Summary:
The city of Rice, Minnesota has just one public school, Rice Elementary, which serves grades PK-5 and is part of the Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools district. While Rice Elementary has some positive metrics, such as higher-than-average proficiency rates in certain grade levels and subjects, it also has areas of concern, with lower-than-average proficiency rates in other areas and a relatively low overall state ranking.
Rice Elementary has 361 students enrolled and a student-teacher ratio of 12.4, slightly lower than the state average. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates in Math and Reading for all grades were 44% and 49.71%, respectively, slightly below the state averages. However, the school's 4th and 5th-grade proficiency rates in Math and Reading were higher than the state averages, indicating stronger performance in the upper elementary grades. The school's free and reduced-price lunch rate of 34.07% is slightly higher than the state average, suggesting a higher proportion of students from low-income families.
Rice Elementary's statewide ranking has fluctuated in recent years, ranging from 381 out of 881 elementary schools in 2023-2024 to 500 out of 845 in 2022-2023. This uneven performance across grade levels and the school's fluctuating state ranking suggest that further investigation and comparison to other schools in the region would be necessary to draw more definitive conclusions about the school's performance and identify potential areas for improvement.
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