.6%
Selected comparison average For Region 12: Waco · 301 reporting for every category shown · 301 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.8%
- 1 to 5 years 26.8%
- 6 to 10 years 19%
- 11 to 20 years 27.1%
- 21 to 30 years 16.2%
- Over 30 years 4.2%
Selected comparison average For Navarro County · 20 reporting for every category shown · 20 in full cohort
- Beginning 7.7%
- 1 to 5 years 26.1%
- 6 to 10 years 18.2%
- 11 to 20 years 29.4%
- 21 to 30 years 14.5%
- Over 30 years 4.1%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 4,427 reporting for every category shown · 4,427 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.1%
- 1 to 5 years 25.9%
- 6 to 10 years 19.3%
- 11 to 20 years 28.9%
- 21 to 30 years 16.2%
- Over 30 years 3.4%
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
- Beginning 6.2%
- 1 to 5 years 25.6%
- 6 to 10 years 19.2%
- 11 to 20 years 28.7%
- 21 to 30 years 15.9%
- Over 30 years 3.7%
Average students in a class
| Grade or subject | Average students per classRice Elem · 2024–25 | Average students per classselected comparison |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 18.7 | 18 |
| Grade 1 | 16.8 | 18.4 |
| Grade 2 | 21.5 | 18.4 |
| Grade 3 | 21.8 | 18.9 |
| Grade 4 | 19.6 | 19 |
These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 5 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.
Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.
Where this school ranks best
Out of 90 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.
#1 rankings
First-place results
2 measures
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Attendance
Navarro County · of the 20 that report this measure
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Chronically absent (lowest is best)
Navarro County · of the 20 that report this measure
#2–3 rankings
Second- and third-place results
1 measure
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2of 20
Per-student spending
Navarro County · of the 20 that report this measure
#4–10 rankings
Fourth- through tenth-place results
6 measures
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6of 20
Math — Meets
Navarro County · of the 20 that report this measure
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6of 20
Math — Masters
Navarro County · of the 20 that report this measure · tied with 1
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8of 20
All Subjects — Meets
Navarro County · of the 20 that report this measure · tied with 1
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8of 20
Reading — Masters
Navarro County · of the 20 that report this measure
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9of 20
Relative Performance
Navarro County · of the 20 that report this measure · tied with 1
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10of 20
Reading — Meets
Navarro County · of the 20 that report this measure · tied with 2
These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.
Where this comes from
The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.
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