Rib Lake Elementary

As a close-knit elementary-level community in Rib Lake, Wisconsin, Rib Lake Elementary teaches 239 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Rib Lake School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Rib Lake Elementary sits 26% below that benchmark.

Within Rib Lake School District, which oversees 3 schools and 481 students, Rib Lake Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rib Lake Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). The remainder looks like 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Taylor County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Rib Lake Elementary has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Rib Lake Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Taylor County (around 37%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Rib Lake Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 48.1%; Rib Lake Elementary posts 77.3%, +29.2 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Taylor County) reports that median household income runs about $69,350, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Taylor County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,123 students), of which Rib Lake Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Rib Lake High, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rib Lake Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 53.1%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rib Lake Elementary has stayed largely flat, going from 237 students in 2018 to 239 in 2025.

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