Enrollment
282
Middle
DISTRICT 179 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BARRON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550087000118
Riverview Middle
135 W River Ave, Barron, WI 54812 · (715) 537-5641 · Barron County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% 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.
- C+Beats 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
10.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
157 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 5 | 62 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 74 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 77 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 69 | 24% |
Student demographics
50%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
Students here typically continue to
Riverview Middle→Barron High
Based on grade levels within Barron Area School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
42.9%
WI avg 53.1% . +2.5pp since 2023
Math
51.1%
WI avg 54.8% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.9% | 51.1% |
| 2023-24 | 40.4% | 49.6% |
% 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
44.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Riverview Middle
Riverview Middle's state test result (44.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverview Middle this school | 282 | 55.7% | 44.4% |
| Woodworth Middle Fond du Lac | 413 | 54.0% | 49.5% |
| Berlin Middle Berlin | 276 | 52.9% | 39.6% |
| Wisconsin Dells Middle School Wisconsin Dells | 374 | 58.3% | 55.4% |
| Walker Middle Sturgeon Bay | 228 | 48.7% | 75.1% |
| Olson Middle Mauston | 240 | 55.4% | 45.2% |
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 Riverview Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Barron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #266 of 323 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #221 of 327 ▲ 8 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #268 of 327 ▲ 5 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #214 of 389 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #29 of 265 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.9% | #79 of 265 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.7% | #54 of 323 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.9% | #39 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
282
-24 (-8%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 482
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 282 | 25.8 | 10.9:1 | 56% (157) |
| 2023-24 | 298 | 25.9 | 11.5:1 | 61% (183) |
| 2022-23 | 317 | 22 | 14.4:1 | 54% (170) |
| 2020-21 | 306 | 25 | 12.2:1 | 61% (187) |
| 2017-18 | 361 | 26.1 | 13.8:1 | 55% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 370 | 22 | 16.8:1 | 55% (202) |
| 2010-11 | 346 | 23 | 15.0:1 | 59% (205) |
| 2000-01 | 350 | 24 | 14.6:1 | 33% (115) |
| 1990-91 | 482 | 28 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverview Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (361 to 282); teachers down 1% (26.1 to 25.8).
About Riverview Middle
Riverview Middle is a small middle school in Barron, Wisconsin, under Barron Area School District. The school enrolls 282 students in grades 5 through 8. That compares with an average of about 381 students for middle schools in Wisconsin.
Riverview Middle is among 6 schools run by Barron Area School District, which serves 1,073 students.
Federal enrollment data show Riverview Middle is 68% White. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 92% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 50, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 10.9:1. Across middle schools in Wisconsin, the average ratio is 12.8:1. Of all students at Riverview Middle, 56% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 41% average for public schools in Barron County, the school's rate is higher.
Riverview Middle holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 24% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
Riverview Middle is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (44.4% versus 43.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Wisconsin.
The school is in Barron County, where the median household earns about $65,933 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Riverview Middle shares Barron County with 35 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Woodland Elementary is closest at about 0.9 miles. Other public schools within five miles number 3. Nearby schools with test data average 54.7% proficiency; Riverview Middle posts 44.4%.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 8%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 12.2 to 10.9 over 4 years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Riverview Middle. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Barron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,797
Census ACS
Median income
$65,933
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
7,199 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Barron Area School District
- Woodland ElementaryElementary · 324 students
- Barron HighHigh · 310 students
- Ridgeland-Dallas ElementaryElementary · 68 students
- Barron Area Montessori SchoolElementary · 59 students
- Advanced Learning Academy of WisconsinCombined · 30 students
Other schools in Barron
- Woodland ElementaryElementary · 324 students
- Barron HighHigh · 310 students
- Advanced Learning Academy of WisconsinCombined · 30 students
Other Riverview Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 2 states are named Riverview Middle. Riverview Middle is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Riverview MiddlePlymouth, WI · 555 students
- Riverview MiddleBay Point, CA · 682 students
- Riverview MiddleRio Vista, CA · 160 students
- Riverview MiddleHelendale, CA · 141 students
Nearby schools
- Woodland Elementary0.9 mi · 324
- Barron High1.0 mi · 310
- Advanced Learning Academy of Wisconsin1.0 mi · 30
- Cameron Middle6.0 mi · 319
- North Star Academy6.0 mi · 38
- Cameron Academy of Virtual Education6.0 mi · 134
Frequently asked questions
About Riverview MiddleHow large is Riverview Middle?
Riverview Middle enrolls approximately 282 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Riverview Middle serve?
Riverview Middle serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Riverview Middle?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at Riverview Middle.
How diverse is Riverview Middle?
Riverview Middle reports a student body of 68% White, 13% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Riverview Middle?
Riverview Middle is overseen by Barron Area School District in Barron County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.