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Enrollment
487
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·D C EVEREST AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551317002288
Riverside Elementary
166543 River Rd, Ringle, WI 54471 · (715) 359-2417 · Marathon County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL487 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
89 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
66.0%
WI avg 53.1% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
77.0%
WI avg 54.8% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.8% | 73.7% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
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
72.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 →
Schools most like Riverside Elementary
Riverside Elementary's state test result (72.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Elementary this school | 487 | 18.3% | 72.6% |
| Orchard Lane Elementary New Berlin | 453 | 18.8% | 67.6% |
| Riverside Elementary Menomonee Falls | 455 | 17.6% | 64.3% |
| Poplar Creek Elementary New Berlin | 514 | 22.4% | 74.3% |
| Token Springs Elementary Sun Prairie | 472 | 12.7% | 63.0% |
| Prairie View Elementary Holmen | 466 | 20.8% | 68.2% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Riverside Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Marathon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #137 of 982 | #4 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #96 of 992 ▲ 60 | #2 of 25 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #212 of 992 ▼ 38 | #2 of 25 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 487 | #172 of 1,157 | #4 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #733 of 901 | #17 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.4% | #514 of 901 | #13 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.3% | #910 of 1,064 | #25 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #487 of 664 | #13 of 22 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
487
-20 (-4%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 565
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 13.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 487 | 31.3 | 15.5:1 | 18% (89) |
| 2023-24 | 507 | 32.1 | 15.8:1 | 24% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 490 | 33.4 | 14.7:1 | 20% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 37 | 13.7:1 | 22% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 532 | 31.9 | 16.7:1 | 20% (106) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 34 | 14.7:1 | 23% (115) |
| 2010-11 | 500 | 32 | 15.6:1 | 17% (86) |
| 2000-01 | 582 | 28 | 20.8:1 | 20% (117) |
| 1990-91 | 565 | 29 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverside Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (532 to 487); teachers down 2% (31.9 to 31.3).
About Riverside Elementary
Families in Ringle, Wisconsin, are served by Riverside Elementary, a large elementary school. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 487 students. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have about 323 students on average; enrollment here is 51% higher.
The district, D C Everest Area School District, has 5,847 students enrolled across 12 schools.
White students are 81% of those enrolled at Riverside Elementary. Next come 11% Asian, 3% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 33%.
Riverside Elementary lists 31.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.5 students per teacher. The school's 15.5:1 compares with an average of 14.7:1 for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 18% of the student body. The 37% average for public schools in Marathon County is 19 points higher.
Among Wisconsin public elementary schools, Riverside Elementary outscored 80%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Riverside Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 72.6%, compared with a predicted 66.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Marathon County, home to about 138,403 people, the median household earns about $77,884 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Marathon County number 52, with about 18,592 students.
About 1.9 miles separate Riverside Elementary from the closest public school, D C Everest Middle. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. Nearby schools average 54.8% on proficiency, and Riverside Elementary is above that at 72.6%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment decreased 4% over 4 years, reaching 487 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 13.7:1 to 15.5:1.
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Marathon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
138,403
Census ACS
Median income
$77,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
18,592 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in D C Everest Area School District
- D C Everest HighHigh · 1,335 students
- D C Everest Junior HighHigh · 848 students
- D C Everest MiddleMiddle · 844 students
- Weston ElementaryElementary · 519 students
- Mountain Bay ElementaryElementary · 451 students
- Evergreen ElementaryElementary · 450 students
Other Riverside Elementary schools
43 other US public schools in 25 states are named Riverside Elementary. Riverside Elementary is the 16th largest of the 44.
- Riverside ElementaryMenomonee Falls, WI · 455 students
- Riverside ElementaryFond du Lac, WI · 273 students
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCRESTVIEW, FL · 1,032 students
- Riverside Elementary SchoolSuwanee, GA · 919 students
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI, FL · 842 students
Nearby schools
- D C Everest Middle1.9 mi · 844
- Mountain Bay Elementary2.2 mi · 451
- Weston Elementary5.0 mi · 519
- D C Everest Idea School5.1 mi · 69
- Odyssey Elementary5.1 mi · 64
- D C Everest 4K Community Partnership6.1 mi · 236
Frequently asked questions
About Riverside ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Riverside Elementary?
Riverside Elementary enrolls approximately 487 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Riverside Elementary serve?
Riverside Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Riverside Elementary?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at Riverside Elementary.
How diverse is Riverside Elementary?
Riverside Elementary reports a student body of 81% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 11% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Riverside Elementary public or private?
Riverside Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by D C Everest Area School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.