Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy
Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy
Data showed that Rice ISD schools welcomed 1,036 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 22.1% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.
Rice ISD roughly covers schools within Navarro County and has a main office in Rice.
Among the three schools in Rice ISD schools, Rice Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 83 students.
Texas is found to be one of the least-educated states in the U.S. A study from WalletHub ranked Texas 41st out of 50 states in terms of the quality of the educational system and how successful students were.
More than 5.4 million students are enrolled in public schools across Texas. Nearly one million of them live in rural areas where options for local public schools are few and far between.
| Year | Total District Enrollment | Total of White Students | White students % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 1,036 | 229 | 22.1% |
| 2021-22 | 997 | 239 | 24% |
| 2020-21 | 969 | 256 | 26.4% |
| 2019-20 | 947 | 276 | 29.1% |
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