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.