Rio Middle/high, Rio WI - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Rio Middle/high

Rio Middle/High is a small public school serving grades six through twelve under one roof in the village of Rio, Wisconsin. The school enrolls a student body that is overwhelmingly white, with a very small share of Hispanic students and multiracial students, and about a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, a marker of moderate economic need. The school is the only secondary option within the Rio Community School District, drawing from the village and surrounding rural area.

On state assessments, which are given only in grades six through eight in Wisconsin, the school’s performance is notably strong relative to other schools in Columbia County. Proficiency rates in both mathematics and English language arts rise steadily across the middle grades, reaching a high point in eighth grade. Eighth-grade science and social studies results are particularly strong. When the school’s overall proficiency index is compared against other districts in the county, it falls in the top quartile. That is a clear academic strength, especially for a school of this size.

However, state testing data for high school grades is not part of the reported results, because Wisconsin does not administer the Forward exam at the high school level for these subjects. The school’s graduation rate was not available in the data, which leaves an important gap for a family considering the high school years. A parent may want to ask the school directly about its four-year graduation rate and what career or college preparation pathways are offered for grades nine through twelve. No information on Advanced Placement, dual-credit, or technical programs was provided.

The peer environment reflects the small scale of the school. With an enrollment under two hundred, classes are likely to be small and students know each other across grade levels. The racial and economic makeup is less diverse than many schools in more urban parts of the state, which is a matter of family preference rather than a judgment. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was missing, so the extent of special education and language support services is not clear from this profile.

Rio itself is a compact rural village with a downtown strip along Highway 16, limited street life, and car-based daily errands. Homes in the area have a median value roughly in line with the state average, and the village has experienced slow, incremental growth. The school building sits near the village core, close to the municipal offices and library. The district has no notable recent changes reported, suggesting a stable operating environment.

For a family weighing this school, the middle grades appear to deliver solid academic results within a close-knit rural setting. The unanswered questions lie in the high school experience: what courses are available, how many students graduate, and what they do afterward. Those are the details a prospective parent would want to follow up on with the school directly.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=80%Cohort of 26 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

528 schools plotted. 25 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 652%

School 52% · District 52%

▼ 2 pts below state median

Grade 755%

School 55% · District 55%

▲ 1 pts above state median

Grade 870%

School 70% · District 70%

▲ 18 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 656%

School 56% · District 56%

▲ 3 pts above state median

Grade 759%

School 59% · District 59%

▲ 6 pts above state median

Grade 883%

School 83% · District 83%

▲ 30 pts above state median

Science

Grade 891%

School 91% · District 91%

▲ 40 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 891%

School 91% · District 91%

▲ 27 pts above state median

This schoolRio Community School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income50%Higher-income59%9 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income60%Higher-income57%3 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income63%Higher-income93%31 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income25%Higher-income65%40 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income53%Higher-income57%4 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income50%Higher-income80%30 pp gap