Enrollment
93
Middle
DISTRICT 160 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIB LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551278001688
Rib Lake Middle
1296 North St, Rib Lake, WI 54470 · (715) 427-5446 · Taylor County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL93 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
11.2:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
45 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 | 26 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 38 | 41% |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 31% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Rib Lake Middle→Rib Lake High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Rib Lake School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.0%
WI avg 53.1% . +2.8pp since 2023
Math
59.5%
WI avg 54.8% . -2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 59.5% |
| 2023-24 | 61.2% | 62.2% |
% 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
59.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Rib Lake Middle
Rib Lake Middle's state test result (59.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rib Lake Middle this school | 93 | 48.4% | 59.2% |
| Royall Intermediate Elroy | 99 | 50.5% | 50.3% |
| Wausaukee Middle Wausaukee | 94 | 45.7% | 41.6% |
| Augusta Middle Augusta | 109 | 52.3% | 39.4% |
| John Edwards Middle Port Edwards | 89 | 50.6% | 51.1% |
| De Soto Middle De Soto | 101 | 45.5% | 53.2% |
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 Rib Lake Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 93 | #336 of 389 |
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
93
-22 (-19%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 149
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 93 | 8.3 | 11.2:1 | 48% (45) |
| 2023-24 | 99 | 8.3 | 11.9:1 | 49% (49) |
| 2022-23 | 88 | 8.3 | 10.6:1 | 48% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 115 | 8 | 14.4:1 | 47% (54) |
| 2017-18 | 102 | 8.4 | 12.1:1 | 31% (32) |
| 2015-16 | 88 | 8 | 11.0:1 | 42% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 75 | 7 | 10.7:1 | 55% (41) |
| 2000-01 | 149 | 10 | 14.9:1 | 21% (32) |
| 1990-91 | 149 | 10 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rib Lake Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (102 to 93); teachers down 1% (8.4 to 8.3).
About Rib Lake Middle
Rib Lake Middle is a public very small middle school in Rib Lake, Wisconsin. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 93 students. By comparison, middle schools in Wisconsin enroll about 381 students on average.
Besides Rib Lake Middle, Rib Lake School District runs 2 other schools. The district enrolls 481 students.
White students are 91% of those enrolled at Rib Lake Middle. Enrollment also includes 6% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. In Taylor County overall, the White share is about 94%. A diversity index of 16% means there is a 16% chance two randomly chosen students at Rib Lake Middle are from different groups.
Rib Lake Middle has 8.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Wisconsin is 12.8:1. At Rib Lake Middle, 48% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is above the 37% average among public schools in Taylor County.
Rib Lake Middle earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 71% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
A school with Rib Lake Middle's lunch-eligibility share in Wisconsin is predicted to score 48.0%. Rib Lake Middle scores 59.2%, 11.2 points above that line.
In the surrounding county, Taylor County, median household income comes to about $69,350, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 11, with about 5,123 students.
Rib Lake Middle's nearest public school is Rib Lake High (less than a tenth of a mile). The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 55.7%; Rib Lake Middle's is 59.2%, ranking 2nd of 8.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Remote: in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school shrank from 115 students in 2020-21 to 93 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.4:1 to 11.2:1.
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Taylor County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,024
Census ACS
Median income
$69,350
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
5,123 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rib Lake School District
- Rib Lake ElementaryElementary · 239 students
- Rib Lake HighHigh · 149 students
Other schools in Rib Lake
- Rib Lake ElementaryElementary · 239 students
- Rib Lake HighHigh · 149 students
Nearby schools
- Rib Lake High0.1 mi · 149
- Rib Lake Elementary0.3 mi · 239
- Medford Middle14.2 mi · 566
- Medford Elementary14.7 mi · 587
- Medford High14.8 mi · 667
- Rural Virtual Academy14.8 mi · 2,259
Frequently asked questions
About Rib Lake MiddleHow many students attend Rib Lake Middle?
Rib Lake Middle enrolls approximately 93 students in grades 06-08.
Is Rib Lake Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rib Lake Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Rib Lake Middle have?
Rib Lake Middle employs 8 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Rib Lake Middle?
Student demographics at Rib Lake Middle are roughly 91% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
What district is Rib Lake Middle in?
Rib Lake Middle is part of Rib Lake School District.
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