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Enrollment
729
Middle
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW RICHMOND SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551062001391
New Richmond Middle
920 Riley Ave S, New Richmond, WI 54017 · (715) 243-7472 · St. Croix County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL729 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
196 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 254 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 230 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 245 | 34% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
New Richmond Middle→New Richmond High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within New Richmond School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
68.7%
WI avg 53.1% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
69.9%
WI avg 54.8% . +2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.7% | 69.9% |
| 2023-24 | 68.4% | 67.1% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
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
71.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% 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 →
Schools most like New Richmond Middle
New Richmond Middle's state test result (71.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Richmond Middle this school | 729 | 26.9% | 71.4% |
| Mosinee Middle Mosinee | 685 | 24.8% | 59.2% |
| Northside Intermediate Milton | 794 | 23.6% | 65.7% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle Port Washington | 677 | 27.5% | 64.8% |
| Riverview Middle Plymouth | 555 | 29.2% | 59.1% |
| West Salem Middle West Salem | 534 | 23.2% | 68.8% |
Matched among Wisconsin middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where New Richmond Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In St. Croix County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #47 of 323 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #82 of 327 ▲ 16 | #2 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #59 of 327 ▼ 11 | #2 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 729 | #49 of 389 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #159 of 265 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.8% | #232 of 265 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.9% | #222 of 323 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #142 of 176 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
729
-71 (-9%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 705
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 16.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 729 | 53.9 | 13.5:1 | 27% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 726 | 53.2 | 13.7:1 | 29% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 749 | 52.1 | 14.4:1 | 30% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 800 | 50 | 16.0:1 | 28% (221) |
| 2017-18 | 765 | 45.3 | 16.9:1 | 24% (180) |
| 2015-16 | 676 | 42 | 16.1:1 | 39% (266) |
| 2010-11 | 631 | 40 | 15.8:1 | 38% (238) |
| 2000-01 | 568 | 35 | 16.2:1 | 15% (87) |
| 1990-91 | 705 | 39 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Richmond Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (765 to 729); teachers up 19% (45.3 to 53.9).
About New Richmond Middle
New Richmond Middle, located in New Richmond, Wisconsin, is a high-enrollment middle school. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 729 students. By comparison, middle schools in Wisconsin enroll about 381 students on average.
New Richmond School District enrolls 3,522 students in 7 schools, including New Richmond Middle.
White students are 90% of those enrolled at New Richmond Middle. Other reported shares: 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is in line with St. Croix County, where about 92% of residents are White. A diversity index of 19% means there is a 19% chance two randomly chosen students at New Richmond Middle are from different groups.
New Richmond Middle lists 53.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.5 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Wisconsin, the average ratio is 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 27% of the student body.
On the allk12 Grade, New Richmond Middle lands at A, ahead of 92% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For New Richmond Middle, the prediction is 61.1% and the result is 71.4%.
The school's county is St. Croix County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $103,046 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. New Richmond Middle shares St. Croix County with 30 other public schools.
The closest school to New Richmond Middle is New Richmond Starr Elementary, located about 0.2 miles away. There are 6 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: New Richmond Middle ranks 1st of 7 nearby schools, at 71.4% versus a 62.3% average.
Federal data place New Richmond Middle in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 729, down from 800 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 16.0:1 to 13.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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St. Croix County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
96,033
Census ACS
Median income
$103,046
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
14,266 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in New Richmond School District
- New Richmond HighHigh · 1,047 students
- New Richmond Hillside ElementaryElementary · 570 students
- New Richmond Starr ElementaryElementary · 555 students
- New Richmond Paperjack ElementaryElementary · 333 students
- NR4KidsElementary · 268 students
- New Richmond Early Childhood Special EducationElementary · 20 students
Other schools in New Richmond
- New Richmond HighHigh · 1,047 students
- New Richmond Hillside ElementaryElementary · 570 students
- New Richmond Starr ElementaryElementary · 555 students
- New Richmond Paperjack ElementaryElementary · 333 students
- NR4KidsElementary · 268 students
- New Richmond Early Childhood Special EducationElementary · 20 students
Other New Richmond Middle schools
One other US public school is named New Richmond Middle. New Richmond Middle is the largest of the 2.
- New Richmond Middle SchoolNew Richmond, OH · 441 students
Nearby schools
- New Richmond Starr Elementary0.2 mi · 555
- New Richmond Early Childhood Special Education0.2 mi · 20
- New Richmond Paperjack Elementary0.4 mi · 333
- NR4Kids0.4 mi · 268
- New Richmond Hillside Elementary0.9 mi · 570
- New Richmond High1.1 mi · 1,047
Frequently asked questions
About New Richmond MiddleHow large is New Richmond Middle?
New Richmond Middle enrolls approximately 729 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does New Richmond Middle serve?
New Richmond Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at New Richmond Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at New Richmond Middle is approximately 13.5:1 (54 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at New Richmond Middle?
At New Richmond Middle, the student body is approximately 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is New Richmond Middle in?
New Richmond Middle is part of New Richmond School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.