Riverview Middle

Summary:

Riverview Middle is a public middle school located in Barron, Wisconsin, serving grades 5-8 with a total enrollment of 317 students. The school is part of the Barron Area School District, which is ranked 377 out of 428 districts in Wisconsin and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Riverview Middle has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Wisconsin middle schools, maintaining a 1-star or 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with male students and African American students performing relatively better, while female students, white students, and English Language Learners perform poorly. Students with special education needs and those from low socioeconomic backgrounds also struggle at Riverview Middle, with proficiency rates in core subjects consistently lower than the state averages. The school's chronic absenteeism rate has been relatively high, ranging from 9.0% to 17.4% in recent years.

Interestingly, the nearby middle schools, such as Clayton Middle, Turtle Lake Middle, Prairie Farm Middle, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle, and Cameron Middle, generally perform better than Riverview Middle across various metrics, including statewide ranking, academic achievement, and student group performance. This suggests that Riverview Middle may need to focus on improving its English Language Arts instruction, particularly in the upper grades, as well as providing more targeted support for its underperforming student subgroups to address the school's overall challenges.


Detail:

Public 5-8

 135 W River Ave
       Barron, WI  54812-1063


(715) 537-5641

District: Barron Area School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
455th of 641 Wisconsin Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $14,215 Help


Students who attend Riverview Middle usually attend:

High:    Barron High

Feeder schools for Riverview Middle:

Elementary:    Ridgeland-Dallas Elementary
    Woodland Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  14.4 Help
Number of students:  317

Racial breakdown:

White:
75.7%
African American:
9.8%
Hispanic:
8.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  53.6% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Riverview Middle ranks worse than 71% of middle schools in Wisconsin. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 36.04. (See more...)
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (75.7%), African American (9.8%), Hispanic (8.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 53.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Riverview Middle is 14.4. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Riverview Middle is $14,215.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Riverview Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Riverview Middle 455th of 641 Wisconsin public middle schools. (See Riverview Middle in the ranking list.)

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Barron Area School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Barron Area School District 377th of 428 Wisconsin school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Riverview Middle

