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Rice High School is a public high school serving grades 9-12 in Altair, Texas, with a student population of 334. The school is part of the Rice Consolidated Independent School District, which is ranked 734 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Rice High School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Texas high schools, with its statewide ranking ranging from 1,406 out of 1,987 schools in 2023-2024 to 819 out of 1,762 schools in 2015-2016. The school's performance varies significantly across different student groups, with White students performing relatively well, ranking in the top 500 out of 1,576 Texas high schools in 2022-2023, while the school's performance for African American, Hispanic, and English Language Learner students is much lower, ranking in the bottom half or bottom third of Texas high schools. Rice High School's four-year graduation rate has fluctuated, ranging from a high of 100% in 2022-2023 to a low of 91.1% in 2019-2020, and its dropout rates have also varied, from a low of 0.0% in 2021-2022 to a high of 2.3% in 2020-2021.
When compared to nearby schools, Rice High School generally performs worse than Weimar High School, which is in a different district but has significantly higher test scores, graduation rates, and overall statewide rankings. However, Rice High School outperforms the smaller and lower-ranked Columbus Crossing High School, which is in the same district. Despite the school's overall low performance, Rice High School's Gifted and Talented students have performed exceptionally well, ranking in the top 96 out of 1,182 Texas high schools in 2022-2023.
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