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Enrollment
616
Middle
DISTRICT 308 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WATERTOWN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551575002000
Riverside Middle
131 Hall St, Watertown, WI 53094 · (920) 262-1480 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL616 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
274 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 199 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 209 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 208 | 34% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Watertown Unified School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
48.2%
WI avg 53.1% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
45.7%
WI avg 54.8% . -3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.2% | 45.7% |
| 2023-24 | 48.2% | 49.2% |
% 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
47.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Middle
Riverside Middle's state test result (47.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Middle this school | 616 | 44.5% | 47.1% |
| Beaver Dam Middle Beaver Dam | 633 | 49.4% | 44.1% |
| Sparta Meadowview Middle Sparta | 687 | 49.8% | 40.3% |
| Monroe Middle Monroe | 483 | 41.4% | 57.9% |
| Lake Geneva Middle Lake Geneva | 551 | 37.2% | 64.2% |
| Marshall Middle Janesville | 747 | 45.1% | 53.0% |
Matched among Wisconsin middle 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 Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #249 of 323 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #259 of 327 ▼ 27 | #4 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #227 of 327 ▼ 3 | #4 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 616 | #82 of 389 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #101 of 265 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.9% | #87 of 265 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.5% | #102 of 323 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.5% | #36 of 176 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
616
-107 (-15%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 766
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 616 | 49.2 | 12.5:1 | 44% (274) |
| 2023-24 | 649 | 49.2 | 13.2:1 | 48% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 693 | 49.2 | 14.1:1 | 46% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 723 | 51 | 14.2:1 | 47% (340) |
| 2017-18 | 795 | 50.4 | 15.8:1 | 41% (325) |
| 2015-16 | 803 | 50 | 16.1:1 | 46% (368) |
| 2010-11 | 829 | 51 | 16.3:1 | 43% (356) |
| 2000-01 | 795 | 56 | 14.2:1 | 22% (171) |
| 1990-91 | 766 | 54 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverside Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (795 to 616); teachers down 2% (50.4 to 49.2).
About Riverside Middle
At 131 Hall St in Watertown, Wisconsin, Riverside Middle operates as a large middle-grades school. Total enrollment is 616 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. It has 62% more students than the average for middle schools in Wisconsin (about 381).
Riverside Middle is among 10 schools run by Watertown Unified School District, which serves 3,076 students.
About 68% of the student body at Riverside Middle is White. Enrollment also includes 23% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Jefferson County, the White share is about 89%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 48, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 12.5:1 is based on 49.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Wisconsin is about 12.8:1. In all, 44% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 35% average among public schools in Jefferson County.
Riverside Middle earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 20% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
Riverside Middle scores 47.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 50.4%.
In Jefferson County, home to about 86,003 people, median household income comes to about $83,750, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 31 public schools in the county, enrolling about 9,194, Riverside Middle among them.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, Webster Elementary, is the closest to Riverside Middle. The five-mile area around Riverside Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Riverside Middle at 5th of 7.
Federal data place Riverside Middle in the Town: Fringe locale, which means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 15%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.2:1 to 12.5:1 over the same years.
Riverside Middle has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
86,003
Census ACS
Median income
$83,750
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
9,194 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Watertown Unified School District
- Watertown HighHigh · 1,012 students
- Webster ElementaryElementary · 381 students
- Douglas ElementaryElementary · 311 students
- Schurz ElementaryElementary · 223 students
- Watertown 4 KidsElementary · 155 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 140 students
Other schools in Watertown
- Watertown HighHigh · 1,012 students
- Webster ElementaryElementary · 381 students
- Douglas ElementaryElementary · 311 students
- Schurz ElementaryElementary · 223 students
- Watertown 4 KidsElementary · 155 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 140 students
Other Riverside Middle schools
16 other US public schools in 14 states are named Riverside Middle. Riverside Middle is the 6th largest of the 17.
- Riverside Middle SchoolDEARBORN HEIGHTS, MI · 1,139 students
- Riverside MiddleGreer, SC · 1,086 students
- Riverside Middle SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 739 students
- Riverside Middle SchoolEvans, GA · 711 students
- Riverside Middle SchoolEL PASO, TX · 705 students
Nearby schools
- Webster Elementary0.8 mi · 381
- Douglas Elementary1.0 mi · 311
- eCampus Academy Charter School1.0 mi · 132
- Lincoln Elementary1.4 mi · 140
- Watertown 4 Kids1.6 mi · 155
- Schurz Elementary1.6 mi · 223
Frequently asked questions
About Riverside MiddleHow many students attend Riverside Middle?
Riverside Middle enrolls approximately 616 students in grades 06-08.
Is Riverside Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Riverside Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Riverside Middle have?
Riverside Middle employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Riverside Middle?
Student demographics at Riverside Middle are roughly 68% White, 23% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Riverside Middle in?
Riverside Middle is part of Watertown Unified School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.