Richland Center Intermediate School

Set in Richland Center, Wisconsin, Richland Center Intermediate School is a mid-tier elementary campus, operated by Richland School District. It educates 275 students across grades 3 through 6.

Richland School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,121 students. Richland Center Intermediate School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Richland Center Intermediate School reports that nearly all students (82%) are White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 93% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Richland Center Intermediate School logs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.6:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Richland County's rate of about 57%.

With demographic context factored in, Richland Center Intermediate School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.8%, the actual is 49.0%, a residual of +12.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Richland County put the typical household earns roughly $66,420 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Richland County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,440 students), of which Richland Center Intermediate School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Richland Center Primary School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Richland Center Intermediate School. On composite proficiency, Richland Center Intermediate School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Richland Center Intermediate School has shrank 13%, going from 316 students in 2018 to 275 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 87% to 82%. Class-load math has fell: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 in 2025.

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