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Rank History for all students at Riverview Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2005 70.58 95th 332 71.4%
2007 61.07 191st 366 47.8%
2008 61.58 219th 519 57.8%
2009 57.52 274th 521 47.4%
2010 47.23 380th 539 29.5%
2011 35.44 452nd 549 17.7%
2012 38.05 456th 559 18.4%
2013 43.03 395th 569 30.6%
2014 32.86 472nd 585 19.3%
2015 30.26 486th 612 20.6%
2016 34.64 446th 609 26.8%
2017 32.89 452nd 612 26.1%
2018 36.83 417th 579 28.0%
2019 30.23 465th 594 21.7%
2021 43.76 376th 613 38.7%
2022 35.58 433rd 617 29.8%
2023 28.29 487th 640 23.9%
2024 36.04 455th 641 29.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Riverview Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 19.96 114th 126 9.5%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Riverview Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.18 116th 140 17.1%
2019 27.88 135th 153 11.8%
2024 28.61 143rd 173 17.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Riverview Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.73 222nd 417 46.8%
2019 42.84 225th 414 45.7%
2021 37.85 288th 437 34.1%
2022 37.29 264th 421 37.3%
2023 27.41 353rd 439 19.6%
2024 43.94 215th 425 49.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Riverview Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.55 296th 489 39.5%
2019 29.76 391st 487 19.7%
2021 30.44 392nd 499 21.4%
2022 37.68 348th 522 33.3%
2023 29.58 393rd 525 25.1%
2024 34.65 367th 520 29.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Riverview Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.39 410th 551 25.6%
2019 38.90 390th 557 30.0%
2021 49.56 309th 574 46.2%
2022 27.96 449th 576 22.0%
2023 16.50 497th 579 14.2%
2024 32.18 438th 580 24.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Riverview Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.88 364th 551 33.9%
2019 23.86 467th 557 16.2%
2021 41.48 359th 572 37.2%
2022 46.45 323rd 577 44.0%
2023 40.38 368th 591 37.7%
2024 41.90 385th 585 34.2%
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Rank History for African American students at Riverview Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.11 78th 123 36.6%
2019 28.19 95th 127 25.2%
2021 33.35 94th 134 29.9%
2022 50.15 46th 125 63.2%
2023 44.79 58th 130 55.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Riverview Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 38.31 143rd 239 40.2%
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Rank History for White students at Riverview Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.09 298th 375 20.5%
2019 21.02 330th 382 13.6%
2021 40.63 246th 393 37.4%
2022 29.07 309th 397 22.2%
2023 17.85 360th 412 12.6%
2024 20.78 343rd 407 15.7%
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Data source: test scores: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Riverview Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 421 2 3 3 n/a n/a n/a 0 429
1989 409 2 2 5 n/a n/a n/a 0 418
1990 435 3 4 7 1 n/a n/a 0 450
1991 462 7 4 7 2 n/a n/a 0 482
1992 345 2 2 2 2 n/a n/a 0 353
1993 402 0 3 2 2 n/a n/a 0 409
1994 409 0 2 1 3 n/a n/a 0 415
1995 382 1 2 2 5 n/a n/a 0 392
1996 382 1 2 2 5 n/a n/a 0 392
1997 379 1 2 5 3 n/a n/a 0 390
1998 373 0 5 4 2 n/a n/a 0 384
1999 358 2 3 8 1 n/a n/a 0 372
2000 353 2 7 3 2 n/a n/a 0 367
2001 331 5 1 12 1 n/a n/a 0 350
2002 317 4 3 6 3 n/a n/a 0 333
2003 317 4 3 6 3 n/a n/a 0 333
2004 295 3 3 5 5 n/a n/a 0 311
2005 283 8 3 8 7 n/a n/a 0 309
2006 258 9 3 8 5 n/a n/a 0 283
2007 250 5 4 9 3 n/a n/a 0 271
2008 232 12 3 8 3 n/a n/a 0 258
2009 305 12 2 13 0 n/a n/a 0 332
2010 288 14 1 15 3 n/a n/a 0 321
2011 305 16 3 15 4 0 3 0 346
2012 290 12 5 16 2 0 4 0 329
2013 293 20 7 17 3 0 10 0 350
2014 324 18 5 18 1 0 5 0 371
2015 315 25 4 15 2 0 8 0 369
2016 313 28 3 16 3 0 7 0 370
2017 304 27 4 24 4 0 9 0 372
2018 284 39 2 22 2 0 12 0 361
2019 264 44 1 22 1 0 15 0 347
2020 256 44 1 26 2 0 10 0 339
2021 220 46 1 23 4 2 10 0 306
2022 226 36 0 21 2 1 15 0 301
2023 240 31 3 26 2 2 12 1 317

