Schools · Riesel

Riesel, TX schools

Kids attend Foster El through grade 6, then Riesel School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

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Riesel’s School Grade: C

The public schools Riesel’s kids attend trail 67% of Texas’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C+Test scores

Texas school districts we grade (1,185)Better than 33%

Lower resultsHigher results

Texas towns with similar household incomes (431)Better than 18%

Good confidence. Built on 325 tested students; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Texas’s state tests, each against the state average. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2019.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Texas only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Texas with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Riesel kids go to school

Grades PK–6

BFoster El 355 students · Riesel Riesel Independent School District

Grades 7–12

B-Riesel School 334 students · Riesel Riesel Independent School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

State test results

Math (grades PK–12, Riesel Independent)31%

State average 36.5%

Graduation · class of 2019

95% graduate on time

Graduation rate

95%

TX: 90.2%

Graduating class

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Riesel

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Riesel Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 689 students

$12,390 per studentTX $12,815C

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Riesel

There’s no college in Riesel, but 4 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Baylor University in Waco, 11.5 miles away.

Baylor UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Waco11.5 mi17,651 students

Southern Careers Institute-WacoCareer school · For-profit · Waco11.7 mi205 students

Texas State Technical CollegeCommunity college · Public · Waco14.1 mi7,673 students McLennan Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Waco15.5 mi4,298 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Riesel. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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