Summary:
In zip code 77412, there is only one middle school, Rice Jh, serving grades 6-8 in the rural community of Altair, Texas, within the Rice Consolidated Independent School District.
Rice Jh presents a stark contrast in performance. On one hand, it excels in advanced coursework: an impressive 96.15% of students taking Algebra I were proficient in the 2025-2026 school year, far exceeding the state average of 54.03%. On the other hand, the school struggles significantly with core subjects. For the same year, only 6.35% of 7th graders were proficient in Math, and just 8.79% of 8th graders were proficient in Social Studies—both well below state averages. This creates a "two schools" dynamic, where a select group of advanced students thrives while the majority of the student body performs at critically low levels. The school's overall state ranking reflects this challenge, placing in the 16th percentile (1-star rating) for 2025-2026, though this is an improvement from the 8th percentile the previous year.
With 282 students and a high poverty rate (76.6% eligible for free or reduced lunch), the school faces significant socioeconomic hurdles. The student-teacher ratio is 16.2:1, and per-student spending is $10,456. While the school's success in Algebra I is a bright spot, the low proficiency rates in general Math, Reading, and Social Studies indicate a need for targeted intervention to lift the performance of the broader student body. The school's dropout rate of 0.5% is slightly higher than the district's 0.2%, but as the only middle school in the district, its performance directly shapes the district's overall metrics.
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