Enrollment
183
High
DISTRICT 176 · STATE 475
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIO COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551299001713
Rio Middle/High
411 Church St, Rio, WI 53960 · (920) 992-3141 · Columbia County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL183 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 14.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
68 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 Rio Community School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.1%
WI avg 53.1% . +11.4pp since 2023
Math
57.7%
WI avg 54.8% . +10.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
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
60.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
183
-44 (-19%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 10.2:1
% White
91%
was 94%
% Hispanic
3%
was 0%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Rio Middle/High
Rio Middle/High, a minimally staffed 9-12 campus in Rio, Wisconsin, operated by Rio Community School District, educates 183 students, covering grades 6 through 12. That puts it 61% smaller than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 475 students.
Rio Middle/High is one of 2 schools operated by Rio Community School District, a district that works with 352 students overall.
In terms of who attends, Rio Middle/High logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). The remainder looks like 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Columbia County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Rio Middle/High shows 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.3:1. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Rio Middle/High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.9%, the actual is 60.1%, a residual of +5.3 points.
Around the school, census data for Columbia County shows median household earnings sit near $85,351, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Rio Middle/High is one of 31 public schools in Columbia County (combined enrollment of about 8,498 students).
Nearest neighbor: Rio Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rio Middle/High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 58.1%.
The school occupies an outlying site.
Over the past 7-year window. Rio Middle/High's enrollment has shrank 19% since 2018, when it stood at 227 (now 183).
Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
58,272
Census ACS
Median income
$85,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
8,498 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rio Community School District
- Rio ElementaryElementary · 169 students
Nearby schools
- Rio Elementary0.6 mi · 169
- Pardeeville High6.9 mi · 284
- Pardeeville Middle6.9 mi · 248
- Pardeeville Elementary7.0 mi · 331
- Poynette Middle8.9 mi · 271
- Poynette High8.9 mi · 296
Frequently asked questions
About Rio Middle/HighHow large is Rio Middle/High?
Rio Middle/High enrolls approximately 183 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Rio Middle/High serve?
Rio Middle/High serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Rio Middle/High have?
Rio Middle/High employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rio Middle/High?
At Rio Middle/High, the student body is approximately 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Rio Middle/High public or private?
Rio Middle/High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rio Community School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.