River Valley Middle
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Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About River Valley Middle
River Valley Middle is a junior high of middle-of-the-pack scale in Spring Green, Wisconsin, operated by River Valley School District, hosting 324 students in grades 5 through 8.
River Valley School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,043 students; River Valley Middle is among them.
Looking at the student body, River Valley Middle lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting River Valley Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, River Valley Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.2%; this one delivers 63.6%.
In the area at large, Sauk County reports that median household income runs about $79,541, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Sauk County's 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,882 students), River Valley Middle is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: River Valley Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, River Valley Middle comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 59.6%.
River Valley Middle operates from a small-town location.
Five-year trend. River Valley Middle's enrollment has climbed 17% since 2018, when it stood at 277 (now 324). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.
On this page, members of the River Valley Middle community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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Related schools
- River Valley HighHigh · 364 students
- River Valley ElementaryElementary · 258 students
- River Valley Early Learning CenterElementary · 97 students
- River Valley HighHigh · 364 students
- River Valley ElementaryElementary · 258 students
- River Valley Elementary0.1 mi · 258
- River Valley High0.2 mi · 364
- River Valley Early Learning Center6.9 mi · 97
- Tower Rock Elementary13.2 mi · 213
- Barneveld High14.6 mi · 118
- Barneveld Elementary14.6 mi · 229