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Riverview Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 429 26.0 16.5 17
1989 418 27.0 15.4 14.6
1990 450 28.0 16.0 14.4
1991 482 28.0 17.2 16.6
1992 353 25.0 14.1 17.8
1993 409 25.2 16.2 19.1
1994 415 25.2 16.5 19
1995 392 23.7 16.5 22.2
1996 392 23.7 16.5 22.2
1997 390 24.1 16.2 22.1
1998 384 24.4 15.7 19.8
1999 372 22.3 16.7 31.2
2000 367 24.1 15.2 31.6
2001 350 24.7 14.2 32.9
2002 333 25.2 13.2 29.4
2003 333 25.2 13.2 29.4
2004 311 24.4 12.7 30.5
2005 309 22.4 13.8 n/a
2006 283 21.7 13.0 n/a
2007 271 22.3 12.2 38.7
2008 258 21.1 12.2 39.1
2009 332 25.2 13.2 50
2010 321 23.8 13.4 57.3
2011 346 23.1 14.9 59.2
2012 329 24.2 13.5 59.6
2013 350 23.9 14.6 58.3
2014 371 25.0 14.7 58.5
2015 369 n/a n/a 54.7
2016 370 23.0 16.0 54.6
2017 372 25.2 14.7 55.1
2018 361 26.0 13.8 54.8
2019 347 26.1 13.2 56.2
2020 339 26.1 12.9 56
2021 306 25.7 11.8 61.1
2022 301 23.3 12.8 53.5
2023 317 21.9 14.4 53.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Riverview Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 429 26.0 16.5 17
1989 418 27.0 15.4 14.6
1990 450 28.0 16.0 14.4
1991 482 28.0 17.2 16.6
1992 353 25.0 14.1 17.8
1993 409 25.2 16.2 19.1
1994 415 25.2 16.5 19
1995 392 23.7 16.5 22.2
1996 392 23.7 16.5 22.2
1997 390 24.1 16.2 22.1
1998 384 24.4 15.7 19.8
1999 372 22.3 16.7 31.2
2000 367 24.1 15.2 31.6
2001 350 24.7 14.2 32.9
2002 333 25.2 13.2 29.4
2003 333 25.2 13.2 29.4
2004 311 24.4 12.7 30.5
2005 309 22.4 13.8 n/a
2006 283 21.7 13.0 n/a
2007 271 22.3 12.2 38.7
2008 258 21.1 12.2 39.1
2009 332 25.2 13.2 50
2010 321 23.8 13.4 57.3
2011 346 23.1 14.9 59.2
2012 329 24.2 13.5 59.6
2013 350 23.9 14.6 58.3
2014 371 25.0 14.7 58.5
2015 369 n/a n/a 54.7
2016 370 23.0 16.0 54.6
2017 372 25.2 14.7 55.1
2018 361 26.0 13.8 54.8
2019 347 26.1 13.2 56.2
2020 339 26.1 12.9 56
2021 306 25.7 11.8 61.1
2022 301 23.3 12.8 53.5
2023 317 21.9 14.4 53.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Riverview Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $442 (3.5%) $12,367 (96.5%) $12,809
2020 $382 (3.1%) $12,055 (96.9%) $12,437
2021 $754 (5.3%) $13,460 (94.7%) $14,215

Data source: Wisconsin Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Riverview Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 465th of 594 Middle schoolsRanks 487th of 640 Middle schools
 2.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
5th Grade English Language Arts (Riverview Middle)35.534.7
 0.9%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Barron Area School District)35.535.4
 0.1%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)40.939.2
 1.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Riverview Middle)39.559.2
 19.7%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Barron Area School District)39.557.5
 18%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)47.848.4
 0.5%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Riverview Middle)32.224.6
 7.5%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Barron Area School District)32.224.6
 7.5%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)41.740.6
 1.1%
6th Grade Mathematics (Riverview Middle)28.120
 8.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Barron Area School District)28.120
 8.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)43.542.6
 0.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Riverview Middle)34.626
 8.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Barron Area School District)34.626
 8.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)45.541.1
 4.4%
7th Grade Mathematics (Riverview Middle)30.916.4
 14.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Barron Area School District)30.916.4
 14.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)39.735.7
 4%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Riverview Middle)29.924.7
 5.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Barron Area School District)29.624.7
 4.9%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)37.337.8
 0.5%
8th Grade Mathematics (Riverview Middle)19.518.2
 1.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Barron Area School District)19.318.2
 1.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)36.531.8
 4.7%
8th Grade Social Studies (Riverview Middle)41.455.8
 14.5%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Barron Area School District)42.155.8
 13.8%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Wisconsin)52.159.2
 7.1%
8th Grade Science (Riverview Middle)4642.9
 3.1%
   8th Grade Science (Barron Area School District)45.542.9
 2.6%
   8th Grade Science (Wisconsin)54.649.4
 5.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students347317
 8.6%
African American4431
 29.5%
American Indian12
 100%
Asian13
 200%
Hispanic2226
 18.2%
Pacific Islander02
White264240
 9.1%
Two or More Races1512
 20%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients56.2%53.6%
 2.6%


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Riverview Middle ranks 455th of 641 Wisconsin middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 317 students attended Riverview Middle.

Students who attend Riverview Middle usually go on to attend Barron High

Students at Riverview Middle are 76% White, 10% African American, 8% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

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