Fall River High

Set in Fall River, Wisconsin, Fall River High is a cozy 9-12 campus, operated by Fall River School District. It works with 253 students across grades 6 through 12. That puts it 47% below the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 475 students.

Within Fall River School District, which oversees 2 schools and 484 students, Fall River High is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Fall River High logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Beyond that, the school reports 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Fall River High tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Fall River High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.9%, the actual is 49.9%, a residual of -11.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Columbia County shows median household income runs about $85,351, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Columbia County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,498 students), of which Fall River High is one.

The closest other public school is Fall River Elementary, roughly 0.0 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fall River High ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 57.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Fall River High's enrollment has expanded 4% since 2018, when it stood at 243 (now 253). The White share of enrollment decreased from 90% to 85% over that span.

Inside the community feed, members of the Fall River High community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.