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Rice HS

Colorado County · Region 03: Victoria · 348 students

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Current score
82/1002025-26
Change
+8 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+3.4 ptsvs 78.6 average · 2,077 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
781 of 2,077tied with 89 others
B82

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 83 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 78.6 average for 2,077 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Overall score above the similar-context average

82 +3.4 pts vs 78.6

  • 82 is 3.4 points above the 78.6 average among 2,077 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measure

Current strength

School Progress above the similar-context average

85 +5.3 pts vs 79.7

  • 85 is 5.3 points above the 79.7 average among 1,928 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measure

Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

Read the full rating context and placement

Rice HS is rated B by TEA, scoring 82 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 78.6 average for 2,077 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 8 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 781st of 2,077 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 89 others).

Put the numbers in context

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. After high school: the following fall
  6. Who this school serves
  7. Student counts behind the percentages
  8. Enrollment over time
  9. Discipline and removal from class
  10. Spending per student
  11. Teachers and actual class size
  12. Where this school ranks best
  13. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageRice HS 7477838482 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

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 B with 83 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
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26B8278.6 2,077 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8478.1 2,061 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8376.0 2,049 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7776.5 2,022 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22C7481.7 2,006 reporting83.7 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.

  • Student Achievement85 B+10.4 vs similar economic context · 1,934 reporting
  • School Progress85 B+5.3 vs similar economic context · 1,928 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps76 C+0.2 vs similar economic context · 1,913 reporting
  • Academic Growth74 C+1.3 vs similar economic context · 1,868 reporting
  • Relative Performance85 B+6.9 vs similar economic context · 1,928 reporting
  • Rice HS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,077 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement85B5
School Progress85B5
Closing the Gaps76C4
Academic Growth74C6
Relative Performance85B5

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 4 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%.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level72%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,934 reporting
  • Meets grade level34%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,934 reporting
  • Masters grade level8%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,934 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level64%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,931 reporting
  • Meets grade level38%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,931 reporting
  • Masters grade level4%−15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,931 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level65%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,923 reporting
  • Meets grade level17%−23 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,923 reporting
  • Masters grade level4%−11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,923 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level83%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,775 reporting
  • Meets grade level34%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,775 reporting
  • Masters grade level16%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,775 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level90%+20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 854 reporting
  • Meets grade level51%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 854 reporting
  • Masters grade level13%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 854 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,077 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.

Graduation

Four-Year
95.3%+1.4 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 392 rated schools reporting
Five-Year
100.0%+6.6 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 391 rated schools reporting
Six-Year
100.0%+7.4 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 391 rated schools reporting
Dropout Rate
0.0%−1.0 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 394 rated schools reporting

These measures use TEA's standard-accountability population. Each comparison average includes only schools in that population that report that specific measure; its reporting count is shown beside the average. It is an unweighted average of those reported school rates, not a pooled rate across every student in the group.

College, career and military readiness

Total credit for CCMR criteria
98.0%+11.6 pts vs similar economic context
CCMR criteria
CriterionThis school% of graduatesAveragesimilar economic contextDifferencepercentage pointsReportingselected comparison
Total credit for CCMR criteria98.0%86.4%+11.6 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 432 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course47.6%59.1%−11.5 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 435 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA8.3%25.9%−17.6 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 435 rated schools reporting
Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)0.0%11.8%−11.8 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 435 rated schools reporting
Earned college credit for a dual credit course4.8%32.8%−28.0 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 435 rated schools reporting
Earned an industry-based certification64.3%36.7%+27.6 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 435 rated schools reporting
Earned a level I or level II certificate0.0%2.5%−2.5 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 435 rated schools reporting
Earned an associate degree0.0%7.7%−7.7 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 435 rated schools reporting
Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit0.0%4.8%−4.8 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 435 rated schools reporting
Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness0.0%3.2%−3.2 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 435 rated schools reporting
Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student3.6%8.1%−4.5 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 435 rated schools reporting
Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces6.0%2.9%+3.1 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 435 rated schools reporting

Every row is a share of this school's graduates, and every row is a way of meeting CCMR — so on every row, a bigger share is better. Difference is this school minus the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate, counted in percentage points: +5.0 would mean five more graduates in every hundred met that criterion here. The selected comparison is an unweighted average of the reported school percentages, not a pooled rate across all graduates in the group. Graduates may meet several criteria, so the rows do not add up to the total.

