Richland Online Academy

Set in Richland Center, Wisconsin, Richland Online Academy is a tiny all-grades campus, operated by Richland School District. It caters to 12 students across grades K through 12. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 272 students each, so Richland Online Academy sits 96% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Richland School District, which oversees 5 schools and 1,121 students, Richland Online Academy is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Richland Online Academy lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%); the rest comes out to 8% Asian. Compared to Richland County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Richland Online Academy has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 25.6:1 average. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Richland County shows median household earnings sit near $66,420, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Richland County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,440 students), of which Richland Online Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Richland Center High, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Richland Online Academy.

The school occupies an outlying site. As a public charter, Richland Online Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school. Richland Online Academy delivers learning online rather than in a traditional classroom setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Richland Online Academy's enrollment has decreased 43% since 2018, when it stood at 21 (now 12). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 100% to 92% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.