Rib Lake Middle

Located at 1296 North St, in Rib Lake, Wisconsin, Rib Lake Middle is a minimally staffed middle school that teaches 93 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Rib Lake School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 381 students each, so Rib Lake Middle sits 76% below that benchmark.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rib Lake Middle reports that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder comes out to 6% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Taylor County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Taylor County's rate of about 37%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Rib Lake Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.0%; this one delivers 59.2%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Taylor County put median household income runs about $69,350, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Rib Lake Middle is one of 11 public schools in Taylor County (combined enrollment of about 5,123 students).

The closest other public school is Rib Lake High, roughly 0.1 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Rib Lake Middle comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 53.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 9%: 102 students in 2018 compared to 93 in 2025.

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