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Richland Center High
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Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Richland Center High
As a mid-sized senior high in Richland Center, Wisconsin, Richland Center High hosts 512 students from grades 7 through 12, operated by Richland School District.
Richland School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,121 students. Richland Center High is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Richland Center High records that nearly all students (83%) are White. The remainder consists of 12% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 93% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Richland Center High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.2%, the actual is 44.8%, a residual of -0.3 points.
In the surrounding community, census data for Richland County shows median household income runs about $66,420, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Richland Center High is one of 9 public schools in Richland County (combined enrollment of about 1,440 students).
The closest other public school is Richland Online Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Richland Center High at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 47.9%.
The school occupies a low-density site.
Over the past 7-year window. Richland Center High's enrollment has grew 35% since 2018, when it stood at 378 (now 512). White enrollment moved from 90% to 83% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Richland Center High community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Richland County at a glance
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Related schools
- Richland Center Primary SchoolElementary · 301 students
- Richland Center Intermediate SchoolElementary · 275 students
- PARTNER Charter SchoolHigh · 21 students
- Richland Online AcademyCombined · 12 students
- Richland Community 4KElementary
- Richland Center Primary SchoolElementary · 301 students
- Richland Center Intermediate SchoolElementary · 275 students
- Ithaca ElementaryElementary · 145 students
- Ithaca HighHigh · 105 students
- Ithaca MiddleMiddle · 69 students
- PARTNER Charter SchoolHigh · 21 students
- Richland Online Academy0.0 mi · 12
- PARTNER Charter School0.6 mi · 21
- Richland Center Intermediate School2.3 mi · 275
- Richland Center Primary School2.5 mi · 301
- Ithaca High6.3 mi · 105
- Ithaca Elementary6.3 mi · 145