Summary:
In zip code 75155, there is a single middle school, Rice Intermediate/Middle School, serving grades 5 through 8 in the town of Rice, Texas, as part of the Rice Independent School District (Isd).
Rice Intermediate/Middle School is a relatively small school with 321 students and a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. The school has a high rate of economic disadvantage, with nearly 87% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch. Despite this, the school shows a standout strength in Mathematics, consistently outperforming the state average in 5th, 6th, and 7th grades. For example, in the 2025-2026 school year, 67.44% of 5th graders were proficient in math compared to the state's 47.38%. However, the school faces a significant challenge in 8th Grade Social Studies, where only 22.22% of students were proficient, well below the state average of 31.69%. The school's state ranking has been volatile, moving from the 67th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 43rd percentile in 2024-2025, and then rebounding to the 58th percentile in 2025-2026, where it earned a 3-star rating.
Key findings include a notable "7th grade slump" in the 2024-2025 data, where both Reading and Math scores dropped dramatically, though some recovery was seen in 2025-2026. The school also shows inconsistent year-over-year progress, with large swings in individual grade-level scores, such as 8th Grade Math dropping from 60.49% proficiency to 43.9%. Overall, while Rice Intermediate/Middle School excels in math instruction, it struggles with social studies and maintaining consistent academic growth across all grades and subjects.
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