Enrollment
275
Elementary
DISTRICT 288 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551296001708
Richland Center Intermediate School
1801 State Highway 80, Richland Center, WI 53581 · (608) 647-6381 · Richland County
GRADES 03–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL275 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- CTest 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
183 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 75 | 27% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 24% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 25% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
Richland Center Intermediate School→Richland Center High
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Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
42.5%
WI avg 53.1% . -6.1pp since 2023
Math
37.0%
WI avg 54.8% . -12.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 are down about 12 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.5% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.6% | 49.4% |
% 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
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Richland Center Intermediate School
Richland Center Intermediate School's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richland Center Intermediate School this school | 275 | 66.5% | 49.0% |
| Gillett Elementary Gillett | 277 | 64.6% | 45.6% |
| West Side Elementary Mauston | 256 | 68.4% | N/A |
| Lemonweir Elementary Tomah | 249 | 67.5% | 31.4% |
| Richland Center Primary School Richland Center | 301 | 64.5% | N/A |
| Central Elementary Rhinelander | 269 | 61.7% | 53.5% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary 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 Richland Center Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #636 of 982 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #768 of 992 ▼ 130 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #693 of 992 ▼ 71 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 275 | #700 of 1,157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.6:1 | #8 of 901 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.7% | #541 of 901 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.5% | #211 of 1,064 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.0% | #377 of 664 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
275
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 256
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 275 | 31.9 | 8.6:1 | 67% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 265 | 29 | 9.1:1 | 67% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 258 | 29 | 8.9:1 | 69% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 278 | 22 | 12.6:1 | 56% (155) |
| 2017-18 | 316 | 23.6 | 13.4:1 | 45% (142) |
| 2015-16 | 310 | 23 | 13.5:1 | 57% (178) |
| 2010-11 | 268 | 22 | 12.2:1 | 61% (163) |
| 2000-01 | 239 | 22 | 10.9:1 | 26% (63) |
| 1990-91 | 256 | 19 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richland Center Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (316 to 275); teachers up 35% (23.6 to 31.9).
About Richland Center Intermediate School
Richland Center Intermediate School is a public elementary school in Richland Center, Wisconsin. The school's 275 students are in grades 3 through 6.
Within Richland School District, Richland Center Intermediate School is one of 5 schools. The district enrolls 1,121 students.
The large majority of students at Richland Center Intermediate School, 82%, are White. The remaining shares are 9% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Richland County as a whole is about 93% White, so the school's share is lower. The chance that two students picked at random at Richland Center Intermediate School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 32%.
Richland Center Intermediate School employs 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 8.6:1. That ratio is under the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 67% in 2024-25. That is higher than the 57% average for public schools in Richland County.
The allk12 Grade for Richland Center Intermediate School is B-. Compared with Wisconsin public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 53% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Richland Center Intermediate School's lunch-eligibility share in Wisconsin is predicted to score 36.8%. Richland Center Intermediate School scores 49.0%, 12.2 points above that line.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Richland County show that median household income is about $66,420, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 9 public schools in Richland County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,440.
Richland Center Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Richland Center Intermediate School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 275, close to the 278 recorded in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 12.6:1 to 8.6:1.
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Richland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,205
Census ACS
Median income
$66,420
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,440 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Richland School District
- Richland Center HighHigh · 512 students
- Richland Center Primary SchoolElementary · 301 students
- PARTNER Charter SchoolHigh · 21 students
- Richland Online AcademyCombined · 12 students
- Richland Community 4KElementary
Other schools in Richland Center
- Richland Center HighHigh · 512 students
- Richland Center Primary SchoolElementary · 301 students
- Ithaca ElementaryElementary · 145 students
- Ithaca HighHigh · 105 students
- Ithaca MiddleMiddle · 69 students
- PARTNER Charter SchoolHigh · 21 students
Nearby schools
- Richland Center Primary School0.4 mi · 301
- PARTNER Charter School1.9 mi · 21
- Richland Online Academy2.3 mi · 12
- Richland Center High2.3 mi · 512
- Ithaca Elementary5.6 mi · 145
- Ithaca Middle5.6 mi · 69
Frequently asked questions
About Richland Center Intermediate SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Richland Center Intermediate School?
Richland Center Intermediate School enrolls approximately 275 students in grades 03-06.
What age range does Richland Center Intermediate School serve?
Richland Center Intermediate School serves students from grade 03 through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Richland Center Intermediate School?
Approximately 8.6:1 students per teacher at Richland Center Intermediate School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Richland Center Intermediate School?
At Richland Center Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Richland Center Intermediate School public or private?
Richland Center Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Richland School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.