Enrollment
253
High
DISTRICT 242 · STATE 475
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FALL RIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550453000484
Fall River High
150 Bradley St, Fall River, WI 53932 · (920) 484-3333 · Columbia County
GRADES 06–12HIGH32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL253 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 14.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
69 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Fall River School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.5%
WI avg 53.1% . +12.7pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
WI avg 54.8% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
253
+10 (+4%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.1:1
% White
85%
was 90%
% Hispanic
8%
was 5%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
58,272
Census ACS
Median income
$85,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
8,498 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fall River School District
- Fall River ElementaryElementary · 231 students
Nearby schools
- Fall River Elementary0.0 mi · 231
- Columbus Middle3.7 mi · 241
- Discovery Charter School3.7 mi · 71
- Columbus Elementary3.7 mi · 425
- Columbus High4.3 mi · 383
- Rio Middle/High10.3 mi · 183
Frequently asked questions
About Fall River HighHow large is Fall River High?
Fall River High enrolls approximately 253 students in grades 06-12.
Is Fall River High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fall River High is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at Fall River High?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Fall River High.
What is the student diversity at Fall River High?
Student demographics at Fall River High are roughly 85% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Fall River High in?
Fall River High is part of Fall River School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.