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.

After high school: the following fall

Where school graduates appeared in Texas public higher-education records the fall after graduation. This is a limited next-step measure, not an eventual college-going or completion rate.

Graduates in the report
73

Class of 2023–24

Enrolled in Texas public higher education
42

57.5% of graduates

Not found in Texas public higher-ed records
22

30.1% of graduates

Not trackable
9

Fall 2024

Graduates in the report

This school
73
Selected comparison
254.9

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 366 rated schools reporting

Enrolled in Texas public higher education

This school
42
Selected comparison
107.4

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 366 rated schools reporting

Texas-public enrollment rate

This school
57.5%
Selected comparison
42.1%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 366 rated schools reporting

+15.4 pts vs similar economic context

Not-found rate

This school
30.1%
Selected comparison
52.0%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 366 rated schools reporting

−21.9 pts vs similar economic context

Not-trackable rate

This school
12.3%
Selected comparison
5.9%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 366 rated schools reporting

+6.4 pts vs similar economic context

Most common named Texas public destinations

  1. WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE (003668)17
  2. TEXAS STATE T. C. in FORT BEND (203634)7
  3. BLINN COLLEGE DISTRICT (003549)6

Selected comparison counts are neutral cohort scale context. The percentages put differently sized graduating classes on the same basis, but still cover only the limited Texas-public system observed by this report.

Source: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, high-school graduates enrolled in higher education, fetched 24 August 2026. The report covers graduates who enrolled in a Texas public college or university the following fall and includes only districts or campuses with more than 25 graduates.

“Not found” does not mean a graduate did not continue their education. It can include private or out-of-state college, work, military service, enrollment after the fall term, or another path the Texas public system does not observe.

“Not trackable” is not an outcome. THECB uses it for graduates with a non-standard identifier that could not be matched to higher-education records.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
348
Economically disadvantaged
74.4%±0.0 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
9.2%−14.3 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
15.9%−2.9 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
91.5%−2.2 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
31.9%+13.0 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Rice HS

African American: 14.4%Hispanic: 63.7%White: 19.9%American Indian: 0.3%Two or More Races: 1.7%
  • African American 14.4%
  • Hispanic 63.7%
  • White 19.9%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Two or More Races 1.7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,077 reporting for every category shown · 2,077 in full cohort

African American: 13%Hispanic: 61.2%White: 20.2%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.9%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.1%
  • African American 13%
  • Hispanic 61.2%
  • White 20.2%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.9%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.1%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
347
Economically disadvantaged students
258
Emergent bilingual students
32
Special education students
55

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
25
Students in TEA mobility denominator
361
TEA-published mobility rate
6.9%

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 348 students in 2025–26, no change from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
348

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
0

No change

Change since 2021–22
+46

Increase · +15.2%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
348
Selected comparison
640.4

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,047 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Rice HS
School yearStudents enrolledRice HSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 302 First available year 657.3
2022–23 334 Increase of 32 (10.6%) 661.8
2023–24 356 Increase of 22 (6.6%) 658.9
2024–25 348 Decrease of 8 (2.2%) 656.6
2025–26 348 No change 640.4

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
73

20.2% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
196

54.29 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
361

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
20.2%
Selected comparison
13.2%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,565 rated schools reporting

+7.0 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
54.29
Selected comparison
31.7

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,675 rated schools reporting

