Enrollment
206
Middle
DISTRICT 243 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOLY HILL AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550008003078
Richfield Middle
3117 State Road 167, Richfield, WI 53076 · (262) 628-1032 · Washington County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL206 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
33 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 5 | 53 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 45 | 22% |
| Grade 8 | 51 | 25% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Holy Hill Area School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
65.9%
WI avg 53.1% . -5.7pp since 2023
Math
75.6%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.9% | 75.6% |
| 2023-24 | 71.6% | 76.0% |
% 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
73.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Richfield Middle
Richfield Middle's state test result (73.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richfield Middle this school | 206 | 16.0% | 73.4% |
| New Glarus Middle New Glarus | 214 | 17.8% | 73.1% |
| Howards Grove Middle Howards Grove | 256 | 14.8% | 66.8% |
| Rosendale-Brandon Middle Rosendale | 179 | 16.8% | 61.4% |
| Prescott Middle Prescott | 254 | 16.5% | 81.3% |
| Luxemburg-Casco Middle Luxemburg | 300 | 13.7% | 76.8% |
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 Richfield Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #34 of 323 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #42 of 327 no change | #2 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #74 of 327 ▼ 41 | #4 of 7 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 206 | #257 of 389 | #7 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #10 of 265 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.9% | #253 of 265 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.0% | #293 of 323 | #6 of 7 |
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
206
-10 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 206 | 20.5 | 10.1:1 | 16% (33) |
| 2023-24 | 184 | 18.3 | 10.0:1 | 18% (33) |
| 2022-23 | 182 | 19.4 | 9.4:1 | 16% (29) |
| 2020-21 | 216 | 18 | 12.0:1 | 12% (25) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richfield Middle.
About Richfield Middle
A low-enrollment middle school in Richfield, Wisconsin, Richfield Middle is part of Holy Hill Area School District. The school offers grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 206 students. On average, middle schools in Wisconsin enroll around 381, and this school is 46% below that mark.
Holy Hill Area School District includes 2 schools. Together they enroll 485 students.
By race and ethnicity, Richfield Middle is 93% White. The next largest groups are 2% Hispanic and 2% Asian. In Washington County overall, the White share is about 91%. A diversity index of 14% means there is a 14% chance two randomly chosen students at Richfield Middle are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Richfield Middle is 10.1:1, based on 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for middle schools in Wisconsin, this school's ratio is lower. Lunch program data show 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
A school with Richfield Middle's lunch-eligibility share in Wisconsin is predicted to score 67.8%. Richfield Middle scores 73.4%, 5.6 points above that line.
American Community Survey estimates for Washington County show that the median household earns about $96,359 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Washington County has 34 public schools with about 17,746 students, including Richfield Middle.
Measured in a straight line, Rockfield Elementary is about 2.8 miles from Richfield Middle. Within five miles are 6 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Richfield Middle ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Richfield Middle falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 216 to 206, a 5% decline. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 12.0:1 in 2020-21 to 10.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
137,879
Census ACS
Median income
$96,359
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
17,746 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Holy Hill Area School District
- Friess Lake ElementaryElementary · 279 students
Other Richfield Middle schools
One other US public school is named Richfield Middle. Richfield Middle is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- RICHFIELD MIDDLERICHFIELD, MN · 808 students
Nearby schools
- Rockfield Elementary2.8 mi · 344
- Amy Belle Elementary3.0 mi · 356
- Germantown High3.3 mi · 1,288
- Friess Lake Elementary3.4 mi · 279
- Kennedy Middle4.5 mi · 865
- MacArthur Elementary4.8 mi · 486
Frequently asked questions
About Richfield MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Richfield Middle?
Richfield Middle enrolls approximately 206 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Richfield Middle serve?
Richfield Middle serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Richfield Middle have?
Richfield Middle employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Richfield Middle?
Student demographics at Richfield Middle are roughly 93% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Richfield Middle public or private?
Richfield Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Holy Hill Area School District.
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