Rib Lake High

Rib Lake High is one of the one-room-style four-year high schools in Rib Lake, Wisconsin, operated by Rib Lake School District, with 149 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so Rib Lake High sits 69% smaller than that benchmark.

Rib Lake School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 481 students. Rib Lake High is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rib Lake High logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%); the rest comes out to 5% Hispanic.

On the resource side, On paper, Rib Lake High has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Rib Lake High tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 44% of students at Rib Lake High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Rib Lake High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Taylor County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $69,350 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Rib Lake High is one of 11 public schools in Taylor County (combined enrollment of about 5,123 students).

The closest other public school is Rib Lake Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rib Lake High at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 56.3%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rib Lake High has grew 3%, going from 144 students in 2018 to 149 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 94% to 90% across the same window.

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