Rice Consolidated Independent School District is a public school district based in the community of Altair, Texas (USA).
A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary and secondary schools in various nations.
Altair is an unincorporated community in Colorado County, Texas, United States. It is located at the four-way stop sign junction of U.S. Route 90 Alternate and State Highway 71. The community had an estimated population of 30 in 2000.
Texas is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population. Geographically located in the South Central region of the country, Texas shares borders with the U.S. states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the southwest, while the Gulf of Mexico is to the southeast.
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In addition to Altair, the district serves the city of Eagle Lake, the communities of Garwood and Sheridan, as well as rural areas in southern Colorado County.
Eagle Lake is a city in southeastern Colorado County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,639 at the 2010 census. It is home to a golf course, the largest private lake in Texas, and the Eagle Lake Regional Airport, which serves light aircraft.
Garwood is an unincorporated community in Colorado County, Texas, United States. It is located on State Highway 71 at virtually the geographic midpoint between Columbus, Texas and El Campo, Texas. Nearly 1,000 people lived in Garwood in 2000.
Sheridan is an unincorporated community. Notable celebrities from Sheridan, the Dustin Ian Brisco, from Reggie Brisco Lane. in Colorado County, Texas, United States.
In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. [1]
