River Heights Elementary

River Heights Elementary is one of the moderately sized elementary-level communitys in Menomonie, Wisconsin, part of Menomonie Area School District, with 403 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 25% bigger than typical.

River Heights Elementary is one of 8 schools operated by Menomonie Area School District, a district that works with 3,199 students overall.

Demographically, River Heights Elementary logs that 65% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 21% Asian, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 91% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, River Heights Elementary has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 62% of students at River Heights Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Dunn County's rate of about 38%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, River Heights Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.4%, the actual is 47.9%, a residual of +8.4 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Dunn County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,824 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Dunn County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,848 students), of which River Heights Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Menomonie High, around 0.4 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), River Heights Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 59.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at River Heights Elementary has rose 3%, going from 390 students in 2018 to 403 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.