Regular local school district · Colorado County
Rice CISD, TX: schools, enrollment and spending
Rice CISD runs 7 public schools with 1,306 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.0 students per teacher is about the same as the Texas figure of 15.1.Listed in NCES data as "RICE CISD".
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 1,306
- Teachers (FTE)
- 87
- Students per teacher
- 15.0
- TX: 15.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1094 Raider Dr, Altair, TX 77412
- Phone
- (979)234-3531
- County
- Colorado County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4836970
- State district ID
- TX-045903
- Total staff (FTE)
- 189
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 435 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 7.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.0
Texas15.1
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (1,289), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $18.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.7 million
- State revenue
- $6.0 million
- Local revenue
- $10.6 million
- Total spending
- $16.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,900
- Salaries
- $9.9 million59.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $25.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.3%
- State: 32.7%
- Local: 57.9%
Texas overall
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 36.9%
- Local: 50.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,900
Texas$14,396
United States$16,826
Schools in Rice CISD
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Eagle Lake IntermediateCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 166 | 13.8 |
| Eagle Lake PriCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 194 | 14.9 |
| Garwood ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 120 | 17.1 |
| Rice Challenge Academy | High | 9 to 12 | 114 | 38.0 |
| Rice High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 348 | 13.9 |
| Rice JhCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 282 | 16.6 |
| Sheridan ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 82 | 11.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Colorado County
- Columbus ISD 1,659 students
- Weimar ISD 732 students
More in Texas
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.