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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Rocky Branch Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
441
Elementary
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVER FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551305002448
Rocky Branch Elementary
1415 Bartosh Ln, River Falls, WI 54022 · (715) 425-1819 · Pierce County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL441 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- B+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
101 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 28% larger than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
Rocky Branch Elementary→Meyer Middle
Based on grade levels within River Falls School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.2%
WI avg 53.1% . -2.1pp since 2023
Math
65.9%
WI avg 54.8% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.2% | 65.9% |
| 2023-24 | 63.3% | 61.3% |
% 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
65.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Rocky Branch Elementary
Rocky Branch Elementary's state test result (65.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Branch Elementary this school | 441 | 22.9% | 65.1% |
| Levi Leonard Elementary Evansville | 424 | 24.3% | N/A |
| Deerfield Elementary Deerfield | 409 | 22.7% | 58.9% |
| Tibbets Elementary Elkhorn | 431 | 23.9% | 80.7% |
| Grand Avenue Elementary Prairie du Sac | 396 | 23.2% | 60.2% |
| Malone Elementary Prescott | 457 | 22.1% | 71.4% |
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 Rocky Branch Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Pierce County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #292 of 982 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #277 of 992 ▲ 130 | #5 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #308 of 992 ▼ 15 | #6 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 441 | #257 of 1,157 | #3 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #441 of 901 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.8% | #570 of 901 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.9% | #849 of 1,064 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #628 of 664 | N/A |
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
441
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
+4% since 2000-01, when it was 425
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 441 | 33.6 | 13.1:1 | 23% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 31.5 | 13.1:1 | 26% (106) |
| 2022-23 | 428 | 31.2 | 13.7:1 | 23% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 445 | 33 | 13.5:1 | 29% (130) |
| 2017-18 | 451 | 28.7 | 15.7:1 | 25% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 450 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 35% (156) |
| 2010-11 | 448 | 28 | 16.0:1 | 17% (77) |
| 2000-01 | 425 | 26 | 16.4:1 | 10% (42) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rocky Branch Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (451 to 441); teachers up 17% (28.7 to 33.6).
About Rocky Branch Elementary
Located in River Falls, Wisconsin, Rocky Branch Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment totals 441 students across pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 37% above the 323-student average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Rocky Branch Elementary is run by River Falls School District, whose 8 schools enroll 3,442 students.
White students account for 83% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 2% Black. Among all residents of Pierce County, the White share is about 92%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 30%.
The school lists 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 23% of the student body. The figure for public schools in Pierce County is close, at 23%.
Rocky Branch Elementary holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 56% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Compared with Wisconsin schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Rocky Branch Elementary's results are 1.5 points above predicted: 65.1% against 63.6%.
In Pierce County, median household income comes to about $92,109, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 26, with about 7,419 students.
Of the public schools around it, Rocky Branch Elementary is closest to River Falls High, about 1.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 7. Rocky Branch Elementary is 5th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place Rocky Branch Elementary in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 445 to 441, a small change.
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Pierce County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,584
Census ACS
Median income
$92,109
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
7,419 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in River Falls School District
- River Falls HighHigh · 1,062 students
- Meyer MiddleMiddle · 725 students
- Greenwood ElementaryElementary · 409 students
- Westside ElementaryElementary · 403 students
- River Falls Public Montessori AcademyElementary · 189 students
- River Falls 4 ChildrenElementary · 164 students
Other schools in River Falls
- River Falls HighHigh · 1,062 students
- Meyer MiddleMiddle · 725 students
- Greenwood ElementaryElementary · 409 students
- Westside ElementaryElementary · 403 students
- River Falls Public Montessori AcademyElementary · 189 students
- River Falls 4 ChildrenElementary · 164 students
Other Rocky Branch Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Rocky Branch Elementary. Rocky Branch Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Rocky Branch Elementary SchoolBogart, GA · 599 students
Nearby schools
- River Falls High1.1 mi · 1,062
- River Falls 4 Children1.2 mi · 164
- River Falls Public Montessori Academy1.2 mi · 189
- Westside Elementary1.3 mi · 403
- Renaissance Charter Academy1.4 mi · 49
- Meyer Middle1.5 mi · 725
Frequently asked questions
About Rocky Branch ElementaryHow large is Rocky Branch Elementary?
Rocky Branch Elementary enrolls approximately 441 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Rocky Branch Elementary serve?
Rocky Branch Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Rocky Branch Elementary?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Rocky Branch Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Rocky Branch Elementary?
Student demographics at Rocky Branch Elementary are roughly 83% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Rocky Branch Elementary in?
Rocky Branch Elementary is part of River Falls School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.