Rice, Texas

About Rice

Rice, TX is a small town located in northern Texas with an estimated population of 1,254.

Rice holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 2.67 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 470 residents per square mile.

📰 Rice News Today

• Baseball Falls to Rice in Fall Scrimmage Texas A&M Athletics · Oct 10
• Botran Advances to Consolation Semifinals Rice University Athletics · Oct 10
• Texas Southern vs. Rice (Nov 12, 2026) Live Score ESPN · Oct 7
• Texas A&M falls to Rice 9-5 in first fall scrimmage, newcomer shines Aggies Wire · Oct 10
• Watch: Texas A&M baseball team discusses fall exhibition vs. Rice, more My Aggie Nation · Oct 8

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What Makes Rice Unique

• Positioned in northern Texas, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Texas — one of 1,863 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 10 miles.

🏫 Schools in Rice

• RICE EL
• RICE H S
• RICE INTERMEDIATE/MIDDLE SCHOOL

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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