Rice High School was a

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, college preparatory

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in the

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neighborhood of New York City, United States. It is located within the

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. The school closed in 2011 due to financial difficulties.

Background

Rice High School was established in 1938 in Central Harlem by the

Congregation of Christian Brothers The Congregation of Christian Brothers ( la, Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum; abbreviated CFC) is a worldwide religious community within the Catholic Church, founded by Blessed Edmund Rice. Their first school was opened in Waterford, Ireland, ...

, who continued to fund the school through much of its existence. Named for Irish missionary and educator Edmund Rice, it was located at 124th Street and Lenox Avenue and was known as a basketball powerhouse producing alumni that included

Kemba Walker Kemba Hudley Walker (born May 8, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Walker was picked ninth overall by the Charlotte Bobcats in the 2011 NBA draft. After gra ...

. The school's basketball team won the CHSAA championship in 1994 with a roster that included Felipe López. The school was the subject of a 2008 book by Patrick McCloskey, ''The Street Stops Here: A Year at a Catholic High School in Harlem''. Amid declining enrollment, reduced endowment and increasing operational costs, the school made the decision to close in 2011 after they could not raise the needed funds to move to a cheaper building. It held its final graduation ceremony on May 27, 2011 and vacated the building on June 30 of that same year. As of August 2021, a group of alumni are working to reopen the school, although there is no clear timeline for this.

Notable alumni and staff

* Bob Lienhard, basketball player, Class of 1966 *

Bill Campion William Campion (born 1952) is a retired American basketball player. He stands and played the center (basketball), center position in college and professionally. Campion is best known for his career at Manhattan College. Before graduating in 1975 ...

, basketball player, Class of 1971 *

Shagari Alleyne Shagari Alleyne (born January 14, 1984) is an American retired basketball center that last played for the New York Jamm of the Premier Basketball League in 2014. He played three years for the University of Kentucky Wildcats before transferring ...

, basketball player, Class of 2002 *

Andre Barrett Andre Rashawd Barrett (born February 21, 1982) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Obras Sanitarias of the Liga Nacional de Básquet. He played college basketball for Seton Hall. Professional career Barrett was und ...

, basketball player, Class of 2000 *

Steve Burtt Jr. Steven Dwayne Burtt Jr. ( uk, Стівен Буртт; born March 7, 1984) is an American-born naturalized Ukrainian professional basketball player. After four years at Iona, Burtt entered the 2006 NBA draft but was not selected. High school car ...

, basketball player, 2007-08 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League *

Keydren Clark Keydren "Kee-Kee" Clark (born October 8, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player. At a height of 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) tall, he played at the point guard position. He also holds Bulgarian citizenship. College career Clark wa ...

, basketball player, Class of 2002 *

Chris Fouch Chris Fouch (born December 3, 1990) is an American basketball player who currently plays for BK Iskra Svit. He was named to the Second Team All-CAA following the 2013–14 season as a sixth-year senior, and was also named CAA Rookie of the Year i ...

, basketball player, Class of 2008 * Tom Gorman, baseball player and umpire, former coach at Rice * Charles Hamilton, hip hop artist, Class of 2005 *

Curtis Kelly Curtis Ezell Kelly (born April 11, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Magnolia Hotshots of the Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional bas ...

, basketball player, Class of 2006 * Felipe López, basketball player, Class of 1994 *

Darryl McDaniels Darryl Matthews McDaniels (born May 31, 1964), better known by his stage name DMC, is an American rapper. He is a founding member of the hip hop group Run-DMC, and is considered one of the pioneers of hip hop culture. Early life McDaniels grew ...

, founding member of the hip hop group Run–D.M.C. *

Dean Meminger Dean Peter "The Dream" Meminger (May 13, 1948 – August 23, 2013) was an American basketball player and coach. Early life Meminger was born in Walterboro, South Carolina, and came to Harlem, New York, with his family as a seventh-grader. He starr ...

, basketball player and coach, Class of 1967 * Russell Robinson, basketball player, Class of 2004 *

Kenny Satterfield Kenneth Alexander Satterfield (born April 10, 1981) is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played for the Cincinnati Bearcats beginning in 1999. In 2001, after a successful sophomore ...

, basketball player, Class of 1999 *

Durand Scott Durand Christopher Scott (born February 22, 1990) is a Jamaican-American professional basketball player for Maccabi Ashdod B.C. of the Liga Leumit. Born in New York City, Scott played for Rice High School, before enrolling in the University of Mi ...

, basketball player, Class of 2009 * Edgar Sosa, basketball player, Class of 2006 *

, basketball player, Class of 2008 *

Charlie Yelverton Charlie Yelverton (born December 5, 1948) is a retired American professional basketball player. At a height of 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) tall, he played as shooting guard-small forward. He is a member of the New York State Basketball Hall of Fame. ...

, basketball player, Class of 1967

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