Rice Lake High

Rice Lake High, a middle-of-the-pack high school in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, operated by Rice Lake Area School District, teaches 674 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 42% bigger than the state mean of about 475.

Rice Lake Area School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,096 students; Rice Lake High is among them.

On demographics, Rice Lake High records that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Rice Lake High has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Barron County (around 41%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Rice Lake High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.6%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Barron County shows the typical household earns roughly $65,933 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Barron County runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,199 students), of which Rice Lake High is one.

Hilltop Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Rice Lake High. On composite proficiency, Rice Lake High comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 57.4%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Rice Lake High's enrollment has shrank 3% since 2018, when it stood at 695 (now 674).

On allk12, members of the Rice Lake High community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.