The Rice School
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The Rice School (Spanish: La Escuela Rice) is a K-8 school (the school serves grades kindergarten through 8) in Houston, Texas. Rice is a part of the Houston Independent School District (HISD).
The Rice School La Escuela Rice | |
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Location | |
Coordinates | 29.6978°N 95.4206°W / 29.6978; -95.4206 |
Information | |
Type | Magnet school |
Established | August 1994 (1994-08) |
School district | Houston Independent School District |
Principal | Kimberly Hobbs |
Faculty | 63.99 (FTE)[1] |
Grades | Kindergarten—8th |
Enrollment | 1,152 (2017-18)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 18.00[1] |
Website | The Rice School |
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The Rice School is an HISD magnet school for a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), serving grades Kindergarten - 8th grade. The Rice School is a part of a collaboration between Houston ISD and Rice University.[3]
Students living near Rice are not zoned to Rice, as Rice is an all-magnet school. Individuals living near Rice are zoned to either Twain or Roberts elementary schools and Pershing Middle School.[4][5][6]
The Rice School is located east of the Braeswood Place neighborhood. It is across from the City of West University Place Sewage Plant[citation needed] and Animal Pound, which itself is located in the Houston city limits.[7] The school was named after William Marsh Rice, the founder of Rice University.[8]