Summary:
Zip code 76682, serving the Riesel, Texas area, is home to two public schools within the highly-rated Riesel Independent School District (Isd), which together educate 689 students from Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade.
Foster Elementary (grades PK-6) is the standout school in the area, consistently exceeding state and district averages in nearly every subject. In the 2025-2026 school year, it surpassed the state average in every tested grade and subject, with 6th-grade Reading proficiency at 76.6% compared to the state's 53.52%. This strong foundational program contrasts with Riesel School (grades 7-12), which shows a notable weakness in 7th-grade Mathematics, where only 21.88% of students were proficient, below the state average of 29.41%. However, Riesel School excels in high school End-of-Course exams, with Biology proficiency at 82.14% (state: 70.51%) and U.S. History at 79.59% (state: 70.17%). The district also boasts a perfect 100% graduation rate and an extremely low 0.3% dropout rate.
Resource allocation differs significantly between the two schools. Riesel School has a lower student-teacher ratio (10.3:1) and higher per-student spending ($10,563) compared to Foster Elementary (16.7:1 and $8,417), suggesting the district invests more at the secondary level to address challenges like the 7th-grade math performance. Riesel School is also on a clear upward trajectory, improving from the 65th percentile (3 stars) in 2023-2024 to the 79th percentile (4 stars) in 2025-2026. Overall, families in this area benefit from a district ranked in the 88th percentile statewide, with an elementary school that provides an exceptionally strong academic start and a secondary school that shows consistent improvement and excellence in core high school subjects.
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