Riverdale Junior High

Riverdale Junior High is an one-room-style 6-8 campus in Muscoda, Wisconsin, part of Riverdale School District. The school hosts 88 students in grades 7 through 8. That puts it 77% leaner than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 381 students.

Within Riverdale School District, which oversees 4 schools and 631 students, Riverdale Junior High is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Riverdale Junior High logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%); the rest consists of 5% multiracial, 3% Black. Compared to Grant County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Riverdale Junior High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Grant County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Riverdale Junior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.9%; this one delivers 53.9%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Grant County) records that median household income runs about $66,858, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Grant County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,838 students), Riverdale Junior High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Riverdale High, around 0.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Riverdale Junior High at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 53.3%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Riverdale Junior High has shrank 17%, going from 106 students in 2018 to 88 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.