+22.6 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Rice HS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 354 77 21.8% 176 49.72 9.2% 18.2
2021–22 331 115 34.7% 333 100.60 13.0% 31
2022–23 354 105 29.7% 276 77.97 13.5% 33.4
2023–24 370 79 21.4% 199 53.78 13.5% 33.1
2024–25 361 73 20.2% 196 54.29 13.2% 31.7
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Rice HS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 73 20.2% 196 54.29 13.2% 31.7
In-school suspensions 58 16.1% 109 30.19 11.7% 23.5
Out-of-school suspensions 37 10.3% 56 15.51 7.8% 11.9
DAEP placements 26 7.2% 31 8.59 5.2% 6.3
Mandatory DAEP placements 18 5.0% 21 5.82 3.8% 4.3
Discretionary DAEP placements 10 2.8% 10 2.77 3.1% 3.6
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.

$7k$14k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Rice HS
  • Parent district: Rice CISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$11,733
Selected comparison
$13,136

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,059 rated schools reporting

−$1,403 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $11,733 per student for this campus, $15,397 per student for its parent district, Rice CISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearRice HSParent district: Rice CISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$9,411$12,136$13,054$8,050 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,936 rated schools reporting
2019$11,715$15,337$13,108$8,186 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,954 rated schools reporting
2020$11,130$18,451$14,058$8,738 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,975 rated schools reporting
2021$10,160$13,662$14,797$9,297 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,987 rated schools reporting
2022$11,610$14,873$15,708$10,579 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,006 rated schools reporting
2023$12,268$15,897$16,792$11,159 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,022 rated schools reporting
2024$11,923$15,799$18,125$12,330 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,047 rated schools reporting
2025$11,733$15,397$18,972$13,136 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,059 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
$77,846+$11,207 vs similar economic context
Teachers
24−19.1 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
14.2+0.1 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Rice HS

Beginning: 2.5%1 to 5 years: 12.3%6 to 10 years: 26.6%11 to 20 years: 23%21 to 30 years: 25.8%Over 30 years: 10.2%
  • Beginning 2.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 12.3%
  • 6 to 10 years 26.6%
  • 11 to 20 years 23%
  • 21 to 30 years 25.8%
  • Over 30 years 10.2%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,077 reporting for every category shown · 2,077 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.7%1 to 5 years: 27.4%6 to 10 years: 19.1%11 to 20 years: 27.2%21 to 30 years: 15.2%Over 30 years: 3.7%
  • Beginning 6.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.2%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.2%
  • Over 30 years 3.7%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Rice HS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classRice HS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Secondary English18.815.4
Secondary languages other than English14.518.1
Secondary math16.216.3
Secondary science21.217.6
Secondary social studies21.917.6

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 181 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.

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

14 measures

  • 4of 13

    Per-student spending

    Colorado County · of the 13 that report this measure

  • 4of 12

    Student Achievement

    Colorado County · of the 12 that report this measure

  • 4of 11

    Relative Performance

    Colorado County · of the 11 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 5of 11

    School Progress

    Colorado County · of the 11 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 5of 10

    Science — Approaches

    Colorado County · of the 10 that report this measure

  • 7of 13

    Overall score

    Colorado County · of the 13 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 7of 11

    Closing the Gaps

    Colorado County · of the 11 that report this measure

  • 7of 11

    Academic Growth

    Colorado County · of the 11 that report this measure

  • 7of 10

    Science — Masters

    Colorado County · of the 10 that report this measure

  • 8of 35

    Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces

    Region 03: Victoria · of the 35 that report this measure

  • 8of 12

    All Subjects — Approaches

    Colorado County · of the 12 that report this measure

  • 8of 11

    Math — Approaches

    Colorado County · of the 11 that report this measure

  • 9of 10

    Science — Meets

    Colorado County · of the 10 that report this measure

  • 10of 12

    All Subjects — Meets

    Colorado County · of the 12 that report this measure

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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